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notes on texts, manuscripts, or other details of writings by H.D. and her circle

“Queer Kinship Among the Stars: H.D., Silvia Dobson, and Astrology” by Victoria Papa in Modernism/modernity Plus

  • Posted onOctober 7, 2024October 7, 2024
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Victoria Papa’s rich, multimedia exploration of horoscopes, natal charts, and a zodiac wheel is set within the deep and lasting friendship between H.D. and Silvia Dobson. The article enhances our biographical understanding of H.D. while adding to the critical study of H.D. and the occult.…

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Recalling H.D.’s 1955 Reading of Helen in Egypt

  • Posted onOctober 7, 2024October 7, 2024
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Decades ago, Adelaide Morris and Donna Krolik Hollenberg traced the history of H.D.’s “disk-work,” creating audio recordings of the early drafts of Helen in Egypt in 1955. H.D.’s voice can now be heard in the Penn Sound archives at the Center for Programs in Contemporary…

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Paul Robeson’s Transatlantic Welsh Concert Audio

  • Posted onSeptember 3, 2016
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Listen to the introduction and first song of the Transatlantic Welsh Concert performed by Paul Robeson in 1957 after his passport was revoked and he was unable to travel to the UK. The clip on YouTube includes the introduction to the concert by Will Paynter, president…

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Paul Robeson’s Welsh Connection Video by Visiting Wales

  • Posted onSeptember 3, 2016
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Visiting Wales’s YouTube site includes a brief profile of Paul Robeson highlighting his performances and political work in Wales, a connection begun with the POOL Group circle that produced Borderline.  

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Nicknames and Acronyms Used by H.D. and her Circle

  • Posted onJune 24, 2016
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H.D.’s letters and even published writing are riddled with nicknames and acronyms (e.g. Fido, Beaver, Bear, Pup, Dactyl, Buddy, Cole, and so many more). Louis Silverstein published a key to those nicknames in the H.D. Newsletter in 1987, and that list remains an invaluable reference today.

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I Found It at the Watkinson! Blog Archive Palimpsest by H.D. (Hilda Doolittle)

  • Posted onJune 20, 2016June 20, 2016
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Check out this blog post about the material details of a first edition of H.D.’s Palimpsest by a student researcher at the Watkinson Library at Trinity College.

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Timeline of H.D.’s Publications and Manuscript Production

  • Posted onSeptember 19, 2015February 8, 2016
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For a multimedia bibliography of H.D.’s publications, including both dates of composition and publication, see this interactive timeline. This project was compiled by Celena E. Kusch and Kristian Wilson in 2014-2015, with entries based on information in the Silverstein Chronology.

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H.D.’s Circle of Correspondence at Spicy Nodes

  • Posted onJuly 29, 2015April 15, 2016
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This map shows all of H.D.’s correspondents based on the finding aids in the Beinecke, Bryn Mawr, and several other special collections libraries

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Annotations

  • Posted onMarch 1, 2014
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Many members of the H.D. International Society have interesting and important notes about H.D.’s writing, manuscripts, or life. Please share them here.

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  • American Literature Association 2025 CFP
  • “Queer Kinship Among the Stars: H.D., Silvia Dobson, and Astrology” by Victoria Papa in Modernism/modernity Plus
  • Recalling H.D.’s 1955 Reading of Helen in Egypt
  • Emerging Perspectives in H.D.’s Hellenic Modernity and the Future of New Modernist Studies Hybrid Conference 25-26 May 2024
  • “Signets Reborn: H.D.’s Serpent-and-Thistle Signet Ring and Louvre Museum Item Number BJ 1212” by Graham Borland identifies the source of H.D.’s Signets imagery

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