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    Tag: Short stories

    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 | I…… Read more “Her perversities were as essential a part of her work as her inspirations,”

    4 de January de 2021 by juliana

    Fauna smiles upon the love of intertwined women

    Dear Renée, For the past couple of days, I’ve been trapped inside a stuffy Victorian room heavily decorated with rich furnishings, intricate pieces of furniture, some middle…… Read more “Fauna smiles upon the love of intertwined women”

    10 de December de 20205 de January de 2021 by juliana

    The unlived life is light, so light

    Dear Marie Luise, Circe’s Mountain: Stories (1990, tr. Lisel Mueller. Stories originally written in the 1950’s and 1960’s) is a collection of 12 of some of your…… Read more “The unlived life is light, so light”

    7 de December de 20207 de December de 2020 by juliana

    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,”

    3 de September de 202024 de September de 2020 by juliana

    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”

    28 de August de 2020 by juliana

    It’s like a bridge leading you to the other side

    Dear Ru Zhijuan, The Path through the Grassland (tr. Yu Fanqin. Original: 草原上的小路, 1979) begins and ends on a vast piece of uncultivated land, crossed by a…… Read more “It’s like a bridge leading you to the other side”

    3 de August de 20203 de August de 2020 by juliana

    A crazy construction worker in conversation with fresh cement

    Hi, folks, My last weekly letter, from March 5th, seems to have been sent from another life, another space and time. Like a letter inside a bottle,…… Read more “A crazy construction worker in conversation with fresh cement”

    23 de March de 202023 de March de 2020 by juliana

    She had to put up with being insulted by the cats

    Hi, folks, Here are some things I read, listened, or watched this past week. For more about this project & my previous posts on it, go here: Weeks…… Read more “She had to put up with being insulted by the cats”

    5 de March de 20205 de March de 2020 by juliana

    Susan knows she is a Siren

    Hi, folks, Here are some things I read, listened, or watched this past week. For more about this project & my previous posts on it, go here: Weeks…… Read more “Susan knows she is a Siren”

    25 de February de 202028 de February de 2020 by juliana

    Is it ever wrong to do what you want to?

    Hi, folks, Here are some things I read, listened, or watched this past week. For more about this project & my previous posts on it, go here: Weeks…… Read more “Is it ever wrong to do what you want to?”

    16 de February de 202016 de February de 2020 by juliana

    The tenacity of life in its minute frame

    Hi, folks, Here are some things I read, listened, or watched this past week. For more about this project & my previous posts on it, go here: Weeks…… Read more “The tenacity of life in its minute frame”

    11 de February de 202016 de February de 2020 by juliana

    As people who meet after a long separation

    Hi, folks, Here are some things I read, listened, or watched this past week. For more about this project & my previous posts on it, go here: Weeks…… Read more “As people who meet after a long separation”

    7 de February de 2020 by juliana

    The monstrous pleasure of being alone,

    Hi, folks, Here are some things I read, listened, or watched this past week. For more about this project & my previous posts on it, go here: Weeks…… Read more “The monstrous pleasure of being alone,”

    24 de January de 202024 de January de 2020 by juliana

    Do you like plain ordinary pleasures?

    Hi, folks, Here are some things I read, listened, or watched this past week. For more about this project & my previous posts on it, go here:…… Read more “Do you like plain ordinary pleasures?”

    20 de January de 202022 de January de 2020 by juliana

    The smell crosses the line

    Hi, folks, Here are some of the things I read, listened, or watched this past week. For more about this project & my previous posts on it,…… Read more “The smell crosses the line”

    13 de January de 202021 de January de 2020 by juliana

    To search for the sources of joy

    Hi, folks, Inspired by Buried.In.Print’s Mavis Gallant and Alice Munro reading projects, I decided to incorporate more short stories into my weekly reads, and I thought that…… Read more “To search for the sources of joy”

    9 de January de 202016 de February de 2020 by juliana

    Solitary and savage had been her life

    Dear Elizabeth, The collection Gothic Tales, edited by Laura Kranzler (2000), comprises your most famous ghost stories published from 1851 to 1861. Reading those stories is like…… Read more “Solitary and savage had been her life”

    31 de October de 2019 by juliana

    Sitting deep in the human heart

    Dear Selma, Your short-story collection Invisible Links, tr. Pauline Bancroft Flach (1899. Original: Osynliga länkar,1894) reads like a visit to one of those Scandinavian wooden churches, decorated with…… Read more “Sitting deep in the human heart”

    31 de August de 201831 de August de 2018 by juliana

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