Telling Tales with Ms. G

Telling Tales 8/28/12

Tuesday’s story is: “Mrs. Spring Fragrance” by Edith Maude Eaton Mrs. Spring Fra¬grance, the 1912 story collection from which the title story is included here, offers more than mere chinoiserie: her questions about love, tradi¬tion, and the meaning of “assimilation” in a new nation are still resonant almost a century later.

Telling Tales 8/21/12

Tonite’s story is “My Mistress” by Laurie Colwin. She wrote this story from the vantage point of a man. A man loving his mistress. Can it help to understand how the emotion of love can be used to cause damage to another? Maybe…