(Jan. 12, 2012) An antique iron press with an enormous black wheel anchors the back room of artist Elaine Benjamin’s Blue Chair Press studio, formerly home to the Blue Lake Advocate . The place also came with the oak counter where she greets me, wearing a pair of round tortoise glasses.
The author was in her literary prime when she died 20 years ago aged 51; since then her brilliantly exuberant novels have influenced a generation of writers. Her friend and literary executor has written an insightful memoir inspired by postcards Carter sent her – a paper trail through the novelist's life. Here is an extract Twenty years ago I went for the first time into Angela Carter's study. I ...
Angela Carter: a portrait in postcards - The Guardian
Angela Carter: a portrait in postcards The Guardian And there are a dozen or so cards, dashed off in greeting or explanation, sometimes with a full message, sometimes just a salute. These cards make a paper trail, a zigzag path through the 80s. They are casually dispatched – some messages are barely ...
Science Fiction/Fantasy Reviews, January 2012 - Library Journal
Science Fiction/Fantasy Reviews, January 2012 Library Journal Veteran sf authors Ben Bova (Power Play ), Orson Scott Card (Shadows in Flight), and Timothy Zahn (Cobra Gamble) present traditional sf novels, while Kristine Kathryn Rusch (Boneyards) offers a tale of cutting-edge space exploration.
To the Letter North Coast Journal In among these relics are the varied samples of her work: linoleum prints, handmade books, doll sculptures, racks of cards. Benjamin herself is a bit of a throwback — a bookmaker in the age of Kindles and iPads. Yet she is still selling her work and ...
