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    Month: January 2021

    My mother never held my hand

    Dear Violette, At one point in Asphyxia (2020, tr. Derek Coltman. Original: L’Asphyxie, 1946), the unnamed narrator is standing on the sidewalk, peeking through a window at…… Read more “My mother never held my hand”

    26 de January de 202126 de January de 2021 by juliana

    Violette Leduc

    Violette Leduc (7 April 1907 – 28 May 1972) was a French author. Born out of wedlock to the son of a wealthy family for whom her…… Read more “Violette Leduc”

    25 de January de 202126 de January de 2021 by juliana

    Even after her head was struck off she behaved so beautifully

    Hi, folks! This is post 3 of Deal me In. For more about this project & my previous posts on it, go here: Reading Plans | Weeks 1 | 2 | 3…… Read more “Even after her head was struck off she behaved so beautifully”

    23 de January de 202123 de January de 2021 by juliana

    Mary de Morgan

    Mary de Morgan (Mary Auguste De Morgan, 24 February 1850 – 18 May 1907) was an English writer. She was born to a family of intellectuals: her…… Read more “Mary de Morgan”

    23 de January de 202123 de January de 2021 by juliana

    But leave me the machine of blue colors

    Four poems by Alfonsina Storni: one from the anthology Nine Latin American Poets, ed. and tr. Rachel Benson (1968); two from the collection Alfonsina Storni: Selected Poems,…… Read more “But leave me the machine of blue colors”

    21 de January de 2021 by juliana

    Alfonsina Storni

    Alfonsina Storni (29 May 1892 – 25 October 1938) was an Argentine author. She was born in Switzerland to an Italian-Swiss family. When she was four years…… Read more “Alfonsina Storni”

    21 de January de 202121 de January de 2021 by juliana

    This restless craving for sun and love and motion

    Hi, folks! This is post 2 of Deal me In. For more about this project & my previous posts on it, go here: Reading Plans | Weeks 1 | 2 (you…… Read more “This restless craving for sun and love and motion”

    20 de January de 202121 de January de 2021 by juliana

    George Egerton

    George Egerton (pen name of Mary Chavelita Dunne Bright; 14 December 1859 – 12 August 1945) was an Australian-born Irish writer. She was born in Melbourne, Australia,…… Read more “George Egerton”

    19 de January de 202120 de January de 2021 by juliana

    He who takes me will feel my heart beating in his hand

    Three poems by Mririda N’Ait Atiq: one from the anthology The Penguin Book of Women Poets, ed. Carol Cosman, Joan Keefe, and Kathleen Weaver (1978, translated from…… Read more “He who takes me will feel my heart beating in his hand”

    18 de January de 202118 de January de 2021 by juliana

    Mririda N’Ait Atiq

    Mririda N’Ait Atiq (c. 1900 – c. 1940) was a Moroccan Berber Shilha poet. Little is known about her life. Born in the village of Megdaz, in…… Read more “Mririda N’Ait Atiq”

    18 de January de 202118 de January de 2021 by juliana

    A trail of books: on Carolina Nabuco’s A Sucessora (‘The Sucessor’, 1934) and the plagiarism charges against Daphne Du Maurier’s Rebecca (1938)

    The other Rebecca A Sucessora (1934, ‘The Successor’) opens with a couple returning from their honeymoon trip. The first chapter unravels through an extended scene that feels…… Read more “A trail of books: on Carolina Nabuco’s A Sucessora (‘The Sucessor’, 1934) and the plagiarism charges against Daphne Du Maurier’s Rebecca (1938)”

    13 de January de 202113 de January de 2021 by juliana

    Carolina Nabuco

    Carolina Nabuco (née Maria Carolina Nabuco de Araújo. February 9th, 1890 – August 18th, 1981) was a Brazilian author. Daughter of the statesman Joaquim Nabuco, Carolina was…… Read more “Carolina Nabuco”

    13 de January de 202113 de January de 2021 by juliana

    Her heart is this red apple

    Dear Irina, When Isolde (2019, tr. Bryan Karetnyk and Irina Steinberg. Original: Изольда, 1929) opens, it’s summer, sometime in the wild 1920’s, and we are in Biarritz.…… Read more “Her heart is this red apple”

    8 de January de 2021 by juliana

    In the transparent silence of night,

    Six poems by Irina Odoevtseva: three from the collection A Russian cultural revival: a critical anthology of émigré literature before 1939, edited and translated by Temira Pachmuss…… Read more “In the transparent silence of night,”

    6 de January de 2021 by juliana

    Irina Odoevtseva

    Irina Vladimirovna Odoevtseva (Ирина Влади′мировна Одо′евцева, pen name of Ираида Густавовна Гейнике – Iraida Gustavovna Geinike. Latvian: Iraida Heinike. 15 June 1895 – 14 October 1990) was…… Read more “Irina Odoevtseva”

    6 de January de 20218 de January de 2021 by juliana

    Her perversities were as essential a part of her work as her inspirations,

    Hi, folks, This is post 1 of Deal me In. For more about this project & my previous posts on it, go here: Reading Plans | Weeks…… Read more “Her perversities were as essential a part of her work as her inspirations,”

    4 de January de 202119 de January de 2021 by juliana

    Constance Fenimore Woolson

    Constance Fenimore Woolson (March 5, 1840 – January 24, 1894) was an American writer. Woolson was born in Claremont, New Hampshire. Shortly after her birth, three of…… Read more “Constance Fenimore Woolson”

    4 de January de 20215 de January de 2021 by juliana

    Most Anticipated Books | 2021

    Hi, folks, Here are some forthcoming books that are on my radar for 2021, listed in chronological order by publication date: My Most Anticipated Books January:  A…… Read more “Most Anticipated Books | 2021”

    3 de January de 202126 de January de 2021 by juliana

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