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Nina Carroll's avatar

Elegant imagery and so fabulously imaginative and real at the same time.

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Kara Westerman (she/her)'s avatar

Thank you, Nina!

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Mr. Troy Ford's avatar

This is so beautiful, Kara - I'm absolutely mesmerized by the imagining of yourself and Nick as Hadrian and Antinous. I recognize the name of Marguerite Yourcenar, and I'm wracking my brain to think if I've read this book before - maybe when I was also reading some of Mary Renault's?

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Kara Westerman (she/her)'s avatar

Thank you so much! I’ve not heard of Mary Renault.

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Mr. Troy Ford's avatar

Oh, so many good novels!!

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<Mary L. Tabor>'s avatar

So, intriguing — and about love and Hadrian and “the perilous wife”— great phrase …

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Kara Westerman (she/her)'s avatar

Thank you, Mary!

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Westerman, Prof. Gayl S.'s avatar

175990 I sent my comments by return email b/c code didn't work. Please see email sent just now.

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Kara Westerman (she/her)'s avatar

This one worked. So I think you just reply in the comments and it will end up here.

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Jeanine Kitchel's avatar

Utterly beautiful, Kara.

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Francesca's avatar

This is lovely, Kara. I don't even know the stories referenced, but I felt the love.

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Simone Senisin's avatar

Beautiful ❤️

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