Louise A. DeSalvo je americká spisovatelka, jejíž dílo se často zabývá italsko-americkou kulturou a je také uznávanou badatelkou díla Virginie Woolfové. Její psaní se noří do složitostí rodiny, paměti a identity, často s důrazem na uzdravující sílu vyprávění příběhů. DeSalvo zkoumá témata traumatu a odolnosti, přičemž její literární analýza Woolfové odhaluje hluboké vhledy do života a díla této ikonické autorky. Prostřednictvím své práce čtenářům nabízí způsob, jak se spojit se svými vlastními příběhy a pochopit jejich transformační potenciál.
A stunning collection of one writer's beginnings. DeSalvo reframes and revises memoiristic essays that were the seeds of longer collections, to reveal her true power as a memoirist: the ability to dig ever deeper for personal and political truths that illuminate what it means to be a woman, a child of Italian immigrants, a writer, and a scholar.
In this inspiring book, based on her twenty years of research, highly acclaimed author and teacher Louise DeSalvo reveals the healing power of writing. DeSalvo shows how anyone can use writing as a way to heal the emotional and physical wounds that are an inevitable part of life. Contrary to what most self-help books claim, just writing won't help you; in fact, there's abundant evidence that the wrong kind of writing can be damaging. DeSalvo's program is based on the best available and most recent scientific studies about the efficacy of using writing as a restorative tool. With insight and wit, she illuminates how writers, from Virginia Woolf to Henry Miller to Audre Lorde to Isabel Allende, have been transformed by the writing process. Writing as a Way of Healing includes valuable advice and practical techniques to guide and inspire both experienced and beginning writers.
The revealing exchange of correspondence between Vita Sackville-West and Virginia Wolf from 1922-41.