Nonfiction
JULIETTE ADAM'S METHOD AND MESSAGE
Passports Vol. 19 (1995)
. . . Juliette Adam used every means at her disposal to gain Russia as an ally to break the skillful constraints of Bismarck's diplomacy. Where the direct action of a woman in France was possible, she took every step to achieve her aims. Under a male, Russian alias, she published many articles in journals and newspapers that denounced Bismarck and reassured her readers of Russia's benevolent intentions. When the direct action of a woman in France was not possible, she influenced the course of France in other ways. She used her Paris salon as a springboard for republican unity and plans to harness public opinion . . .
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DEMONS AT PLAY: THE CHASING OF SYLVIA PLATH
Moon Milk Review Issue 6 (July 2010)
. . . As much as a man can capture a woman, Hughes had captured the American starlet of literati and made her his own. He was there, watching his bride write from a parapet over the Seine. One may wonder, with sympathy even, what he thought of his famous, young prize. Did he himself see the demons lurking by the door? . . .
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SALINGER'S SALIVA
Indigo Rising Magazine (September 2010)
. . . What an absurd morsel of nastiness is this? He called his wife, Sylvia, by the name Saliva. As I mentioned at the beginning of this discussion, Salinger appears to have been a strange man. Now we have as an anecdote the incredulous example of the sexual objectification of a woman, the wife as a kind of personified sexual lubricant. He often referred to women as mere “sport”, but saliva? . . .
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