Virginia Woolf

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• Books ~ Ten on My MUST READ List ~

  
  The Thought Vox — Authority: 115
  I’ve been an avid reader since I was a child. I have no idea how many books I’ve read. Sometimes certain books stay with us for a long time after we’ve read them. This list is in no way a ranking of the *Value* of these books. It is simply a list of ten books [...]
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• Black Books

  
  Other Stories — Authority: 116
  I freakin’ love Black Books. For those not in the know, it’s a sitcom starring Dylan Moran, Bill Bailey, and Tamsin Grieg, who are individually brilliant as well as being an excellent ensemble. Channel 4 has prevented people like me from embedding clips from YouTube, so you’ll have to click on this link to see ...
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• -- Anselm Berrigan

  
  Harriet: The Blog — Authority: 581
  Spent some time in a clinic today, the waiting turning into an interesting duration (every time I encounter the word duration I think of Kenneth Koch staring off into space during an interview saying, “everything lasts a certain period of time….that’s very odd”) within which to read more of Virginia Woolf’s ...
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• Woolf’s Waves inspired solo piano ballads

  
  Blogging Woolf — Authority: 116
  Here’s a bit of Virginia Woolf trivia. Did you know that pianist Ludovico Einaudi ’s first album “Le Onde” was inspired by Virginia Woolf’s 1931 novel The Waves? The cycle of solo piano ballads came out in 1996. Einaudi’s music is often compared to that of Philip Glass, who composed the music for ...
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• Researching Taoism and Virginia Woolf

  
  Blogging Woolf — Authority: 116
  A student-faculty team at Mars Hills College has won grant funding to explore the connection between Taoism and the writing of Virginia Woolf. Ali Andrejewski, an English and psychology student, was awarded $500, and faculty mentor Joanna Pierce won $250 to support research for the grant proposal titled, “’But ...
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• Books and the Gender Issue

  
  Ripple Effects — Authority: 110
  My review of  Girl With A Pearl Earring has recently been linked to a book list . While I appreciate the link, I must admit it has stirred up in me some unintended ripples.  It’s the title of the list:   ‘101 Books Every Woman Should Read’ . Now I’m always wary about books that are labeled and geared ...
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• Three Chances This Week for Film Fulfillment at the Starz Film Fest

  
  The Donnybrook Writing Academy — Authority: 130
  The Donnybrook Film Festival Task Force jumped into the festival like we were geriatric Polar Bear Club members with something to prove instead of wading in like Virginia Woolf at the River Ouse. The weekend began in high fashion when we collectively decided to make some bad decisions at the first night of the Late ...
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• Step Inside The Frightening, Surprisingly Punny World Of Tim Burton [Strange Encounters]

  
  Jezebel — Authority: 813
  This fall, MoMA is inviting art lovers to consider the work of the contemporary mixed-media artist who brought us PeeWees Big Adventure , and the sight of an entire dinner party singing Harry Belafontes Banana Boat song : Tim Burton . If youve ever even been slightly curious about Tim Burton, that ultimate ...
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• Clarice Lispector: A New Biography

  
  http://recifeguide.wordpress.com — Authority: 104
  Clarice Lispector, 1961- foto Claudia Andujar “What the legendary soccer player Pelé is to sport in Brazil, the author ´Clarice´ is to that country’s literary culture. Stunningly brilliant, beautiful and enigmatic, the daughter of Russian-Jewish émigrés achieved instant celebrity at the age of 23 with the ...
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• A Room to Write or A Hut of Own’s Own

  
  AccessRomance - All A-Blog — Authority: 122
  Virginia Woolf famously said that for a woman to write she needed a room of her own.  I’ve been writing in the spare room for years, although I do have a desk and bookshelves of my own, and I’ve been quite happy with that.  Even my uninspiring view of an inside wall allows me space to stick up pictures of the ...
  2 weeks ago

• Behold! My writing cottage unveiled!

  
  Mad Woman in the Forest — Authority: 484
  ::sounds a fanfare:: Without further ado, I bring you the greatest gift a writer can ever receive:
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• Core

  
  Letters from a Librarian — Authority: 104
  [ Flowerville ] What is the value of a philosophy which has no power over life? And so I return to Virginia. I have been thinking much about the value of philosophy -- going again through the morass of difficulties I have with doing this study and this work in an academic setting. I have also been ...
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• Web site launched for 2010 Woolf conference

  
  Blogging Woolf — Authority: 116
  A Web site for the 20th Annual International Conference on Virginia Woolf: Virginia Woolf and the Natural World has launched, and organizers have announced the conference call for papers , which are due Jan. 15, 2010. The conference, which will be held in the Thomas & King Leadership and Conference Center ...
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• Virginia Woolf, Essayist

  
  Blogging Woolf — Authority: 116
  I just treated myself to the new 2009 edition of The Best American Essays . I’m often left speechless at the incredible diversity of work as well as the brilliance, cleverness, wit and pathos of individual selections. The first essay in the collection, “Taking a Reading” by Sue Allison, starts with, “A ...
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• Way Cool Item of the Day ~ Secrets of the New York Public Library

  
  Snoop du Jour — Authority: 118
  Today’s item is dedicated to the memory of Norbert Pearlroth , head researcher for Ripley’s Believe It Or Not , who sat in the same spot in the research room at the New York Public Library for 52 years - just about every day. Thank you Robin Finn , who wrote the terrific column Secrets of the Stacks last ...
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• "A Room of Ones Own" - Ill be Happy with the Bathroom!

  
  Blogs — Authority: 162
  Virginia Woolf in "A Room of Ones Own" wrote passionately about the need for women to have a place of their own to write and to be creative. Eighty years later, women across the country still have the same lament! Mothers whether they live in mansions or apartments eventually all will get driven to the smallest ...
  3 weeks ago

• Smith College course features Woolf and friends

  
  Blogging Woolf — Authority: 116
  A Smith College professor will teach a course on Virginia Woolf and the Bloomsbury group that offers students the opportunity to work closely with primary materials from the Smith collections. Professor Robert Hosmer, of Smith’s English language and literature department, will teach the course, which is called ...
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• Virginia Woolf: There’s an App for that

  
  Blogging Woolf — Authority: 116
  Being able to download Virginia Woolf novels to Apple’s sleek little iPod means we can now carry her words with us anywhere we go.  Because so far, I haven’t found a pocket that the gizmo — stocked with Woolf novels — doesn’t fit in. Here’s my story. I bought an IPod touch a few weeks ago. Since then, I ...
  3 weeks ago

• thirty movies hath november - Whos Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)

  
  Jockey Full of Bourbon — Authority: 135
  what a groundbreaking movie Whos Afraid of Virginia Woolf? was. the movie of a play that many thought impossible to bring to the screen. the first American movie where the word goddamn was said. the movie where Elizabeth Taylor, disheveled, p... Read and post comments | Send to a friend
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• Virginia Woolf: There’s an App for that

  
  Blogging Woolf — Authority: 116
  Being able to download Virginia Woolf novels to Apple’s sleek little iPod means we can now carry her words with us anywhere we go.  Because so far, I haven’t found a pocket that the gizmo — stocked with Woolf novels — doesn’t fit in. Here’s my story. I bought an IPod touch a few weeks ago. Since then, I ...
  3 weeks ago

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