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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 “
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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”
Book journal 2020 | Update
Hi, folks! Back in 2018, I gave you a peek at my book journal. This is just a quick video to update you on the spreads I…… Read more “Book journal 2020 | Update”
My Victober TBR | 2020
Hi, folks! It’s almost time for another of my favourite reading events: Victober is a month-long readathon hosted by Kate, Katie, and Lucy, where we try to read as much…… Read more “My Victober TBR | 2020”
Put a berry for a heart,
Dear Mourning Dove, How many stories can fit inside one story? Comparing the two versions of the tales collected in Coyote Stories (1933) and Tales of the…… Read more “Put a berry for a heart,”
Mourning Dove
Mourning Dove (Hum-Ishu-Ma, also known as Christine/Christal Quintasket. Sometime between 1882 and 1888 – August 8th, 1936) was a Native American author of Okanagan and Colville ancestry. According to…… Read more “Mourning Dove”
R.I.P. – R.eaders I.mbibing P.eril XV | TBR 2020
Hi, folks! As Summer drives to an end, it’s time to find consolation in one of my favourite Autumn reading events: R.I.P. Created in 2006 by Carl…… Read more “R.I.P. – R.eaders I.mbibing P.eril XV | TBR 2020”
Summer Reading Wrap-up | 2020
Hi, folks! Summer is waning and I seem to be stepping in dry leaves everywhere. It’s time to wrap up my reading projects for the season. 20…… Read more “Summer Reading Wrap-up | 2020”
There was no new order
Dear Natália, Controle (2019, ‘Control’, not translated yet) is a novel centred on an absence. Our protagonist, she’s lost control, and she’s clinging to the nearest passer-by:…… Read more “There was no new order”
Just a desire, begun
Dear Natália, Amora: Stories (2020, tr. Julia Sanches. Original: Amora, 2015) begins with ‘First Times’ and ends with ‘Profanation’ – and, for that alone, I knew this collection…… Read more “Just a desire, begun”
Natália Borges Polesso
Natália Borges Polesso (August 6th, 1981) is a Brazilian writer. She holds a PhD in Literary Theory from PUCRS (2017). Her first short-story collection Recortes para álbum…… Read more “Natália Borges Polesso”
I turned her into a tree so that she would stop trembling
Dear Irmgard, Child of All Nations (2008, tr. Michael Hofmann. Original: Kind aller Länder, 1938) is all about voice. Not bitter nor cheerful, but something in-between. It…… Read more “I turned her into a tree so that she would stop trembling”
