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    Month: September 2018

    Yes, of course it hurts when buds are breaking

    Ten poems by Swedish author Karin Boye, from the book  Complete Poems, tr. David McDuff (1994) * INWARDS (Clouds, 1922) My God and my truth I saw in…… Read more “Yes, of course it hurts when buds are breaking”

    26 de September de 20184 de December de 2018 by juliana

    Karin Boye

    Karin Boye (Karin Maria Boye, 26 October 1900 – 24 April 1941) was a Swedish writer. She studied literary history, Greek and Scandinavian languages at Uppsala University.  From 1928 to 1930, Karin was a…… Read more “Karin Boye”

    26 de September de 201818 de May de 2020 by juliana

    Ringing out in a very open space

    Dear Leena, Doña Quixote and Other Citizens: A Portrait (‘Doña Quixote’, 1983) reads like a string of impressions of place and feeling, made by a character that…… Read more “Ringing out in a very open space”

    18 de September de 20184 de December de 2018 by juliana

    Leena Krohn

    Leena Krohn (1947) is a Finnish writer. She studied Philosophy, Psychology, Literature and History of Art at the University of Helsinki. Krohn worked as Journalist, lecturer, and freelance…… Read more “Leena Krohn”

    18 de September de 20184 de December de 2018 by juliana

    The vast, ancient, solitary sea

    Discovery Green-muscled ocean Idol of many arms like an octopus Convulsive incorruptible chaos Ordered tumult Contorted dancer Surrounding the taut ships We traversed row on row of…… Read more “The vast, ancient, solitary sea”

    15 de September de 2018 by juliana

    Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen

    Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen (November 6, 1919 – July 2, 2004) was a Portuguese writer. Born to a wealthy family, she studied  Classical Philology at the Universidade…… Read more “Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen”

    15 de September de 2018 by juliana

    I don’t want them to reward me for nonsense

    Dear Nadezhda, The Boarding-School Girl, tr. Karen Rosneck (2000. Original: Пансионерка, 1861), very much like your sister’s novel City Folk and Country Folk, tr.  Nora Seligman Favorov (2017.…… Read more “I don’t want them to reward me for nonsense”

    14 de September de 201821 de November de 2018 by juliana

    Nadezhda Khvoshchinskaya

    Nadezhda Khvoshchinskaya (Nadezhda Dmitryevna Khvoshchinskaya/ Надежда Дмитриевна Хвощинская, May 20, 1824 – June 8, 1889), was a Russian writer. Nadezhda received most of their education at home from private…… Read more “Nadezhda Khvoshchinskaya”

    14 de September de 201814 de September de 2018 by juliana

    The sea’s only sentence

    The scalpel and the metronome on my father’s piano kept a silence between them, when I was a child. Only now, with time, have I begun to…… Read more “The sea’s only sentence”

    12 de September de 201813 de September de 2018 by juliana

    Doris Kareva

    Doris Kareva (1958) is an Estonian writer. She studied Roman-Germanic philology at the University of Tartu, and worked as the literary editor of the cultural weekly Sirp. From 1992 to 2008,…… Read more “Doris Kareva”

    12 de September de 201812 de September de 2018 by juliana

    The milk of incomprehension

    Dear Nora, Soviet Milk, tr. Margita Gailitis (2018. Original: Mātes piens, 2015) was this odd thing: a butterfly that, going in reverse, moults back into a chrysalis. What…… Read more “The milk of incomprehension”

    11 de September de 201812 de September de 2018 by juliana

    Nora Ikstena

    Nora Ikstena (1969) is a Latvian writer. She studied Philology at the University of Latvia, and English literature at Columbia University. She is a co-founder of the International…… Read more “Nora Ikstena”

    11 de September de 201811 de September de 2018 by juliana

    Hardness was probably his most distinctive quality

    Dear Laura, Reading your novel Breathing into Marble, tr. Marija Marcinkute (2016. Original: Kvėpavimas į marmurą, 2006) feels like being trapped in a room of glass: it’s…… Read more “Hardness was probably his most distinctive quality”

    10 de September de 201812 de September de 2018 by juliana

    Laura Sintija Černiauskaitė

    Laura Sintija Černiauskaitė (1976) is a Lithuanian writer. She studied Lithuanian literature and philology at Vilnius University, and worked as freelance journalist. Since 2004, she is a member of the Lithuanian Writers’ Union.…… Read more “Laura Sintija Černiauskaitė”

    10 de September de 201810 de September de 2018 by juliana

    Every abyss has its lullabies

    Dear Julián, Tomb Song, tr. Christina MacSweeney (2018. Original: Canción de tumba, 2011) is an elegiac account of a writer who tries to reconcile himself both with a troubled past…… Read more “Every abyss has its lullabies”

    6 de September de 20186 de September de 2018 by juliana

    Julián Herbert

    Julián Herbert (1971) is a Mexican writer. He studied Spanish literature at the Universidad Autónoma de Coahuila. He works as a lecturer and musician, and was the vocalist of the…… Read more “Julián Herbert”

    6 de September de 20186 de September de 2018 by juliana

    Summer reading recap | 2018

    Hi, folks! I can’t believe it is September already! Tempus fugit. As promised, I will wrap up my Summer reading below: 20 Books of Summer Hosted by Cathy…… Read more “Summer reading recap | 2018”

    4 de September de 20184 de September de 2018 by juliana

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