Contents29 March 2004: Author Focus issue on Eleanor Arnason![[Article by Lyda Morehouse]](article.jpg)
(Article) ARTICLE: Interview: Eleanor Arnason, by Lyda Morehouse". . . when I began working out what the Hwarhath were like I realized that there are many excellent, excellent arguments against heterosexuality. . . ." FICTION: The Grammarian's Five Daughters, by Eleanor ArnasonThe mother thought for a while, then produced a bag. "In here are nouns, which I consider the solid core and treasure of language. I give them to you because you're the oldest. Take them and do what you can with them." POETRY: Song from the Kalevala, by Eleanor ArnasonMy daughter is gone. / She has turned into a salmon. REVIEW: Precious Metals: Eleanor Arnason's A Woman of the Iron People, reviewed by John GarrisonArnason focuses on what Maurice Blanchot has called "what happens when nothing happens." Her characters do yoga, take breaks to void their bowels, sleep fitfully, complain about aches and pains. They take the time to sit around and discuss their feelings, their goals, their attitudes toward each other and themselves. REVIEW: Humour in Eleanor Arnason's Ring of Hwarhath Stories, reviewed by Ruth BermanIt's characteristic of Arnason's work that a story with serious moral issues should start from a joke and play out with wry comedy. Her stories are both thematically serious and comic in a way that is often most riotously funny when it is quietest. All material in Strange Horizons is copyrighted to the original authors and may not be reproduced without permission. Violators will be prosecuted. |