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Virginia Woolf: Modernist Master with Anne E. Fernald

Apparently I am not the only one who is ready for more Woolf! This link dropped into my email box today and might be of interest. The Center for Fiction is hosting a series of Woolf readings via Zoom. This list substitutes The Waves for A Room. I can’t blame them but my copy ofContinue reading “Virginia Woolf: Modernist Master with Anne E. Fernald”

I Have Had My Vision!

See, I ended up posting more about Lighthouse than I did Dalloway. That being said, I’ve finished re-reading it. You? 😊 So I’m going to go ahead and start re-reading Orlando so I can get a jump on it. We all know how holiday weekends end up. We’re staying home for Thanksgiving, to be safe,Continue reading “I Have Had My Vision!”

Ordinary Mysteries

This is one of my favorite passages in Lighthouse. As a human, this has always been my goal, to pay attention to the ordinary moments of beauty and to elevate them. At the funeral for my husband’s grandmother a few years ago, the minister came around beforehand and asked for memories to share. I wasContinue reading “Ordinary Mysteries”

The Artist and the Audience: Lit Hub

Remember when I wrote a post on Robin Lippincott’s excellent Mr. Dalloway? He’s turned up again in connection with Woolf in this Lit Hub article on the art and the audience, but this time for his Blue Territory: A Meditation on the Life and Art of Joan Mitchell(Tidal Press). Both his meditation and Woolf’s ToContinue reading “The Artist and the Audience: Lit Hub”

Lesléa Newman’s Must-Read Poem

Hubby and I are honored to be aquainted with the uh-maaay-zing author Lesléa Newman. She’s been on some of our trips abroad as a writing workshop leader, and came to speak in Fort Wayne a couple of years ago. Of course we went to hear her! The author of Heather Has Two Mommies and manyContinue reading “Lesléa Newman’s Must-Read Poem”

Comma, Comma, Comma!

Am I the only one who gets stuck on a simple punctuation mark when reading? I want to understand everything Virginia Woolf writes, even down to her choice of punctuation, but while reading Lighthouse today, I came across a sentence with a comma in a place I would not have chosen. (If you’re reading theContinue reading “Comma, Comma, Comma!”

Charles Tansley Can Kiss My @ss!

Charles Tansley is a douche nozzle. There, I’ve started with the most heinous character in To the Lighthouse. And yet. And yet I pity him. (You might question my use of “douche nozzle.” That’s exactly the casual language that I would use in a classroom if talking about literature and would hope my students wouldContinue reading “Charles Tansley Can Kiss My @ss!”

Woolf’s Desk

Duke University has acquired an important collection of women’s history items, including Virginia Woolf’s desk that she designed herself. Read about it here. https://today.duke.edu/2015/04/

Time to Go to the Lighthouse!

I’m overly excited to talk about Lighthouse. It’s such an important novel to me. And yet since my second, about-to-go-on-submission, novel deals quite a bit with this book, I have to be careful. No spoilers! Although here’s one tidbit: I turned the lighthouse into a forest fire lookout tower in my novel. One I knowContinue reading “Time to Go to the Lighthouse!”

Saying Farewell to Mrs. Dalloway

Privileging the inner person, the interior self, Mrs. Dalloway reminds us that what is within is more important and richer than the outer manifestation. What we see is mere set dressing in comparison to our inner life, even from those who, upon first glance, seem the most surface of people. A woman might be mendingContinue reading “Saying Farewell to Mrs. Dalloway”