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Dear Sara, The short stories and vignettes in your Land of Smoke (2018, tr. Jessica Sequeira. Original: El país del humo, 1977) walk us through the mist…… Read more “I felt that laughter could be the dawn of a word”
Tag: Short stories
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”
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”
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,”
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”
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”
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,”
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”
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”
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”
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”
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”
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?”
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”
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”
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,”
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?”
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”
