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Lapponia: The Striped Armchair's review of With the Lapps
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A northern state of mind. Tuesday, March 10, 2015. The Striped Armchair's review of With the Lapps. One of my favorite book bloggers, Eva at the Striped Armchair,. Has written a lovely review. Of With the Lapps in the High Mountains. From somewhere in the snowy Northeast. Perfect conditions for reading about the freezing, but beautiful cold winter Emilie Demant Hatt experienced when living with the Sami in 1907-1908. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). The History of Lapland. View my complete profile.
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Lapponia: February 2015
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A northern state of mind. Wednesday, February 4, 2015. Aurora Borealis by Frederic Church. Aurora Borealis by American landscape painter Frederic Church, from the Smithsonian collection. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Here you'll find reviews of fiction and nonfiction about the North and tales of my travels and research in Denmark, Sweden, and Norway, along with other Scandinavian miscellany. The History of Lapland. Http:/ www.barbarasjoholm.com. View my complete profile. The Palace of t...
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Lapponia: November 2014
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A northern state of mind. Wednesday, November 12, 2014. Norwegian Novelist Helene Uri Explores Sami Roots. Helene Uri’s 2013 novel Rydde ut. Clearing Out] begins twice. First, on a lonely marsh in Finnmark, Norway, with the character Ellinor stepping from tussock to tussock, turning to hear a man calling her and moving toward him—walking past the author without stopping or seeing her. A coastal Sami, from northern Norway, or Sápmi. Helene Uri, Norwegian Novelist. Or mixed race. His father was a coast...
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Lapponia: August 2014
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A northern state of mind. Tuesday, August 19, 2014. The Art of Recalling: Art Essay in New Issue of Feminist Studies. The most recent issue of the well-respected and long-lived journal Feminist Studies. Has just been published. And my essay about the artists Emilie Demant Hatt and Johan Turi is included. "The Art of Recalling," illustrated by works in oil and on paper by Turi and Demant Hatt, considers the effect that Turi’s drawings for his book Muitalus samiid birra. Links to this post. Here you'll fin...
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Seattle Lit Readings: April 2010
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Wednesday, April 21, 2010. Hugo House to Host Their First Writers' Conference. The Richard Hugo House will be hosting their first ever writers conference over the weekend of May 21-23 and boy, have they got some good stuff in store for participants. The conference will include panels and workshops, among other festivities, to the theme of Finding Your Readers in the 21st Century. As the Hugo House. Finding Your Readers in the 21st Century. Cofounding editor of Seal Press Barbara Sjoholm. May 10 Lit Events.
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Becoming Hungarian | Erika Reich Giles
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Author of the memoir Becoming Hungarian. Railroad station in Szombathely, Hungary. I am grateful to Barbara Sjoholm. Writer and editor, for her invaluable assistance in developing this project. The 67,500-word manuscript is circulating to potential agents and editors. Becoming a Baker, Hungarian Style. Emailing in Hungarian — To Accent or Not? Wanting Better from Hungary. Conversations of an English/Hungarian Speaker. Follow Erika on Facebook. Blog at WordPress.com. Follow “Erika Reich Giles”.
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Lapponia: February 2014
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A northern state of mind. Saturday, February 8, 2014. The Exhibit “Memories of Lapland” at the Nordiska Museet, Stockholm. Sami Working with Reindeer, 1943. Emilie Demant Hatt, Nordiska Museet. It was about ten years ago that I first saw Emilie Demant Hatt’s paintings of Sápmi, over a dozen of which are now on display at a new exhibit at the Nordiska Museet. Nordiska Museet, Stockholm. The Sami Exhibit, Lapparna, opened 1947. Nordiska Museet. The Sami museum in Jokkmokk, Sweden. Later I was glad I had sp...
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Lapponia: December 2014
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A northern state of mind. Wednesday, December 17, 2014. Men Who Hate Women and Women Who Kick Their Asses: an anthology about the Stieg Larsson trilogy. I confess I haven't read this anthology, edited by Donna King and Carrie Lee Smith (published by Vanderbilt University Press in 2012), but I couldn't resist the title. A critical summary of the book appeared in the most recent issue of the journal Scandinavian Studies,. It became The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. In the English translation. Is the title o...