You Are A Total Stranger And You

There Is Nothing Harder, At Moments, Than Talking To Someone Who Has All The Power Of Silence.

It's A Shame For Women's History To Be All About Men--first Boys, Then Other Boys, Then Men Men Men. It Reminds Me Of The Way Our School History Textbooks Were All About Wars And Elections, One War After Another, With The Dull Periods Of Peace Skimmed Over Whenever They Occurred. (our Teachers Deplored This And Added Extra Units About Social History And Protest Movements, But That Was Still The Message Of The Books.)

I've Read There Is No Such Thing As A Single Tear, That Old Poetic Trope. And Perhaps There Isn't, Since Hers Was Simply A Companion To My Own.

He Can't Really Love Anyone, You Know, And In The End Such People Are Always Alone, No Matter How Much Other People Once Loved Them.

Natalie Bakopoulos Has That Rare Gift, The Ability To Imagine A Traumatic Historical Event In The Form Of Individual Lives And Ordinary Details. The Green Shore Is Compelling, Personal, And Full Of Quietly Real Moments.