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Jonathan Galassi Remembers His Friend, the Great Robert Gottlieb

Jonathan Galassi Remembers His Friend, the Great Robert Gottlieb

“The last and arguably the most successful of the editor-publishers.”

By Jonathan Galassi | July 25, 2023

Claire Dederer on Doris Lessing and the Divided Mother

Claire Dederer on Doris Lessing and the Divided Mother

Finding Freedom in, and From, Motherhood

By Claire Dederer | April 25, 2023

A Brief History of All the Women Who Have Won the Nobel Prize

A Brief History of All the Women Who Have Won the Nobel Prize

“They must represent us all; they must, with their words, illuminate the universal via the specific.”

By Jessi Haley | March 8, 2023

Why It’s Good News That Bad Mothers Are All the Rage on the Page and the Screen

Why It’s Good News That Bad Mothers Are All the Rage on the Page and the Screen

Emma Knight on Finding the Reality of Motherhood Represented in Fiction

By Emma Knight | May 6, 2022

Can There Actually Be an Escapist Summer Read in 2020?

Can There Actually Be an Escapist Summer Read in 2020?

Four Novels on the Unsettling Moods of Summer

By Deborah Shapiro | June 17, 2020

Remember when Doris Lessing absolutely did not care that she won the Nobel Prize?

Remember when Doris Lessing absolutely did not care that she won the Nobel Prize?

By Emily Temple | April 16, 2020

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Reading <em>The Golden Notebook</em> During a Summer of Too Many Weddings

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On Doris Lessing's Exploration of the "Free Woman"

By Lara Feigel | May 10, 2018

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By Emily Temple | February 8, 2018

Remembering Clancy Sigal

Remembering Clancy Sigal

Novelist-Essayist-Screenwriter-Activist and One-Time Love of Doris Lessing

By Jacob Silverman | July 20, 2017

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