Tag Archives: Rebecca West

The Books: The Young Rebecca: Writings of Rebecca West 1911-17; “The Future of the Middle Classes: Women Who Are Parasites”

Posted on June 30, 2015 by sheila

On the essays shelf (yes, there are still more books to excerpt in my vast library. I can’t seem to stop this excerpts-from-my-library project. I started it in 2006!) NEXT BOOK: The Young Rebecca: Writings of Rebecca West, 1911-17 Here, … Continue reading →

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The Books: The Young Rebecca: Writings of Rebecca West 1911-17; “An Orgy of Disorder and Cruelty: The Beginnings of Sex Antagonism”

Posted on June 25, 2015 by sheila

On the essays shelf (yes, there are still more books to excerpt in my vast library. I can’t seem to stop this excerpts-from-my-library project. I started it in 2006!) NEXT BOOK: The Young Rebecca: Writings of Rebecca West, 1911-17 The … Continue reading →

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The Books: The Young Rebecca: Writings of Rebecca West 1911-17; “Correspondence Between Mrs. Hobson and Miss West”

Posted on June 6, 2015 by sheila

On the essays shelf (yes, there are still more books to excerpt in my vast library. I can’t seem to stop this excerpts-from-my-library project. I started it in 2006!) NEXT BOOK: The Young Rebecca: Writings of Rebecca West, 1911-17 As … Continue reading →

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The Books: The Young Rebecca: Writings of Rebecca West 1911-17; “The Gospel According to Mrs. Humphrey Ward”

Posted on June 3, 2015 by sheila

On the essays shelf (yes, there are still more books to excerpt in my vast library. I can’t seem to stop this excerpts-from-my-library project. I started it in 2006!) NEXT BOOK: The Young Rebecca: Writings of Rebecca West, 1911-17 Where … Continue reading →

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2014 Books Read

Posted on December 31, 2014 by sheila

2014 was a good reading year. I re-read a lot of favorites, including Rebecca West’s 1200 page Black Lamb and Grey Falcon. There was a fun mix of re-reads and new stuff, of fiction and non-fiction. My year of being … Continue reading →

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The Books: Arguably, ‘Rebecca West: Things Worth Fighting For’, by Christopher Hitchens

Posted on June 11, 2014 by sheila

On the essays shelf: Arguably: Essays by Christopher Hitchens How do you “explain” Rebecca West? Especially to those who haven’t heard of her? Never mind the fact that it’s so strange and wrong that her name doesn’t resonate at the … Continue reading →

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Snapshots

Posted on February 1, 2014 by sheila

— Almost done with The Richard Burton Diaries. An extraordinary document. My God, what a mind. The diaries often make me laugh out loud, but there’s this hugely tragic keen in them, the lure of alcohol which was a losing … Continue reading →

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2012 Books Read

Posted on December 31, 2012 by sheila

Live from Memphis. Here are the books I read in 2012. 1. My Life with Elvis – by Becky Yancey. The first book published after Elvis’ death from one of the insiders on his team. She worked in the office … Continue reading →

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Rebecca West Commonplace Book Part 2

Posted on November 18, 2012 by sheila

Here is Part 1. Letter to S.K. Ratcliffe, summer 1922 I feel dead beat and never want to write another line – I hate hate HATE journalism. I want to write a light book before I do my vast ghost … Continue reading →

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Rebecca West Commonplace Book, Part 1

Posted on November 13, 2012 by sheila

During my enforced time off, and my enforced time with no Internet or TV (and, intermittently, no power), I read Selected Letters of Rebecca West, a giant volume I have been putting off tackling. Why I cannot imagine. I tore … Continue reading →

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