Wislawa Szymborska: Nothing of the Ordinary: Mark Ordon in conversation with the Nobel Laureate’s personal secretary, Michal Rusinek
Mark Ordon interviews Michał Rusinek, personal secretary to the Polish poet Wisława Szymborska.
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An Interview with Maryse Condé
It would be easy for a book set during the Salem Witch Trials to disintegrate into yet another western racial pastiche where the character of Tituba remains a culturally unimportant shadow in the background of a privileged white morality play. Yet in the strong, capable hands of French (Guadoluopean) author Maryse Condé, Tituba at […]
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Ursula Phillips on Polish Author Zofia Nałkowska
The Thornfield Review warmly welcomes translator Ursula Phillips, as she reflects upon the prolific Polish feminist author Zofia Nalkowska.
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Twelve classic poetry collections to check out now…
Dove, Angelou,Rich and more.
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Letters to Santa
a timeless holiday read for when you need to believe in something beautiful.
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Goblin Market
Morning and evening
Maids heard the goblins cry:
“Come buy our orchard fruits,
Come buy, come buy:
Apples and quinces,
Lemons and oranges,
Plump unpeck’d cherries,
Melons and raspberries,
Bloom-down-cheek’d peaches,
Swart-headed mulberries,
Wild free-born cranberries,
Crab-apples, dewberries,
Pine-apples, blackberries…
Miss Mary Pask
Edith Wharton’s quietly eerie and darkly funny ghost story
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Sojourner Truth
“Ain’t I a Woman?”
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A Dark Dark Tale: Ruth Brown’s charming gothic picture book as an artistic tribute to the beauty of an autumn night
There is a palpable sense of loneliness and the artistry of shadow which promise to stay with a reader
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Poetry: October
A lovely vintage poem about autumn and fairies by Winifred Sackville Stoner, Jr.
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