I had the honour of giving a talk in a symposium titled ”Feminine – Body – Power” organized by Helsinki Association of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy & Finnish Psychoanalytic Association. I lectured under the heading ”Vagina Dentata: My Friend Natalia in Layer Therapy”.
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Elina Reenkola’s book ”Intohimoinen nainen: psykoanalyyttisia tutkielmia halusta, rakkaudesta ja häpeästä” (2006/2011; Woman of passion: Psychoanalytical studies of desire, love and shame) was one important source of reference for ”My Friend Natalia”.
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We recorded a video conversation about Bolla and My Friend Natalia. Thank you @oodihelsinki for cooperation!
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I just love these drop earrings titled ”Tulisuudelma” (Fiery Kiss) designed and crafted by @irja_nuru! 📷: @petralampinen
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It’s raining and thundering! And here’s the Estonian translation of sentences and words from Niki de Saint Phalle’s artwork ”My Men” (1994), written by Natalia as one of the exercises she performs (fictional level), ie. handwritten by me by Rotring Tikky Graphic Pigment Ink 0.7 (actual level).
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”Minu sõber Natalia” is translated by Kadri Jaanits and it will be published on August by Rahva Raamat.
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Today we – the people working in the culture and different arts sectors – showed our force in front of the Parliament Building. In a statement #enoughisenough we issued, amongst other things, the following:
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”The events have been kept closed for too long – the industry’s proposals for the phasing out of restrictions and the safe and responsible organization of the event have not been heard. Those who work in culture and event sector have been cramped by obstructing working conditions. Corona subsidies and compensations have been inadequate, received far too late and were not fully targeted. For tens of thousands of cultural and event professionals and businesses, the past 15 months have been catastrophic.”
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📸: @petralampinen & @mhuisko
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I got the author’s copies of Polish Oneiron!
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Voilà, a #videoad for next Tuesday’s online event around ”My Friend Natalia”. It will be me and @dearbookmaven and talk, talk, talk on literature.
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A must admit I feel a bit (A LOT!) embarrassed with the slogan ”the Rock Star of Finnish Literature”. So please let me tell where it comes from. When ”Natalia” came out in Finland, critic Nina Lehtinen from @aamulehti wrote that she thought of me as ”a rockstar in the art of the novel” (15.3.2019). This took a spark of inspiration in marketing. Promo materials were translated, publishers abroad adopted the slighly converted phrase. And here we are.
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Enough for explanations! Register here for the virtual event ➡️ eventbrite.com ➡️ an evening with Laura Lindstedt ➡️ May 25 at 5pm (EDT) / Midnight (EEST).
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I just LOVE the #ad for Oneiron made by my Polish publisher @wydawnictwo_poznanskie in their @seriaskandynawska!
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Polish Oneiron has also had great reviews. Translator Sebastian Musielak has kindly picked some extracts and translated them into English.
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”The novel about small, almost transparent moments and decisions that made our lives. […] Although Lindstedt is playing with imagination, building a new, post-death world, I get the feeling that what she wants really to write about is the way we live.”
– Sylwia Chutnik, writer
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”We can debate on whether „Oneiron” is about the collective memory of one sex, or if it is the history of memory stigmatisation by means of who we’ve been and what we’ve experienced as a certain sex. One thing is for sure: Lindstedt’s womanhood is power and mystery.”
– Jarek Czechowicz, independent literary blogger
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”The thing is, what causes the women’s death, and how they died. Here the main part plays the male power, which manifests itself in different ways […] but Lindstedt does not give us the accusatory vision of the world as seen by the victims. Her heroines are strong, determined to fight for themselves and their goals. With no regrets.”
– Literary critic Maciej Kijko
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Well, well… @postigroup – Finnish postal ”service” – has almost ruined our upcoming online event next Tuesday. I’m going to talk about ”My Friend Natalia” with critic and writer @dearbookmaven, and first 40 book orders will get a signed bookplate. Now those special bookplates sent by @politicsprose got stuck in Vantaa central storage (15 km away from my home) for several weeks. We have done everything that is possible – and beyond possible – to get them out. Mission impossible.
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Thanks to @elinaahlbackliteraryagency, I got substitutive bookplates to sign. They are now send to US via @fedex.
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Register here for the virtual event 🔜 eventbrite.com 🔜 an evening with Laura Lindstedt 🔜 May 25 at 5pm (EDT) / Midnight (EEST).
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Polish Oneiron is out! Next Thursday (which happens to be Ascension Day) I’m going to talk about Oneiron with Sebastian Musielak (who happens to be a magnificent translator). The discussion will be held in English.
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Wydawnictwo Poznańskie’s FB page 🔜 May 13 🔜 20:00 CET (21:00 EET).
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