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• Jeanette Winterson: Sexing The Cherry

  
  The Greatest Literary Works — Authority: 122
  When The Dog Woman finds a tiny child abandoned in the Thames mud in 17th century London, she adopts him and names him Jordan to always remember his watery origins. And in the coming years, giantess and boy play their parts in history, from the English Civil War to the restoration to the plague and the Great Fire of ...
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• Book Rec: Lighthousekeeping

  
  Living Creatively Ever After — Authority: 126
  My mother called me Silver. I was born part precious metal part pirate.This is probably the most interesting first line I’ve ever read. It is a story about telling stories. At first you’d think it was a story about an orphan who was taken under the wing of  a lighthousekeeper. But then the story intertwines [...]
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• Christmas: time to reflect, renew and raise your glass

  
  Daily Telegraph | Telegraph.co.uk — Authority: 955
  Jeanette Winterson loves everything about Christmas, from the gaudy to the glorious.
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• The Lion, the Unicorn and Me by Jeanette Winterson

  
  Orpheus Sings the Guitar Electric — Authority: 109
  Re-telling of the nativity story. Read
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• Jeanette Winterson retells the Christmas story

  
  AfterEllen.com - Because visibility matters — Authority: 451
  Iconic lesbian poet and writer Jeanette Winterson, who penned Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit among many other queer tales, may no longer be excited about her gay label, but lesbians worldwide are. So...
  3 weeks ago

• Author Jeanette Winterson attacks anti-gay tabloids

  
  PinkNews.co.uk — Authority: 697
  Lesbian author Jeanette Winterson has attacked the negative use of the word lesbian in newspapers. Writing on her blog, the Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit author complained that tabloids tended to emphasise the sexual orientation of gay or lesbian criminals.
  3 weeks ago

• Bible tales retold for the secular age

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 985
  Authors reimagine the nativity story for children to read and enjoy Ask any four-year-old why the shepherds followed that star and the answer is likely to be entertaining. "They brought Jesus food after a fairy came down and said to Mary, You are going to have a baby," said one this weekend. "No, I think they took ...
  3 weeks ago

• The Stone Gods - Jeanette Winterson

  
  thesvenhunter — Authority: 114
  Ive made no secret of the fact that Jeanette Winterson is my favourite living author ever since I read Sexing The Cherry, which is a truly brilliant book, and later The Passion, which is possibly even better. And others: Lighthousekeeping, Oranges..., The Powerbook; all of them masterpieces of modern[ist?] ...
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• PHOTOGRAPHER SEEKS PORTRAIT SUBJECTS

  
  Toxico Cultura — Authority: 121
  Female Photographer Seeks Portrait Subjects, by Siri Kaur. More here. “These are photographs of strangers, people I don’t know, whose lives I discover through the act of photography. The strangers select themselves by responding to notices I post around town and online, announcing, “Female Photographer Seeks ...
  4 weeks ago

• A quote from my favourite author…

  
  All Things Jennifer — Authority: 137
  “We are friends and I do like to pass the day with you in serious and inconsequential chatter. I wouldn’t mind washing up beside you, dusting beside you, reading the back half of the paper while you read the front. We are friends and I would miss you, do miss you and think of you [...]
  4 weeks ago

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