Comments on: diaries

By: Rie

Rie — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 04:58:44 +0000

Hi Hannah–I just hopped over here via Posie Gets Cozy, and absolutely had to recommend Milking the Moon, by Eugene Walter as told to Katherine Clark:
http://www.amazon.com/Milking-Moon-Southerners-Story-Planet/dp/0609809652/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1215233511&sr=8-1

Eugene Walter was one of the craziest brilliant artists you’ve never heard of. He was a poet and a playright and a puppeteer, and he starred in a couple hundred Italian films in the 50s and 60s. He was friends with everybody worth knowing and has a story about them all. It’s not a diary, but it was dictated to Ms. Clark, so has a very distinct voice.

By: Vicky

Vicky — Thu, 01 May 2008 14:55:32 +0000

Hi Hannah, this is my first time commenting but I have just discovered your blog today – I love ric rac!

One of my favourites is ‘The Diary of Frida Kahlo’. Its filled with drawings and poems with the original copies of pages in Spanish and the English translations added, its beautiful.
http://www.amazon.com/Diary-Frida-Kahlo-Abradale-Books/dp/0810981955

Also, a good book to go alongside this is ‘Frida by Frida’ which is a collection of her letters to friends, family and lovers. Its amazing to read about how she felt in the moment of writing. I definitely recommend it.
http://www.amazon.com/Diary-Frida-Kahlo-Abradale-Books/dp/0810981955

Enjoy!

By: Krissy

Krissy — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 21:36:23 +0000

Hi! Oh, good. I hope you like it!

By: hannah

hannah — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 19:09:20 +0000

thanks krissy! i just ordered a copy of it. can’t beat the price! a penny!

By: Krissy

Krissy — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 18:28:49 +0000

here is a link

http://www.amazon.com/Private-Pages-Diaries-American-1830s-1970s/dp/0345314719/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1208888882&sr=8-4

By: Krissy

Krissy — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 18:27:11 +0000

I read Private Pages, the diaries of women when I was 21 and it really influenced me and what I was interested in. If you can still find it I recommend it.

By: hannah

hannah — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 23:14:21 +0000

thanks for the suggestions jennifer! i recently purchased a few volumes of anais nin’s diaries but haven’t started them yet. i couldn’t decide between starting with the earlier or later diaries-i ended up getting the first few later ones, i figured they were right in the middle so i’d start there.

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 21:41:18 +0000

The diaries of Anais Nin are interesting. She’s a bit controversial because of a few issues (incest and bigamy) but I found her fascinating. Also, Once Upon a Time, the memoirs of Gloria Vanderbilt. The Heart Has Its Reasons, the memoirs of The Duchess of Windsor is fascinating as well, particularly how the royal family disliked her despite the duke being madly in love with her and declining the throne for her.

That’s a shame about the Bashkirtseff volume. I have a first translation in English of the diary from 1899 and loved it so much.

By: hannah

hannah — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 19:51:09 +0000

thanks anja! i just bought a copy!

By: kirsten schueler

kirsten schueler — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 12:45:03 +0000

awww, i just looked at my library and they don’t have any of these books! dang it! i really need a good book, my last batch have disappointed.