Daily Archives: December 23, 2011
I Heart Lisbeth
Stieg Larsson silently witnessed a gang rape when he was a teenager, and his intense guilt over his complicity made him a lifelong feminist and anti-racism activist. The Swedish author named his greatest creation in honor of that poor woman. … Continue reading
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“Woolgathering”
Los Angeles Times book critic David Ulin wrote a nice piece about the reissue of Patti Smith’s Hanuman book of poems Woolgathering. Of course, I have the original in my Smith collection. She talks about her melancholia during the years … Continue reading
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