This week our guest is Donna Wootton. Donna is a graduate of the Humber School for Writers. Her nonfiction book about her father, MOON REMEMBERED, was published by Ginger Press. Her novel, What Shirley Missed, was published by Hidden Brook Press. Her poetry about Cuba was published in the anthology The Divinity of Blue. She has a poem and a short story coming out in an anthology called Musings. Her latest novel, Isadora’s Dance, is published by Blue Denim Press. Find out more about Donna at her website https://www.dmwootton.com
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Very interesting to hear about your the novel was researched and took shape.
Throughout your novel, Donna uses a clever device to confirm that this is a “literary novel”. The names of the protagonists and the places they visit in Oxford, Paris and in Italy, conjure up the ghosts of bygone novelists, poets, dancers, and musicians and remind us to our pleasure that this novel, as well as being a fast-moving love story, is also a kaleidoscope of rewarding allusions.
Thanks. Gwynn and Chris, for another interesting interview with an interesting regional author.