LITERATURE, nature writing, Sontag, writing

many kinds of elsewheres

Posted by Sigrun on

For those of you sharing my interest in the work of Rebecca Solnit, here is a very fine review of her newest book:

After the artist Georgia O’Keeffe left New York for the mesa of New Mexico, she began signing letters to friends “from the faraway nearby”. The striking oxymoron has given Rebecca Solnit the title for her new, inspired reverie, which wanders through many kinds of elsewheres …

2 Comments Add yours

  1. dianajhale says:
    June 10, 2013 at 6:29 pm

    Marina Warner is another favourite too!

    Reply
    1. Sigrun says:
      June 10, 2013 at 7:51 pm

      I have never read anything by Warner – is there something you would recommend?

      Reply

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