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My Library/Day 84: Beginning Again: An Autobiography of the Years 1911 to 1918 by Leonard Woolf

Posted on April 1, 2024 by maedez
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DAY 84:

Posted in MY BOOK COLLECTION | Tagged autobiography, Bloomsbury Group, Books, Leonard Woolf, library, Memoir, Reading, Virginia Woolf, Writers, Writing | 2 Replies

[Book Nerd Links] Iris, Virginia, Human Chain, and Bookends

Posted on February 2, 2019 by maedez
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  • Cooking with Iris Murdoch [THE PARIS REVIEW]
  • Where Virginia Woolf Listened to the Waves [THE PARIS REVIEW]
  • Epic Human Chain Moves Bookstore Into New Home [HUFFPOST]
  • Jaw-Dropping Bookends Feature Detailed Back-Alley Dioramas [FLAVORWIRE]
Posted in Books, Links | Tagged Bookends, Books, Bookstores, Cooking, Iris Murdoch, Links, Literature, Reading, Virginia Woolf, Writers, Writing | 2 Replies

Virginia Woolf Google Doodle

Posted on January 25, 2018 by maedez
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Virginia Woolf Google Doodle

Posted in Art, Dead Writers | Tagged Art, Books, Dead Writers, Fiction, Google Doodles, Literature, Novels, Reading, Virginia Woolf, Writers | 9 Replies

Virginia Woolf on Adventuring

Posted on October 2, 2017 by maedez
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“I will not be “famous,” “great.” I will go on adventuring, changing, opening my mind and my eyes, refusing to be stamped and stereotyped. The thing is to free one’s self: to let it find its dimensions, not be impeded.”–Virginia Woolf

Posted in Dead Writers, Quotes | Tagged Books, Dead Writers, Life, Quotes, Reading, Virginia Woolf, Writers, Writing | 2 Replies

Virginia Woolf on the Full Sound

Posted on April 24, 2017 by maedez
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“I am reading six books at once, the only way of reading; since, as you will agree, one book is only a single unaccompanied note, and to get the full sound, one needs ten others at the same time.”–Virginia Woolf

Posted in Books, Quotes, Reading | Tagged Books, Dead Writers, Literature, Quotes, Reading, Virginia Woolf, Writers | Leave a reply

[Book Nerd Art] Orlando, 1928

Posted on November 22, 2016 by maedez
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The cover of Virginia Woolf’s Orlando (The Hogarth Press, 1928).

Cover of Orlando, 1928

Cover of Orlando, 1928

Posted in Art, Books | Tagged Art, Book Covers, Books, Dead Writers, Novels, Reading, Virginia Woolf, Writers, Writing | 2 Replies

Daily Diversion #360: The Common Reader

Posted on November 21, 2016 by maedez
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A few weeks ago, when I wasn’t home, The Chef broke my A Room of One’s Own mug. He immediately ordered a replacement, plus this baby. My husband really is the best. 

The Common Reader

The Common Reader

Posted in 'zining, Dead Writers, Photography, Tea | Tagged Books, Daily Diversion, Dead Writers, Photos, Reading, Tea, The Common Reader, Virginia Woolf, Writers, Writing | Leave a reply

[Book Nerd Links] Kafka, National Parks, Diane di Prima, and Virginia Woolf

Posted on September 14, 2016 by maedez
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  • Three by Kafka [THE PARIS REVIEW]
  • How Photographs Have Shaped Our View of the National Parks [HYPERALLERGIC]
  • Diane di Prima Digs in San Francisco [THE PARIS REVIEW]
  • Virginia Woolf’s travel and literary notebook, 1906-09 [BRITISH LIBRARY]
Posted in Links | Tagged Diane di Prima, Franz Kafka, Links, National Parks, Reading, Virginia Woolf | Leave a reply

Birthday Girl Vanessa Bell

Posted on May 30, 2016 by maedez
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The talented, beautiful, and well-connected artist Vanessa Bell was born on 30 May 1879.

Photo of Vanessa Bell by GC Beresford, 1902

Photo of Vanessa Bell by GC Beresford, 1902

Posted in Art | Tagged 20th Century, 20th Century Artists, Art, Artists, Bloomsbury, Bloomsbury Group, Painters, Vanessa Bell, Virginia Woolf | 3 Replies

[Book Nerd Links] The Little Prince Scrapped, Vita and Virginia in Love

Posted on March 13, 2016 by maedez
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Paramount Scraps Release of  Animated ‘Little Prince’ [The Hollywood Reporter]

A Thing That Wants Virginia [The Paris Review]

Posted in Books, Dead Writers, Links | Tagged Books, Dead Writers, Links, Reading, The Little Prince, Virginia Woolf, Vita Sackville-West, Writers | Leave a reply

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