Ismat Chughtai
My I. 🙂 I love her!
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Hannah Arendt, the Jewish American political theorist, is my H in the Writerly Woman series. She was born in Hanover, Germany and died in New York City, and in between she thought and wrote on such pertinent issues as power and totalitarianism.
Gloria Steinem
Letter G! I knew what I was going to make for some of the letters before I even started doing my A. This was one of them. And yeah yeah, you might say that she is really more of a journalist than a writer, but she has been writing words for decades, and those words have… Continue reading Gloria Steinem
Fadia Faqir
Letter #6 for the letter F. 🙂 I hit a wall with the F. I realized I couldn’t think of a single women author that I have read whose name starts with an F. Instead, I chose Fadia Faqir, whose books although I haven’t read yet, but is very much on my “to-read” list. 🙂… Continue reading Fadia Faqir
Emily Dickinson
Portrait 5 for Letter E had to be Emily Dickinson ofcourse!
Daphne du Maurier
Almost immediately after my Agatha Christie phase, I went into a Daphne du Maurier phase. Her “Rebecca” was gifted to me when I was in seventh or eight grade, and it continues to be one of my favourite books. Over the last many years, I have read it number of times, and gifted or lent… Continue reading Daphne du Maurier
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
“Here she comes, running, out of prison and off the pedestal: chains off, crown off, halo off, just a live woman.” – Charlotte Perkins Gilman Portrait #3 for letter C! {If you want to purchase this, contact me at turna.ami@gmail.com. All portraits in this series will be priced at 200 to 250 USD (+shipping).}
