tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36622997.post971931331441787234..comments2024-03-14T04:35:06.209+13:00Comments on Beattie's Book Blog - unofficial homepage of the New Zealand book community: The Reinvention Of LoveBeattie's Book Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01505389626725979100noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36622997.post-83590242592272889842011-11-01T08:52:14.344+13:002011-11-01T08:52:14.344+13:00I can't rate Helen Humphreys highly enough, an...I can't rate Helen Humphreys highly enough, and I hope more Kiwis will read her work. At the Vancouver Int. Writers and Readers Festival recently she read a wonderful passage from The Reinvention of Love in which a rejected poet challenges Sainte-Beuve to a duel, shouting "Choose your weapon." Sainte-Beuve stares him down: "I choose spelling. You're dead."Claire Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17549609289169890919noreply@blogger.com