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Hi, folks! It’s time for another Classics Club Spin! By now, you know the drill: participants post a list of 20 books on their Classics Club list. On Sunday…… Read more “The Classics Spin #25”
Author: juliana brina
Poeira de água sobre água. Water dust over water.
Blessed with light, more light
Four poems by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, from the Complete Poems of Frances E.W. Harper, ed. Maryemma Graham (1988): “The Slave Mother Heard you that shriek? It…… Read more “Blessed with light, more light”
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper (September 24, 1825 – February 22, 1911) was an African-American writer. Born to free black parents in Baltimore, Maryland, Harper was orphaned when…… Read more “Frances Ellen Watkins Harper”
This was an act of disobedience
Dear Harriet, In Our Nig (1859), we follow Alfrado (‘Frado’), daughter of a white woman and an African American man. The novel opens with a cautionary tale:…… Read more “This was an act of disobedience”
Harriet E. Wilson
Harriet E. Wilson (born Harriet E. Adams, March 15, 1825 – June 28, 1900) was an African-American writer. Born free in New Hampshire, Harriet was the daughter of…… Read more “Harriet E. Wilson”
And the money ate the blood
Dear Maria, Die Vergiftung (“The Poisoning”, 1920) reads like a box full of family pictures. We are taking them out randomly, one by one, and some disembodied…… Read more “And the money ate the blood”
Maria Lazar
Maria Lazar (née Maria Franziska Lazar. After marriage, Maria Franziska Strindberg. Pseudonym: Esther Grenen. November 22, 1895 – March 30, 1948) was an Austrian-Jewish writer. Born in…… Read more “Maria Lazar”
So much humanity quelled down and buried beneath a concrete of inflexible obedience
Dear Geraldine, The Half Sisters (1848) is this puzzling thing: it peels off the layers of Victorian convention and throws a sharp light over their underlying lack…… Read more “So much humanity quelled down and buried beneath a concrete of inflexible obedience”
Classic Russian Women Authors in Translation
Hi, folks! Here I am again with another list of classics by women – this time, the Russians! There is nothing like making a reading list to…… Read more “Classic Russian Women Authors in Translation”
Classic Gothic Books by Women Authors | Top Ten Tuesday
Hi, folks, Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme originally created by The Broke and the Bookish and currently hosted by Jana at That Artsy Girl. This week’s topic is ‘Halloween Freebie’ and I…… Read more “Classic Gothic Books by Women Authors | Top Ten Tuesday”
Geraldine Jewsbury
Geraldine Jewsbury (Geraldine Endsor Jewsbury, 22 August 1812 – 23 September 1880) was an English writer. When she was six, Jewsbury and her family moved to Manchester. Her…… Read more “Geraldine Jewsbury “
The fathomless ocean on which they had set out with such unknowing fearlessness
Dear Amy, The Romance of a Shop (1888) is all about framing: depending on the way we turn our lens and the point where we choose to…… Read more “The fathomless ocean on which they had set out with such unknowing fearlessness”
Amy Levy
Amy Levy (Amy Judith Levy, November 10th, 1861 – September 10th, 1889) was an English writer. Born into an upper middle-class Jewish family, Levy was first educated…… Read more “Amy Levy”
We can be an army of two
Dear Isabel, Patience and Sarah (originally self-published in 1969 as A Place For Us) reads like going on a journey outside the closet while remaining firmly locked…… Read more “We can be an army of two”
Isabel Miller
Isabel Miller (pen name of Alma Routsong, born Elma Louise Routsong, November 26, 1924 – October 4, 1996) was an American author. Miller began college, in 1942,…… Read more “Isabel Miller”
Our desires for beauty and rareness
Dear Vernon, The novella A Phantom Lover (first published in 1886, and later collected in Hauntings in 1890, as ‘Oke of Okehurst’) reads like a claustrophobic hall…… Read more “Our desires for beauty and rareness”
A creature of strength and grace and beauty and softness
Dear Florence, Her Father’s Name (1876) features the best (and worst) of what a Victorian Sensational novel has to offer: an exotic location, murder, a cross-dressing heroine with…… Read more “A creature of strength and grace and beauty and softness”
German Literature Month | 2020
Hi, folks! German Lit Month ist fast wieder da! Just like in previous years, Lizzy and Caroline will host the 10th GLM this coming November. (Yes, you read it right: it’s…… Read more “German Literature Month | 2020”
