Some links for reading and a poem for the week: This winter has had daily visits from flocks of redpolls and crossbills—birds that are both ‘common’ and yet their arrival depends upon the cycles of birch and spruce—interspecies relationships happening all around us.
I wish you wouldn't keep finding such irresistible articles for us Freya! I haven't got the time to read all these inviting links but find myself lured in. 😉
I studied Strindberg and other Scandinavian writers at University for a semester. I realise as I read the Victoria Benedictsson article what a male perspective my studies were given from. This was back in the early 90's. I hope things have changed. This was a fascinating article. Thank you for uncovering.
Edith Södergran! What a lovely surprise to see her mentioned here!
She’s my poet goddess together with Karin Boye. My 20s were often spent reading and rereading their poems, and marking important poems with notes such as “You too? This is me!” Edith was a Swedish-Finnish writer and she belonged to the small language group to which I also belong.
Those round bird tummies get me every time!!! 😍
I wish you wouldn't keep finding such irresistible articles for us Freya! I haven't got the time to read all these inviting links but find myself lured in. 😉
I studied Strindberg and other Scandinavian writers at University for a semester. I realise as I read the Victoria Benedictsson article what a male perspective my studies were given from. This was back in the early 90's. I hope things have changed. This was a fascinating article. Thank you for uncovering.
I love "Vierge Moderne"! Thank you for sharing this wonderful poem.
Edith Södergran! What a lovely surprise to see her mentioned here!
She’s my poet goddess together with Karin Boye. My 20s were often spent reading and rereading their poems, and marking important poems with notes such as “You too? This is me!” Edith was a Swedish-Finnish writer and she belonged to the small language group to which I also belong.
I love your bird porch there. It looks like the squirrels have been chewing on it.
Thank you for continuing to unrewrite history!
So jaunty!