The Mordant Intimacy of Cécile Desprairies’s “The Propagandist”
Years ago, a man who was then my fiancé gave me a mourning ring, inscribed with the name and dates of birth and death of a Frenchwoman who lived in the mid-eighteenth century. Strands of pale blonde hair are encased in its central setting, which is surrounded by tiny amethysts. I’d worn the ring with … Read more
