Lelia
Saturn in Pisces: Do Effort and Surrender Go Together?
Right now — and for the next several years — Saturn is transiting through Pisces, which calls for a bit of a stretch for many of us....
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Lelia
- Mar 12, 2022
- 4 min
Desire in Audre Lorde’s Zami: A New Spelling of My Name
In Zami: A New Spelling of My Name, Audre Lorde uses the erotic, or what Mary Karr might call the carnal, to deeply embed herself in her...
Lelia
- Jan 11, 2022
- 10 min
Jane Austen, Joan Didion & Self-respect
Don’t you think Persuasion the best Jane Austen novel ever? It’s by far my favorite. That’s kind of a joke because most characters in...
Lelia
- Jan 8, 2022
- 3 min
Imagining 'Vague Days' Clearer through Writing*
I’m experiencing a concatenation of ideas about writing, self-understanding and self-actualization. Joan Didion started it. After her...
Lelia
- Dec 29, 2021
- 3 min
Anam Cara, the Unlived Life and Shadows
I’m trying to reread Anam Cara, and I can’t stomach the pollyanna sunshine spiritual message. O’Donohue writes, “Light is the secret...
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