Maria

Dear Valeria,

I'm still struggling for the image of women in film and I'm still working, not as much as I would like to because for a woman in her late forties, it's hard to find work. Not only in France. I had a chat with Anjelica Huston last year. We spoke about the same problem, you know. I don't know where it comes from? The writers, the producers, or the directors. But I think it's a pity even for the public. We get a response to see a mature woman in film. We see many, many macho men in film. An actress like Meryl Streep doesn't work as much as Bob De Niro.

Amicalement,

Maria Schneider

Elaine

Dear Valeria,

What we are witnessing today is the result (but not the end-result) of a long process. The volume captures a good moment in the integration of new technologies in the conduct and dissemination of classical research, positioning us to enhance our capacity to reconstruct and understand the ancient classical world. There is so much going on on so many fronts, some of it with roots in the past, some coming in from complementary disciplines and altering our expectations of ourselves and our subject. It is like listening to a rumbling volcano—knowing that the 'eruptions' are changing the landscape.

Best regards,

Elaine Matthews

Leonora

Dear Valeria,

And then we saw the Daughter of the Minotaur.

Best regards,

Leonora Carrington

Joanna

Dear Valeria,

When I was twenty I thought that life came to a point in some openly dramatic way (like in the movies) and somehow you got into adulthood at some point and then you were set, on a plateau that went on forever and ever. Remember the contralto in Pirates of Penzance, accused of being old and of having wrinkles and gray hair? And she defends herself by saying (singing, rather), "They gradually got so." When I was twenty-five and sang in the chorus, my mother laughed and laughed at that line and I wondered why.

All my best,

Joanna Russ