<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div>The <i>Virginia Woolf Bulletin</i> invites submissions of 'first encounters' with Woolf; anyone interested in this discussion might also be interested in writing about how they came to read Woolf or-- of course! --in reading the <i>Bulletin</i>.<br>
<br>From a 2007 issue that was the first to come to hand: "This is the eighteenth in a series about first encounters with Virginia Woolf. More would be welcome. How did you find her? What drew you to her? What did she offer you?"<br>
<br></div><span>See <a href="http://www.virginiawoolfsociety.co.uk/vw_bulletin.htm" target="_blank">http://www.virginiawoolfsociety.co.uk/vw_bulletin.htm</a> for info on the <i>Bulletin</i>. Submission info can be found inside the back cover of any copy; send by email to Stuart N Clarke at <a href="mailto:stuart.n.clarke@btinternet.com" target="_blank">stuart.n.clarke@btinternet.com</a></span><br>
<br></div>Mary Ellen<br><br>M.E.Foley<br></div><a href="mailto:WordBoffin@googlemail.com">WordBoffin@googlemail.com</a><br></div><a href="http://mefoley.wordpress.com">http://mefoley.wordpress.com</a><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 4:09 PM, Neverow, Vara S. <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:neverowv1@southernct.edu" target="_blank">neverowv1@southernct.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<div>Responding to J. J.'s query as to how one might have become addicted to Woolf, my enchantment was triggered by "Lappin and Lapinova" when I was a senior in college. I was mesmerized by the fairy tale of a failed marriage and then ended up writing my final
paper for the semester on Woolf's "Modern Fiction" and "Mr Bennett and Mrs Brown." And the rest is history.</div>
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<div>I hope others will weigh in on this discussion! </div>
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<div>Vara Neverow</div>
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<span style="font-weight:bold">From: </span>"J. Wilson" <<a href="mailto:boxcar@sonic.net" target="_blank">boxcar@sonic.net</a>><br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Date: </span>Wednesday, August 21, 2013 9:50 PM<br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">To: </span>Kristin Czarnecki <<a href="mailto:Kristin_Czarnecki@georgetowncollege.edu" target="_blank">Kristin_Czarnecki@georgetowncollege.edu</a>>, VWOOLF listserv <<a href="mailto:vwoolf@lists.service.ohio-state.edu" target="_blank">vwoolf@lists.service.ohio-state.edu</a>><br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Subject: </span>Re: [Vwoolf] Woolf in Harper's<br>
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<div><font face="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial"><span style="font-size:12.0px">For one wonderful moment, I thot you meant Harpers Magazine — and then found it was actually Harpers BAZAAR which did serve to lower my expectations, as did her misattributing the asking
of a second bowl of soup to Mr. Ramsey rather than Mr. Carmichael, but I guess it does qualify as a “nice piece.” Would be fun to hear from others on the list as to how they first read and fell for VW’s intensifying prose — for Michael Cunningham, it was<i>
Mrs. Dalloway</i>, of course, and he admits to not understanding a word of it (as Ms Harris said of
<i>To the L</i> when she was 16) but also admits to not having been able to get it out of his mind....How did you first get started on her, Kristin?<br>
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On 8/21/13 8:11 AM, "Kristin Czarnecki" <<a href="mailto:Kristin_Czarnecki@georgetowncollege.edu" target="_blank">Kristin_Czarnecki@georgetowncollege.edu</a>> wrote:<br>
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Here's a nice piece by Alexandra Harris in the September Harper's.<br>
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Best,<br>
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Kristin<br>
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<a href="http://www.harpersbazaar.co.uk/going-out/who-what-where/virginia-woolf-exclusive-alexandra-harris" target="_blank">http://www.harpersbazaar.co.uk/going-out/who-what-where/virginia-woolf-exclusive-alexandra-harris</a><br>
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