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”
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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!”
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”
The Fountain of St. James Court; or, Portrait of the Artist as an Old Woman
Our “Dallodays” are almost over, alas, How’d the month go so fast? I simply cannot let it go by without pointing you to yet another book of my heart whose structure borrows bits beautifully (while also remaining entirely original) from Mrs. Dalloway. The Fountain of St. James Court or, Portrait of the Artist as anContinue reading “The Fountain of St. James Court; or, Portrait of the Artist as an Old Woman”
To Be Continued…
You may or may not have noticed that I’m a wee bit behind on the posts. Important, unexpected extended family business needed tending to and while I meant to post a lovely photo of Woolf earlier today, I couldn’t even manage that without frustration. I knew you’d forgive me. But give me some time (aContinue reading “To Be Continued…”
The Woolf Diaries
While I’m self-isolating more than usual this weekend due to a possible COVID-19 exposure (waiting for the test results of the person who may have it that I was exposed to), I thought I’d write briefly about Woolf’s extensive diaries which I tend to call journals. And don’t pity me too much for having toContinue reading “The Woolf Diaries”
Recording of Virginia Woolf
Here’s a link to the only known surviving recording of Woolf’s voice, a slice of the recording animated in commemoration of Woolf’s passing 75 years before, the animation commissioned in 2016. https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20160324-the-only-surviving-recording-of-virginia-woolf
Why Read Woolf?
Mr. Dalloway
If you haven’t heard of the novella Mr. Dalloway by Robin Lippincott and you’re a Woolf fan at all, do yourself a favor and order it. Now. Full disclosure: he was my writing mentor for two semesters in grad school. I begged the person in charge of assigning mentors to let me work with him.Continue reading “Mr. Dalloway”
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