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Great Women Authors: 10 of the best
(March 6, 2021) A vast majority of the wealth of literature produced by women throughout the dawn of time has likely faded from view or never came into public view. The journals, jottings and stories written by women have been heralded in the quiet whispers of their own homes, communities and maybe their own imagination. Nevertheless--and despite a world agnostic to their … [Read more...] about Great Women Authors: 10 of the best
Yulia Ustinova, the Russian artist, and her ‘ladies’ resonating in the west.
(February 15, 2021) Yulia Ustinova, the Russian artist, uses ‘tetki’-- a Russian word for “uneducated, ungroomed women’ as a foundation for a rich world of women and half-animal creatures.” In an interview with an Australian gallery in 2013, she says she now refers to them as ladies, or ‘plumpies.’ Ustinova deftly uses small props to imply stories for her figures. While … [Read more...] about Yulia Ustinova, the Russian artist, and her ‘ladies’ resonating in the west.
Happy Valentine’s Day: The Parliament of Fowls
The Parliament of Fowls by Geoffrey Chaucer (ca. 1343-1400) is perhaps the first St. Valentine's Day poemever written. The Parliament of Fowls A garden saw I, full of blossomy boughs Upon a river, in a green mead, There as sweetness evermore enough is, With flowers white, blue, yellow, and … [Read more...] about Happy Valentine’s Day: The Parliament of Fowls
