Great Regulars: This week's poem, "La Gioconda", is also,

I think, a mixed success, but interesting enough to whet the appetite for reading more of its authors' work. They called themselves "Michael Field": in real life they were Katharine Bradley (1846-1914) and Edith Cooper (1862-1913), an aunt and niece who lived together in a lesbian relationship from 1878 until the death of Edith in 1913. l

The couple, known to friends as "the Michael Fields", kept the details of their collaboration to themselves.

from Carol Rumens: The Guardian: Books blog: Poem of the week: La Gioconda by Michael Field

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