by Lynne Weiss | Mar 17, 2021 | What I'm Reading
In researching the rise of fascism in 1930s Britain, I was surprised to learn that Oswald Mosley, the charismatic founder of the British Union of Fascists (BUF), was initially a fan of Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal. He formed the BUF after his effort to...
by Lynne Weiss | Mar 11, 2021 | What I'm Reading
Since I posted yesterday about Virginia Woolf and how A Room of One’s Own made me think of Tillie Olsen’s Silences, I wanted to post Olsen’s biography from the Literary Ladies site today. I remember being moved by Olsen’s Tell Me a Riddle and...
by Lynne Weiss | Mar 10, 2021 | What I'm Reading
This posting from Literary Ladies is about Virginia Woolf, but I find myself thinking about Tillie Olsen. I think they were from the same era–perhaps Olsen was a little younger. But of very different economic classes. I don’t think that Woolf was saying...
by Lynne Weiss | Feb 28, 2020 | What I'm Reading
A dirty secret: you can only be a writer if you can afford it | Life and style | The Guardian There is nothing more sustaining to long-term creative work than time and space – and these things cost money Source: A dirty secret: you can only be a writer if you can...
by Lynne Weiss | Nov 11, 2019 | What I'm Reading
The Woman Behind Elizabeth Warren’s Rise | OZY Rebecca Pearcey is one of seven women of color serving as national political directors for Democratic presidential hopefuls. Source: The Woman Behind Elizabeth Warren’s Rise | OZY
