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What the Bloomsbury Group was doing when WWI began

Posted in Bloomsbury, Virginia Woolf, World War I on Monday 4 August 2014| Leave a Comment »

Here is what Bloomsbury Group members and their contemporaries were doing as World War I began.

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Lecture at NPG on Woolf and Charleston

Posted in Charleston Farmhouse, events, Virginia Woolf, tagged , , , , , on Friday 1 August 2014| 3 Comments »

Oh, if only I were in London this month. There’s so much for Woolfians to do. Below is a screenshot of the Aug. 21 National Portrait Gallery Late Shift event, a lecture titled “`Absolutely Divine’: Virginia Woolf and Charleston.”

The NPG is celebrating Woolf with a special exhibit, “Virginia Woolf: Art, Life and Vision,” now through Oct. 26.

NPG Charleston event

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New Bloomsbury drama on BBC Two: “Life In Squares”

Posted in Bloomsbury, Virginia Woolf, Woolf on TV, Woolf sightings, tagged , , , on Wednesday 9 July 2014| 2 Comments »

BBC Two announced the production of a three-part television drama set over a 40-year period about the Bloomsbury group called, Life In Squares, which will focus on the relationships between Virginia Woolf, Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant.

From the BBC:
“Life In Squares tells the story of the Bloomsbury group over 40 years, from the death of Queen Victoria to the Second World War, as they attempted to forge a life free from the constraints of the past. Their pursuit of freedom and beauty was always passionate, often impossible and ultimately devastating, yet their legacy is still felt today.”

The series was written by Amanda Coe and will be directed by Simon Kaijser. Production starts this summer.

Other performances of Woolf in the works:

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Mrs. Ramsay’s Boeuf en Daube immortalized

Posted in 2010 Annual International Conference on Virginia Woolf: Woolf and the Natural World, food, To the Lighthouse, Virginia Woolf, tagged , , , on Thursday 3 July 2014| Leave a Comment »

“When there are fifteen people sitting down to dinner, one cannot keep things waiting for ever.” So starts a passage from To the Lighthouse that accompanies a photograph of a bowl of boeuf en daube—the solid brown chunks of meat accented by shiny black olives and bright orange carrot slices—accompanied by a dish of Brussels sprouts and a glass of claret, served on a green cloth scattered with seashells.

This is just one of the 50 extracts from novels included in Fictitious Dishes by Dinah Fried (“fried,” really—would I make it up?). The opulence of the elegant tea spread for Rebecca and the cocktail party fare—caviar, smoked salmon and more—to represent The Great Gatsby are balanced by a simple and sumptuous basket of strawberries for Emma and, of course, Proust’s tea and madeleine.

I can’t resist the juxtaposition of food and literature, food in literature, and especially Woolf and food. It was the topic of my paper at the 20th Annual International Conference on Virginia Woolf: “’A Certain Hold on Haddock and Sausage’: Dining Well in Virginia Woolf’s Life and Work,” which was published in the selected papers from that conference.

This collection was a delightful find. There’s a website too, but the book is a visual feast. Do what I did—buy it for a gift but read it first!

 

 

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Woolf “Pilgrimage”

Posted in essays, Virginia Woolf, tagged , , , , on Monday 23 June 2014| 1 Comment »

Of all the personal essays I’ve written, the one that’s nearest and dearest to my heart has just been published. It’s about the origin of my going-on-25-years history with Virginia Woolf. More than just a fascination with an author or adoption of a muse or mentor, it was the start of what has become the most fulfilling time of my life, and it led to my own writing.

“Pilgrimage” is just released at Bloom, a literary site devoted to authors whose first major work was published when they were age 40 or older. Woolf isn’t one of those authors, but I am. The particular call that I responded to was for essays about a book or author that served as inspiration, so it’s fitting all the way around

Two other essays about other aspects of my Woolfian explorations were previously published:

“Elvis Standing By,” the story of our Rodmell connection–other than Virginia Woolf–was  published in Eclectica Magazine in the April/May 2011 issue.

“Cornish Pasty,” the St. Ives chapter, appeared in in Phoebe Journal, Fall 2012.

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