James StegallApr 5
Saving "The Grave" by Katherine Anne Porter, which was mentioned in a book of creative non-fiction I'm reading where someone said it wasn't "much good" being about birth and such, and matters important to women. https://xpressenglish.com/our-stories/the-grave/ #shortstory #savedforlater #katherineanneporter
The Grave โ€“ Original text | shortsonline

A gold ring found in an open grave and seeing unborn kittens in the womb of a dead rabbit bring about an epiphany in a young girl. Text, PDF

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ValtagliaferriMay 17, 2025

Il #film di oggi รจ il fin troppo attuale #Lanavedeifolli di #StanleyKramer #unofilm #cinema #unocinema #filmastodon #recensioni #intolleranza #razzismo #leemarvin #vivienleigh #simonesignoret #joseferrer #oskarwerner #katherineanneporter

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ascolta gratis la #recensione sul #podcast #LaFogliadAcanto

https://open.spotify.com/episode/42rn32zLmTBhvuZiliP7vq?si=oYY3rV9mSkqqbsoU0uMgAw

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Show threadPaul FilevFeb 22, 2023

"The past is never where you think you left it."

#AmReading SHIP OF FOOLS by #KatherineAnnePorter

Show threadPaul FilevFeb 20, 2023

"'๐ผ๐‘โ„Ž ๐‘๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘’ ๐‘“๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐ฟ๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘Ž,'" she hummed, imitating Marlene Dietrich's broadest lowest style ... "I loved her best when she was being comic in her wonderful bull-contralto. How much nicer she was when she wasn't being the romantic heroine in the movies."

#AmReading SHIP OF FOOLS by #KatherineAnnePorter

https://youtu.be/cgI5GBgfD1A

Show threadPaul FilevFeb 15, 2023

"The passengers, emerging from the mildewed dimness of the customs sheds, blinking their eyes against the blinding sunlight, all had the look of invalids crawling into hospital on their last legs."

The ordeal of transiting through Veracruz over, the ship sets sail on the high seas bound for Bremerhaven. Now for the ordeals on board.

#AmReading SHIP OF FOOLS by #KatherineAnnePorter

Show threadPaul FilevFeb 10, 2023

Equally unflattering, "the...antics of creatures inhabiting the windowsills and balconies" of Veracruz, in particular the deceitful parrots:

"A long gray cat huddled watchfully in the window of his own house, staring at his enemy the parrot, that interloper with the human voice who had deceived him again and again with an invitation to come and get food."

#AmReading SHIP OF FOOLS by #KatherineAnnePorter

Paul FilevJan 25, 2023

I'm pitching a translation of a short story collection at the moment. No bites...yet. I don't get readers (or publishers) who avoid short fiction. IMO, it's not length that matters but the quality of prose. Any number of words can tell an engaging story. But novels, it seems, hog the limelight.

#AmReading PALE HORSE, PALE RIDER by #KatherineAnnePorter. The stories (Porter called some "short novels") are brilliant. Jumping on board her only novel SHIP OF FOOLS next.

#Books #ShortStories #Novels