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Georgia Scott

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Graham Greene, Milan Kundera, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Jean Rhys

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December 2021


Georgia Scott is an American novelist and poet from Boston. Educated in the USA and England, she is a former Fulbright and university professor who now writes full time. One of her first poetry readings was at a banned meeting of Solidarity in the 1980s. At one of her more recent readings, she tied up her London audience with red tape. A minimalist with a maximalist love for beaches, Mel Brooks, and baklava, Georgia currently lives in Gdansk, Poland.

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Georgia Scott Always? Always is for love. We sign our lives away with the word. Love always. Yours always. We promise, always, to be true. We give ourselves to one …moreAlways? Always is for love. We sign our lives away with the word. Love always. Yours always. We promise, always, to be true. We give ourselves to one another with the word on our tongues and brand it on our hearts. Writing is different.

I didn't always know the ending. There were alternate endings that I had in mind. I spent time with them. Some more intensely than others. They brought laughter and tears and gasps of the best kind. They were good each in their own way. Flaws, I can excuse. Even embrace. Perfection doesn't come into it. What I'm after is something else.

You know the bracelet with a catch so small it's hardly there? It makes a faint "click" when it's latched that you feel, more than hear. That's the ending which at first sight, like love, had me.

[This question concerned my memoir which many readers consider a novel. But my answer holds as true for my new book. Aphrodite's Swimsuit is a novel.]
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Georgia Scott I told you. Never call someone's name to wake them because in dreams they will think it is God and they'll go before their time.…moreI told you. Never call someone's name to wake them because in dreams they will think it is God and they'll go before their time.(less)
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American Girl: Memories Tha...

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The Good Wife

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Love Conquers All?

I'll be giving a performative reading from "Aphrodite's Swimsuit" and signing copies of my novel at 3:45pm on May 26 at the Border Seminar 2026 "Conquest, Borders, Arts" at the International Border Studies Center and Border Studies Lab, Institute of English and American Studies, Faculty of Language, University of Gdansk.

If you can, come along! Room 355.
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Published on May 03, 2026 05:23 Tags: aphrodite-s-swimsuit, border-seminar-2026, gdansk, performative-reading

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My Cousin Rachel by Daphne du Maurier
"I was surprised to learn recently that Daphne du Maurier didn’t die until I was in high school. That seems impossible! She has always felt, to me, like she was from a long, distant past (and perhaps another dimension?).

Daphne du Maurier’s work feels " Read more of this review »
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The Season to Be Wary by Rod Serling
" Sounds like a wary illustration of what not to do when writing fiction. Glad you reviewed, Steve, if only to serve as a reminder that fiction, as E. M ...more "
The Season to Be Wary by Rod Serling
"Three long short stories, or short novellas, from Rod Serling – creator of The Twilight Zone.

I’ve been putting off writing this one as I hate to be negative – especially about one of my favourite writers. Unlike the short story collections he based o" Read more of this review »
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" Gaurav wrote: "Excellent review, Georgia. I've to read Wells someday, thanks for sharing it :)"

It's plot driven, sometimes ridiculously, yet spurs tho
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" Fred wrote: "I like Olivier or Burton. Not, definitely not, Branagh."
Richard Burton as Heathcliff is incredible. If you haven't seen that Wuthering He
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Laurence Olivier and Mel Gibson work for me. Two more different princes you couldn't make up. One is a prince from the word go. The next has to struggle to become one. No wonder so many actors dream of playing Hamlet. He's got the best lines and is o ...more
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Like a Polish table set for guests, it's all here. Serving after serving. Scoops and more. Helpings are lavish and elegantly delivered. Never rushed. No. You've got to sit and sit and sit. For hours. Days even. The circulation will go from your legs. ...more
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“Love is not a weakness. It's the bravest act of our lives.”
Georgia Scott, American Girl: Memories That Made Me

“Before there is science, there are stories to explain the world. They make it happier somehow.”
Georgia Scott, American Girl: Memories That Made Me

“Love is not weakness. It's the bravest act of our lives.”
Georgia Scott, American Girl: Memories That Made Me

“If you love others, life will of necessity be tragic, beautiful, but tragic.”
Graeme Rodaughan, A Subtle Agency

“You cannot swim for new horizons until you have courage to lose sight of the shore.”
William Faulkner

“Touch has a memory.”
John Keats

“Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart.”
William Wordsworth

“Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again.”
Daphne Du Maurier, Rebecca

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William Thank you for the friendship!

I am doing a deep dive on your reviews of books I have read, Thank you


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Alexw Thanks for sending me a friend request and you had me as soon as one of your influences was Mel Brooks.


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