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A Bookstore is Gone, Long Live the Books! Part 10-The Cambridge Guide to Women’s Writing in English
A local used bookstore recently closed after 25 years. They had a fantastic going-out-of-business sale. While part of me feels “guilty” for taking advantage of their sad circumstances, the rest (and logical) part of me knows that they needed to sell as many books as possible. Through these books, a bit of their entrepreneurial and intellectual spirit will live on. With that idea in mind, I’m doing a limited-run series where I’ll spotlight each of the volumes I “adopted” from this sweet little shop. Shine on, you bookish gems!
Today’s selection? The Cambridge Guide to Women’s Writing in English by Lorna Sage.
The Cambridge Guide to Women’s Writing in English
DETAILS:
- TITLE: THE CAMBRIDGE GUIDE TO WOMEN’S WRITING IN ENGLISH
- AUTHOR: LORNA SAGE
- PUBLISHED: 1999
- CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
WHY I BOUGHT IT:
A reference book dedicated to (English-language) women writers? Sign. Me. Up. One can never own too many books by and about women writers.
Thanks for reading! I hope you’re enjoying the series. Let me know your thoughts in the comments.
Philip Roth on the Best Readers
“Everybody else is working to change, persuade, tempt and control them. The best readers come to fiction to be free of all that noise.”–Philip Roth
Tom Wolfe on the Problem with Fiction
“The problem with fiction, it has to be plausible. That’s not true with non-fiction.”–Tom Wolfe
Miscellaneous Epic of World Saga Updates…
I am usually a good girl about maintaining the focus of ASPL, so I hope you forgive me when I occasionally go off-subject. When I do, it’s usually in support of one of my other projects. Like this!
Although I try to keep things compartmentalized, sometimes I just have to share updates. Like now!
Here’s what is going on over at Epic of World Saga.
If you love old pulp fiction magazines, do we have the covers (and commentary) for you!
Fantastic Universe (September 1959)
Fantastic Adventures (February 1950)
Kev debuted a new series on May 5th. It’s all about classic sci-fi and adventure radio programs.
- Major Hap Hazard’s Atomic-Powered Transceiver of Time on a Moon!
- [Major Hap Hazard’s Atomic-Powered Transceiver of Time on a Moon!] X Minus One-Mars is Heaven
- [Major Hap Hazard’s Atomic-Powered Transceiver of Time on a Moon!] X Minus One-A Gun for Dinosaur
There are so many wonderful things on the horizon for EoWS, but this is all I’ll thrust on you today. I’ll be back with the regularly scheduled programming in a couple of hours. Until then, thanks for your indulgence.
[Book Nerd News] Tom Wolfe Dies at 87
Tom Wolfe Dies at 87:
Writers in Art: Rainer Maria Rilke by Leonid Pasternak
Rainer Maria Rilke by Leonid Pasternak:
Rainer Maria Rilke by Leonid Pasternak
John Cheever on Usefulness
“The need to write comes from the need to make sense of one’s life and discover one’s usefulness.”–John Cheever
A Bookstore is Gone, Long Live the Books! Part 7-Wide Sargasso Sea
A local used bookstore recently closed after 25 years. They had a fantastic going-out-of-business sale. While part of me feels “guilty” for taking advantage of their sad circumstances, the rest (and logical) part of me knows that they needed to sell as many books as possible. Through these books, a bit of their entrepreneurial and intellectual spirit will live on. With that idea in mind, I’m doing a limited-run series where I’ll spotlight each of the volumes I “adopted” from this sweet little shop. Shine on, you bookish gems!
Today’s selection? Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys.
Wide Sargasso Sea
DETAILS:
- TITLE: WIDE SARGASSO SEA
- AUTHOR: JEAN RHYS
- INTRODUCTION: FRANCIS WYNDHAM
- YEAR PUBLISHED:1966/FIRST PUBLISHED AS A NORTON PAPERBACK IN 1982
- W.W. NORTON & COMPANY
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WHY I BOUGHT IT:
I didn’t have a copy of this short novel in my collection, and the price was, of course, right. Nothing deeper than that.
Thanks for reading! I hope you like the new series. Let me know your thoughts in the comments.
A Bookstore is Gone, Long Live the Books! Part 4-Boswell’s London Journal
A local used bookstore recently closed after 25 years. They had a fantastic going-out-of-business sale. While part of me feels “guilty” for taking advantage of their sad circumstances, the rest (and logical) part of me knows that they needed to sell as many books as possible. Through these books, a bit of their entrepreneurial and intellectual spirit will live on. With that idea in mind, I’m doing a limited-run series where I’ll spotlight each of the volumes I “adopted” from this sweet little shop. Shine on, you bookish gems!
Today’s selection? Boswell’s London Journal.
Boswell’s London Journal
DETAILS:
- TITLE: BOSWELL’S LONDON JOURNAL 1762-1763
- AUTHOR: JAMES BOSWELL
- YEAR PUBLISHED: 1950
- MCGRAW-HILL PUBLISHING/YALE UNIVERSITY
- PREFACE: CHRISTOPHER MORLEY
- “NOW FIRST PUBLISHED FROM THE ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT”
WHY I BOUGHT IT:
James Boswell? Check. 18th-century London? Check. Journal? Check. Interesting jacket painting? Check.
Thanks for reading! I hope you like the new series. Let me know your thoughts in the comments.
