November 2023 #MARM Margaret Atwood Reading Month (Week Three): November 15-21

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Welcome to Week Three, MARMers: the midpoint of the sixth iteration of this reading celebration. And, of course, there’s cake to come, because it’s the birthday week. But, in the meantime, back to the books. Coincidentally, I also discovered Margaret Atwood in the Giller-nominated Girlfriend on Mars (2023) by

November 2023 #MARM Margaret Atwood Reading Month (Week Three): November 15-212023-11-14T14:01:59-05:00

November 2023, In My Bookbag (also, L.M. Montgomery)

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In November, Naomi and Sarah are hosting a readalong for The Story Girl, so the last time I packed up my bookbag, I stuck in my copy of Elizabeth Waterston’s Magic Island (2008) to read her chapter on L.M. Montgomery’s 1911 novel. Story Girl reads like a collection of

November 2023, In My Bookbag (also, L.M. Montgomery)2023-11-02T11:06:48-04:00

November 2023 #MARM Margaret Atwood Reading Month Week One: November 1-7

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Part of the appeal of MARM for me is a sense of having reserved the month. When I heard about Old Babes in the Wood, I thought, November! And that, simultaneously, seems to create an opportunity for other reading, in the remaining eleven months. (Next year, I think I

November 2023 #MARM Margaret Atwood Reading Month Week One: November 1-72023-10-30T16:15:51-04:00

“Scratching the Surface: Some Notes on Barriers to Women and Loving” (1978)

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Oh my, so much time has passed since I began to reread Audre Lorde’s essays: those early musings on her birthday, followed by “Notes from a Trip to Russia”, “Poetry Is Not a Luxury”, and "The Transformation of Silence into Language and Action". But, since then, I’ve found references

“Scratching the Surface: Some Notes on Barriers to Women and Loving” (1978)2023-01-20T14:49:24-05:00

Autumn 2022, In My Reading Log (2 of 2): Illustrations and Poems,

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In the coming year, I don’t know if I will read so many collections or spend time with so many illustrations, but I have enjoyed my 2022 reading so far (partially discussed last week, here). Ai Qing’s Selected Poems (2021), translated by Robert Dorsett, are “characterized by his sincerity, a

Autumn 2022, In My Reading Log (2 of 2): Illustrations and Poems,2022-11-14T16:39:01-05:00
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