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May Sarton (1912–1995)

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May Sarton (1912-1995) is the author of more than fifty volumes of poetry collections, novels, and memoirs
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Journal of a Solitude (1973) 1,099 kappaletta
The Fur Person (1957) 650 kappaletta
The House by the Sea: A Journal (1977) 423 kappaletta
As We Are Now (1973) 331 kappaletta
Plant Dreaming Deep (1968) 322 kappaletta
At Seventy: A Journal (1984) 303 kappaletta
The Small Room (1961) 295 kappaletta
The Education of Harriet Hatfield (1989) 295 kappaletta
The Magnificent Spinster (1985) 256 kappaletta
A Reckoning (1978) 236 kappaletta
Kinds of Love (1970) 219 kappaletta
Recovering: A Journal (1980) 166 kappaletta
After the Stroke: A Journal (1988) 150 kappaletta
At Eighty-Two: A Journal (1995) 143 kappaletta
Selected Poems of May Sarton (1978) 137 kappaletta
A Shower of Summer Days (1952) 137 kappaletta
Crucial Conversations (1975) 128 kappaletta
Anger (1982) 113 kappaletta
Faithful Are the Wounds (1955) 113 kappaletta
Letters From Maine (1984) 94 kappaletta
Joanna and Ulysses (1800) 82 kappaletta
The Poet and the Donkey (1969) 78 kappaletta
Halfway to Silence: New Poems (1980) 76 kappaletta
The Bridge of Years (1946) 75 kappaletta
Coming into Eighty: Poems (1656) 62 kappaletta
Collected Poems, 1930-1993 (1993) 56 kappaletta
Writings on Writing (1980) 55 kappaletta
May Sarton: A Self-Portrait (1955) 54 kappaletta
Shadow of a Man (1982) 49 kappaletta
The Birth of a Grandfather (1957) 49 kappaletta
The Single Hound (1991) 48 kappaletta
A Private Mythology: Poems (1966) 42 kappaletta
Collected Poems (1930-1973) (1974) 32 kappaletta
A Durable Fire: Poems (1972) 17 kappaletta
Inner Landscape: Poems (1939) 12 kappaletta
In Time Like Air: Poems (1958) 9 kappaletta
Punch's Secret (1974) 8 kappaletta
The Lion and the Rose (1948) 8 kappaletta
Encounter in April (2014) 8 kappaletta
A Walk Through the Woods (1976) 6 kappaletta
Honey in the Hive (1988) 5 kappaletta
El señor peludo (2022) 5 kappaletta
May Sarton Reading Her Poetry (1996) 3 kappaletta
La casa junto al mar (2023) 2 kappaletta
At Fifteen: A Journal (2002) 2 kappaletta
Small Joys 1 kappale
Vi prego, cercate di capire (2019) 1 kappale
A Self Portrait 1 kappale
The Geese {poem} 1 kappale
A Guest {poem} 1 kappale
A Winter Garland 1 kappale

Associated Works

The Assassin's Cloak: An Anthology of the World's Greatest Diarists (2000) — Avustaja, eräät painokset550 kappaletta
Cries of the Spirit: A Celebration of Women's Spirituality (2000) — Avustaja — 370 kappaletta
180 More: Extraordinary Poems for Every Day (2005) — Avustaja — 362 kappaletta
Americans in Paris: A Literary Anthology (2004) — Avustaja — 297 kappaletta
Poets of World War II (2003) — Avustaja — 133 kappaletta
No More Masks! An Anthology of Poems by Women (1973) — Avustaja — 122 kappaletta
Soul: An Archaeology--Readings from Socrates to Ray Charles (1994) — Avustaja — 101 kappaletta
Poems Between Women (1997) — Avustaja — 91 kappaletta
Gods and Mortals: Modern Poems on Classical Myths (1684) — Avustaja — 68 kappaletta
Autumn: A Spiritual Biography of the Season (2004) — Avustaja — 57 kappaletta
The Seasons of Women: An Anthology (1995) — Avustaja — 46 kappaletta
Family Treasury of Great Biographies Volume 11 (1971) — Tekijä — 14 kappaletta
The Analog Sea Review: Number Three (2020) — Avustaja — 8 kappaletta

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I cannot possibly rate this book. It has nettled me; I have written pages of notes, partially copying down insightful passages and partially writing paragraphs trying to figure out why a particular passage strikes me as false or unearned. Of course the gender politics are...frustrating, at best, partially because the insight and the self-loathing (Sarton would not have recognized it as that, but) are so tied up together. Partially because, like Le Guin in The Left Hand of Darkness, Sarton wrote this novel at a time when the like, basic foundational language of feminism was very much still being invented, but Sarton seems less aware of the linguistic/culturally-accepted-reality gap she is trying to cross and encircle.
Everything sbout this novel partially, but. It certainly set things in motion in me.
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localgayangel | 11 muuta kirja-arvostelua | Mar 5, 2024 |
Het lijkt een eenvoudig boek met natuurbeschrijvingen en gedachten maar het is zeker iets om over na te denken. Het thema eenzaamheid: enerzijds belangrijk om productief te kunnen zijn en iets om naar te verlangen, anderzijds is er de behoefte aan relaties en het delen van ervaringen en gezelligheid.
 
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elsmvst | 18 muuta kirja-arvostelua | Feb 7, 2024 |
The Fur Person is a short novella by poet/authoress May Sarton who tells about the stray cat that found it’s way into her home and her heart. Considering himself a Cat About Town, he has lived a fairly carefree life but he decides it is time to become a Gentleman Cat and find a home. He is most particular over his requirements but believes he has found the perfect home with the two ladies that take him in. Of course it wouldn’t be a May Sarton book without some poems, and our Gentleman Cat offers up some excellent rhymes.

Renamed Tom Jones he goes through a few stages where he is Terrible Jones, the fighter, then, after being fixed he becomes Gentle Cat, Cat of Peace, Glorious Jones and, finally Fur Person. This is an author who obviously knows and understands cats and above all, allows Tom Jones to maintain his dignity. The story is simple and charming being based on the life of Sarton’s cat, but avoids crossing over into become too sweet. The book has some lovely illustrations by David Canright and was originally published in 1957. It has withstood the test of time and will be greatly appreciated by those of us who have had the pleasure of having a cat in their life.
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DeltaQueen50 | 22 muuta kirja-arvostelua | Feb 1, 2024 |
This book was recommended to me by a client who struggles with needing solitude as much as I do -- yet also fears the inevitable loneliness that comes with it. I wasn't sure what to expect when I picked up JOURNAL OF A SOLITUDE. I don't typically read books written nearly 5 decades ago. Still, I love getting glimpses into people's journals and understanding their innermost, intimate thoughts.

I loved Sarton's observations on women, creativity, and the need for solitude. Those passages touched me deeply, and I found myself taking notes and lamenting how little has changed in 50 years. However, I was bored by Sarton's obsession with flowers, gardening, and the birds in her backyard.

I've seen some criticism that calls Sarton self-absorbed, but we ARE reading a journal here. I think people who bemoan her focus on introspection forget that self-exploration is exactly what journaling is for. This is true even when someone writes a journal with the ultimate intent to publish it (as Sarton admitted in a later interview). Overall, this was a quick, easy read with some gut-wrenching observations sprinkled in among a love letter to nature.
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Elizabeth_Cooper | 18 muuta kirja-arvostelua | Oct 27, 2023 |

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