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“THE DYNAMITER is a hugely inventive & brilliant book, at once a political thriller, a blackly comic satire, & a female adventure”

Robert Louis Stevenson & Fanny Van de Grift Osbourne married , 19 May, 1880. In this article, Prof Penny Fielding explores the dangerous between RLS & his wife: granting female agency on the page & in life

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https://dangerouswomenproject.org/2017/01/06/a-dangerous-collaboration/

Book cover More New Arabian Nights THE DYNAMITER By R. L. & F. Stevenson London Longmans Green & Co. Price One Shilling Cover illustration shows a man in a Victorian frock coat nervously descending a ladder which is propped up against a tall stone wall. At the top of the wall we can the head and shoulders of a smiling man with side-whiskers and a slouch hat.
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    @bookstodon You can download a free ebook of THE DYNAMITER by Robert Louis Stevenson & Fanny Van de Grift Stevenson via @gutenberg_org

    https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/647

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    And so it begins -
    PASSING by Nella Larsen (1929) via Oshun Publishing imbibed at Yanaka Coffee
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    IF I HAD YOUR FACE by Frances Cha via Penguin Books care of Arakawa Public Library imbibed at Cafe the World Chiba
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    The photo is of the inside of the cafe. The orange paperback library book with 3 open flowers with prominent 3 stamens on each. The white purple green (outer to inner) resemble eyes. There's also a red lipsticked face with the eyes covered by the white strips of the title. To the right is a brown mug of black coffee.
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    DISABILITY INTIMACY: ESSAYS ON LOVE, CARE, & DESIRE Edited by Alice Wong imbibed at Cafe Bonnard
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    Photo is of a cafe table. The white paperback book with a flower illustration of red (top), purple (left middle), orange (bottom) & green leaves. To the left is a white mug (with blue unidentifiable illustration) of black coffee on a plate of woven ceramic. The table is brown and square. On the red bench opposite is a black baseball cap with a stylish C for the Cleveland Cavaliers. To the left is a brown shoulder bag with an orange stripe in the middle
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    Have you ever heard of Adelaide Crapsey? Well, now you have: https://outsideofacat.wordpress.com/2020/02/09/have-you-no-rebellion-in-your-bones-the-poetry-of-adelaide-crapsey/
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    Vā Stories by Women of the Moana edited by Lani Wendt Young, 2021

    In this book you will travel across oceans and meet diverse and deep characters in over 50 rich stories from Cook Island, Chamorro, Erub Island (Torres Strait), Fijian, Hawaiian, Māori, Ni-Vanuatu, Papua New Guinean, Rotuman, Samoan and Tongan writers.

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    Stories that tell covid how we REALLY feel, where a Centipede God watches on with wry humour and wrath, where a sexy Samoan goes on a hot Tinder date in Honolulu, where a New Zealand doctor is horrified to be stuck at her cousin's kava drink up in Fiji, where Moana people travel the stars and navigate planets, stories where Ancestors and Atua live and breathe. Stories that defy colonial boundaries, and draw on the storytelling and oratory that is our inheritance. Immerse yourself in the intrigue, fantasy, humour and magic of beautiful strong stories by 38 writers from across the Moana.
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