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Anne Shirley Was the Best Friend a Queer Brown Boy Could Have - Electric Literature

lmmipei.bsky.social @lmmipei.bsky.social · 19h

🎬💐 For Canadian-American actress Colleen Dewhurst, who portrayed Marilla Cuthbert in the Anne of Green Gables TV miniseries, the enduring power of Montgomery's beloved story lies in connection. She saw the phrase “kindred spirit” as a reminder of how we recognize ourselves in others.

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lmmipei.bsky.social @lmmipei.bsky.social · 10d

📸: Raymond Shum, Tempest Photo

📖: “Anne Shirley Was the Best Friend a Queer Brown Boy Could Have.” Electric Literature. 13 June 2019, electricliterature.com/anne-shirley-was-the-best-friend-a-queer-brown-boy-could-have/

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Why did a Filipinx kid relate so much to the red-headed protagonist of a book meant for girls?

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Writers and Artists Respond to L.M. Montgomery | Journal of L.M. Montgomery Studies

lmmipei.bsky.social @lmmipei.bsky.social · 10d

To Gatchalian, Anne was more than a literary figure; she was a kindred spirit who offered solace and strength to a queer brown boy seeking belonging.

📲 Explore more perspectives in the "Writers and Artists Respond to L.M. Montgomery" collection: journaloflmmontgomerystudies.ca/writers-arti...

Writers and Artists Respond to L.M. Montgomery | Journal of L.M. Montgomery Studies

lmmipei.bsky.social @lmmipei.bsky.social · 10d

📚✍️ For author C. E. Gatchalian, Anne Shirley embodies resistance. Born into a society that preferred boys, Anne offers an imaginative counterworld - one of beauty, transcendence, and creative defiance.

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lmmipei.bsky.social @lmmipei.bsky.social · 21d

📚Bookshelf Wednesday is back with many new additions and exciting finds! This week, learn more about a few Canadian authors on Montgomery’s shelves.

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lmmipei.bsky.social @lmmipei.bsky.social · 26d

📲 To view the "Writers and Artists Respond to L.M. Montgomery" collection, visit journaloflmmontgomerystudies.ca/writers-arti...

📸: Mark Seliger

📖: “Aretha Franklin's R-E-S-P-E-C-T for Lucy Maud's beloved book.” CBC News, 16 Aug. 2020, www.cbc.ca/news/canada/....

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lmmipei.bsky.social @lmmipei.bsky.social · 26d

🎶📚 The Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin cherished Anne of Green Gables for its spirited characters. She admired Anne’s determination, Gilbert’s charm, and Marilla’s steadfastness, and dreamed of seeing the Island where their world came to life.

lmmipei.bsky.social @lmmipei.bsky.social · Sep 6

💯 publications. Countless contributors. One shared passion.

📚🎊 The Journal of L. M. Montgomery Studies is celebrating its 100th publication ... and counting!

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Writers and Artists Respond to L.M. Montgomery | Journal of L.M. Montgomery Studies

lmmipei.bsky.social @lmmipei.bsky.social · Aug 30

📸: Adriana Pacheco, Megan Follows and Anne: Meant to Be!

📖: “Megan Follows Full Interview from Anne of Green Gables The Continuing Story.” YouTube, uploaded by Sullivan Entertainment, 24 Feb. 2023, www.youtube.com/watch?v=rT15cuQA36Q.

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lmmipei.bsky.social @lmmipei.bsky.social · Aug 30

She highlights Anne’s evolution, from an orphan who wins the hearts of a community to a young woman who not only finds belonging but also transcends it.

📲 To explore more insights from writers and artists about L. M. Montgomery’s work, visit journaloflmmontgomerystudies.ca/writers-arti...

lmmipei.bsky.social @lmmipei.bsky.social · Aug 30

🎭 Megan Follows, celebrated Canadian-American actress and director, is forever linked to Anne Shirley through her unforgettable role in the 1985 Anne of Green Gables miniseries. For Follows, Anne’s story is much more than a coming-of-age tale.

lmmipei.bsky.social @lmmipei.bsky.social · Aug 23

📸: Derek Shapton, On “Dear Life”: An Interview with Alice Munro by Deborah Treisman.

📖: Struthers, Tim. "The Real Material: An Interview with Alice Munro." Probable Fictions: Alice Munro's Narrative Acts, edited by Louis K. MacKendrick, ECW Press, 1983, p. 18.

lmmipei.bsky.social @lmmipei.bsky.social · Aug 23

📲 To view the “Writers and Artists Respond to L.M. Montgomery” collection, visit journaloflmmontgomerystudies.ca/writers-arti...

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lmmipei.bsky.social @lmmipei.bsky.social · Aug 23

✍️📚 In 2013, Alice Munro became the first Canadian to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, celebrated for her “mastery of the contemporary short story.”

Reflecting on the work of L. M. Montgomery, Munro offered high praise for Emily of New Moon, calling it “by far [Montgomery’s] best book.”

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lmmipei.bsky.social @lmmipei.bsky.social · Aug 23

💐✍️ A new piece has been added to the “Writers and Artists Respond to L.M. Montgomery” collection in the 𝘑𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘓.𝘔. 𝘔𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘨𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘚𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘴!

📲 To read “A Short History of Writers and Artists Responding to L.M. Montgomery” by Dr. Kate Scarth, visit journaloflmmontgomerystudies.ca/Writers-and-...

Writers and Artists Respond to L.M. Montgomery

lmmipei.bsky.social @lmmipei.bsky.social · Aug 21

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A special print collection of essays from the Journal of L.M. Montgomery Studies, in premium color.

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lmmipei.bsky.social @lmmipei.bsky.social · Aug 21

💐✍️ We have a new addition to the Journal of L.M. Montgomery Studies “Writers and Artists Respond to L.M. Montgomery” collection!

📲 Read “A Gathering of Artists Respond to L.M. Montgomery: A Foreword” by Liz Rosenberg here:
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The Life and Works of L.M. Montgomery

lmmipei.bsky.social @lmmipei.bsky.social · Aug 16

🎧 Now on Audible!

The Life and Works of L.M. Montgomery, an Audible Original by Dr. Kate Scarth, Chair of L.M. Montgomery Studies at UPEI, is out now ‼️

📲 Discover the many sides of Lucy Maud Montgomery in a rich, engaging audio experience!

🔗 Listen now on Audible: www.audible.ca/pd/The-Life-...

Check out this great listen on Audible.ca. Canadian author L. M. Montgomery is best known for her best-selling and beloved novel Anne of Green Gables. But Montgomery was a prolific writer and artist w...

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Writers and Artists Respond to L.M. Montgomery

lmmipei.bsky.social @lmmipei.bsky.social · Aug 6

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A special print collection of essays from the Journal of L.M. Montgomery Studies, in premium color.

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lmmipei.bsky.social @lmmipei.bsky.social · Aug 6

‼️📚Now available! A special print collection from the Journal of L.M. Montgomery Studies! "Writers and Artists Respond to L.M. Montgomery" collects—in a full colour print volume—the work of 32 artists and writers whose works have been published in the journal over the last year.

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lmmipei.bsky.social @lmmipei.bsky.social · Aug 1

Photo Credit: Darren Anderson / courtesy Kathleen Gros

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lmmipei.bsky.social @lmmipei.bsky.social · Aug 1

Credit: “Kindred Spirits: Children’s Authors Reimagine ‘Anne of Green Gables.’” Interview by Emma Kantor. Publishers Weekly, 1 Sept. 2022, www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-book-news/article/90208-kindred-spirits-children-s-authors-reimagine-anne-of-green-gables.html.

Writers and Artists Respond to L.M. Montgomery | Journal of L.M. Montgomery Studies

lmmipei.bsky.social @lmmipei.bsky.social · Aug 1

Whether you're meeting her for the first time or returning to her story years later, Anne reminds us that being ourselves, imperfections and all, is enough to be loved.

📲 To view the “Writers and Artists Respond to L.M. Montgomery” collection, journaloflmmontgomerystudies.ca/writers-arti...