Tuesday, January 13, 2015
Kristen Lavransdatter
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Statue of Kristen Lavransdatter, Sil, Norway Set in medieval Norway, the story of Kristen Lavransdatter is so rich in the understanding...
Tuesday, December 16, 2014
Dalva Northridge
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Dalva, portrait by Jim Harrison The story of Dalva Northridge is both contemporary and ageless. The main character in two books by Jim H...
Friday, October 31, 2014
Tina Modotti
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Tina Modotti 1924, by Edward Weston Tina Modotti was at the center of artistic and revolutionary movements in Mexico from 1923 to 1930. ...
Wednesday, September 17, 2014
Aksinia Astakhova
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Mikhail Sholokhov’s books, translated as And Quiet Flows the Don and The Don Flows Home to the Sea , written 1926-1940, turn on one of the ...
Saturday, August 30, 2014
Kezia Burnell
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Katherine Mansfield The child Kezia Burnell stands in for the writer Katherine Mansfield in her family stories “Prelude” and “At the Bay...
Sunday, August 10, 2014
Rosa Burger
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Rosa Burger, the main character of Nadine Gordimer’s book Burger’s Daughter (1979) is first seen at age 14 outside the prison where her mot...
Monday, July 14, 2014
Aline Charigot Renoir
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Detail from Luncheon of the Boating Party Pierre-Auguste Renoir met his wife, Aline Charigot, in 1881 in Paris. She was 19, a dressmaker...
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