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John Ruskin: A Mind As Bright as Fireflies

Anita Mathias — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 23:10:00 +0000

John Ruskin: The Most Remarkable Englishman of All Time: A Mind as Bright and Eccentric as Fireflies!I spent a happy couple of hours in the Ashmolean’s exhibtion of the Pre-Raphaelites in Italy http://wanderingbetweentwoworlds.blogspot.com/2010/11/pre-raphaelites-in-italy-ashmolean.html and realized again what a seminal and remarkable figure John Ruskin was in the history of England, the history of art, the history of […]

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Andrea Barrett

Anita Mathias — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 23:25:00 +0000

Andrea Barrett’s “The Littoral Zone” is one of my very favourite short stories. I was intrigued by this Paris Review interview with her. Andrea Barrett, The Art of Fiction No. 180 Interviewed by Elizabeth Gaffney PRINT|TWITTER|FACEBOOK|MORE|View a manuscript page When Andrea Barrett won the National Book Award in 1996 for her fifth book and first […]

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Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak

Anita Mathias — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 11:28:00 +0000

Today’s Guardian Review of a novel which mesmerized me when I first read it to the exclusion of everything else. I must re-read it. Rereading: Doctor Zhivago Boris Pasternak knew that Doctor Zhivago was explosive. But a new translation to mark the 50th anniversary of the author’s death loses much of its force, argues […]

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Alice Munro–Consummate Short Story Writer

Anita Mathias — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 00:10:00 +0000

Alice Munro My favourite short story writer, hands down, is Alice Munro. I love her jewelly miniaturist’s art, her contorted sentences, the elegaic tone which pervades her work, her sharp eye, her sense of hard-won wisdom, the sadness and beauty which breathes through her work. Her work is restful, rejuvenating, a tonic for me. I […]

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The Eastern Europe of Sholom Aleichem, Isaac Bashevis Singer, Kafka and Elie Wiesel

Anita Mathias — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 20:51:00 +0000

The Eastern Europe of Sholom Aleichem, Isaac Bashevis Singer, Kafka and Elie Wiesel We spent this morning in Prague’s old Ghetto and Jewish quarter. Jewish people have lived in Prague for a millennium—subjected to a variety of petty restrictions: for a while the only trades open to them were the rag trade and the usury. […]

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C.S Lewis, “Prisoner of Narnia” by Adam Gopnik,

Anita Mathias — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 15:11:00 +0000

Here’s an interesting article!! PRISONER OF NARNIA How C. S. Lewis escaped. by Adam GopnikNOVEMBER 21, 2005 TEXT SIZE: SMALL TEXT MEDIUM TEXT LARGE TEXT PRINT E-MAIL FEEDS KEYWORDS Lewis, C. S.; “; The Narnian”; (HarperSanFrancisco, $25.95); Jacobs, Alan; Biographies; “ he British literary scholar, Christian apologist, and children’s-book author C. S. Lewis is […]

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Genius Grows with Experience. I believe it.

Anita Mathias — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 23:31:00 +0000

Genius grows with experience As the John Llewellyn Rhys prize for young writers reaches 65, Derwent May argues that the best writing comes with the seasoning of old age Poets are usually thought of as youthful figures, inspired by the first, joyous discovery of love and sex. It is not always so, however. Two of […]

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Charming, charming Annie Dillard.

Anita Mathias — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 10:24:00 +0000

I love the writing of Annie Dillard. I suppose it is possible not to, but it is not possible for me not to–she is such a kindred spirit.Here is the second line on her websiteNow I can no longer travel, can’t meet with strangers, can’t sign books but will sign labels with SASE, can’t write […]

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