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May.19.2013 - 11:56 am
The Backstory as Defence Lawyer
In a recent post on The Red Room, Orna B. Raz makes a very interesting case for the fiction writer’s ability to rewrite true life events, giving the stories a...
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May.05.2013 - 10:08 am
Just About a Teddy Bear With a Wonky Nose*
“What does he think I am? A baby?” Deep embarrassment was making me peevish.  I did not want my mother, grandmother – and, especially, the guests – to think I was still...
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Apr.28.2013 - 12:05 pm
A Room of My Own
There is a tree outside the window of my new room.  An oak, with ivy wrapped around, embracing his body and lower branches.  His body, yes.  There is...
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Apr.14.2013 - 7:07 am
Images of Norwich
  I do not have a good relationship with Norwich Castle.  I am sorry.  I thought I would get used to its odd, sandcastle mould shape on the green hill but I have...
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Comments from Katherine

May.19.2013 - 12:32 pm
In response to: Bathing Boy
Farzana and Mary – you have a
Farzana and Mary – you have a point, and one I hadn't considered.
May.19.2013 - 12:29 pm
In response to: Two Characters Walk Into a Room
Pirandello Six Characters
Pirandello's Six Characters would eat their hearts out!  I love it, Jane! More, please!
May.19.2013 - 12:27 pm
In response to: The Secret
What a nugget! Truly
What a nugget! Truly delectable!
May.17.2013 - 2:12 am
In response to: Bathing Boy
I have no doubt this man and
I have no doubt this man and woman mean well but there is, as Mary says, something dehumanising about this act.  I...
May.17.2013 - 2:03 am
In response to: Rental Property
What a wonderful
What a wonderful heart-warming story! It's brilliant that your patience paid off.  I love sparrows.
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—(Georges Guétary in 'An American in Paris')

About Katherine

Before you ask – one half of me is English; the other half, a Middle-Eastern mix. I speak English, Italian, French and Russian, which accounts for my hybrid accent which has, so far, been mistaken for South African, Irish, Dutch, US American, German, and one...
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Katherine’s Favorite Books

'La Ragazza di Via Maqueda' (Dacia Maraini), 'A Many-Splendoured Thing' (Han Suyin), 'Berlin Cantata' (Jeffrey Lewis), 'The Places in Between' (Rory Stewart...