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Suzanne Stroh

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In an age of specialization, Suzanne Stroh was born to range widely. She is a screenwriter, playwright, film producer, performer, and translator telling irreverent stories with strong, free-spirited women at the center.

Her new book is the first English translation of a lesbian classic: Natalie Barney's I Remember Her, the haunting prose poem in 1904 written to win back the love of poet Renée Vivien.

Suzanne maintains Barney’s grave in Paris and co-curates the BookLantern project there. Her audiobook credits include the Jazz Age comedy about Barney, A Night at the Amazon’s by Francesco Rapazzini, which Suzanne also translated (with Sally Hamilton).

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	I Remember Her by Natalie Clifford Barney, Suzanne Stroh (Goodreads Author) (Translator), Eleni Sikelianos (Foreword) 4.25 avg rating — 130 ratings — published 1910 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Eva Palmer Sikelianos: A Life in Ruins by Artemis Leontis, Suzanne Stroh (Goodreads Author) (Narrator) 4.19 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2019 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Night at the Amazon’s by Francesco Rapazzini, Suzanne Stroh (Goodreads Author) (Translator, Narrator), Sally Hamilton (Translator) 4.63 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2001 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Defying Gravity: Fiction by DC-area Women by Richard Peabody (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Suzanne Stroh (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Arin Greenwood (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.86 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tabou: Patience (Book 1) 3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2011	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tabou: Sylvie (Book 3) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tabou: Jocelyn (Book 2) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Suzanne Stroh rated a book it was amazing Brilliant Exiles: American Women in Paris, 1900–1939 by Robyn Asleson	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Suzanne Stroh rated a book it was amazing White Houses by Amy Bloom	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
This moving novel is ten times the book “A Paris Wife” is. Couldn’t check my tears, even on the second reading. Four stars. Adding to this review on the fourth reading. Tears still streaked my face in several places. This is a beautiful book that stan ...more
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Suzanne Stroh rated a book it was amazing Selected Poems by Natalie Clifford Barney	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Natalie Barney has a first class translator in Samantha Pious. A linguist and published poet who has also translated the verse of Renée Vivien, Pious resolves even the trickiest challenge posed by Barney’s metrical poems. The Headmistress edition giv ...more
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“Thrown from the garden, she searches for true love. but she needs an heir.”
― Suzanne Stroh, Tabou: Patience

tags: august

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“No matter what the challenge, Aurore always felt stronger on her own territory. Her deepest faith abided in her vines. She knew her childhood home on Cyprus like she knew her own body.”
― Suzanne Stroh, Tabou: Jocelyn

tags: aurore

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“Kit spoke vintage vinyl in all its dialects. And he casually rubbed elbows with stars from all walks of life. Oh, and he was twenty. And drop-dead gorgeous. Kit Hemion was a very big way Aaron's Records made money with the West Side set.”
― Suzanne Stroh, Tabou: Jocelyn

tags: kit

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“She walks in the loveliness she made,
Between the apple-blossom and the water--
She walks among the patterned pied brocade,
Each flower her son, and every tree her daughter.”
― Vita Sackville-West, The Land

tags: spring

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“A girl could be born rich. But nobody was born a hero.”
― Suzanne Stroh, Tabou: Patience

tags: jocelyn

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“Bientôt ou dans un cycle, ce sera de nouveau son tour de me prouver la qualité de son feu. Je ne lui manquerai pas, elle ne me manquera pas--et tout sera consumé.”
― Natalie Barney

tags: gay-marriage, lesbian-erotica, lesbian-partners, love, marriage

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“I miss you even more than I could have believed; and I was prepared to miss you a good deal.”
― Vita Sackville-West

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“Show me the legacy of a lesbian couple.”
― Suzanne Stroh, Tabou: Patience