"Don't stir all the warmth out of your coffee; drink it." — Kate Chopin — — — #KateChopin #quote #quotes #act #now #motivation #action #stopthinking

Kella Thornton writes a beautiful "letter" to Kate Chopin, 19th century American author, as she sits in the author's historic home in St. Louis, MO. There are so many themes I relate to in Kate Chopin's work, themes this writer relates to as well. I love her direct, rhetorical questions to Mme Chopin. It is a beautiful piece of writing, connected to a sense of place. And yet, it is also timeless---for all women through the ages. #KateChopin #Literature #CreativeNonfiction
https://newterritorymag.com/personal-essay/kate-chopin-st-louis-missouri/

Polka dots and a paperwhite: early morning with Kate Chopin's 1897 very short story Regret. The seven page kindle story moves from a depiction of a strong self-sufficient spinster with no regret to a woman crushed by loneliness after her neighbor's children leave her temporary care. I first encountered Chopin's work when a book club read The Awakening. Her narrative depictions of women feel so contemporary, even now. #KateChopin #FrenchLiterature

Four a.m. paperwhite and polka dots. Kate Chopin's 1897 very short fiction Regret. In the span of 7 kindle paperwhite pages, Mamzelle Aurlie moves from a strong indepent spinster with no regrets to one with quite a few after she cares for her neighbor's children. In the silence that follows, her loneliness becomes acute. Chopin's The Awakening was my first encounter with the author's work. Her narrative take on women feels quite contemporary to this day. #KateChopin #Women #FrenchLiterature

Novelist and short story writer Kate Chopin was born this day, in 1850. #birthday #quote #Katechopin

Catching up with #Backlisted on #KateChopin. Surprised that Rachael Kerr hadn't come across it - I first read it at Manchester University, lent to me by a friend studying English & American Literature in 1986, so I think it was on the Manchester syllabus then.
(I'm also as annoyed as they are probably relieved that I can no longer bother the Backlisted team on Twitter about this.)

Ooh #backlisted have done The Awakening by Kate Chopin. When I was a student a friend recommended it to me and I thanked her by writing a parody called ‘The Rude Awakening.’ I wonder if she still has it… https://www.backlisted.fm/episodes/176-kate-chopin-the-awakening #KateChopin

Ooh #backlisted have done The Awakening by Kate Chopin. When I was a student a friend recommended it to me and I thanked her by writing a parody called ‘The Rude Awakening.’ I wonder if she still has it… https://www.backlisted.fm/episodes/176-kate-chopin-the-awakening #KateChopin

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Don’t stir all the warmth out of your coffee; drink it.
– Kate Chopin, The Awakening

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