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Molly Keane. Photo: © D. Donahue. “All my life so far I have done everything for the best reasons and the most unselfish motives,” says Aroon St. Charles, the tall, bosomy antiheroine of Molly Keane’s Good Behaviour, minutes after killing her mother . “I have lived for the people dearest to me, and I am at a loss to know why their lives have been at times so perplexingly unhappy.” As a narrator, Aroon is a monster of repression, revealing things she herself does not...

In 1970 a young dancer named Alma Guillermoprieto left New York to take a job teaching at Cubas National School of Dance. For six months, she worked in mirrorless studios (it was considered more revolutionary); her poorly trained but ardent students worked without them but dreamt of greatness. Yet in the midst of chronic shortages and revolutionary upheaval, Guillermoprieto found in Cuba a people whose sense of purpose touched her forever. In this electrifying memoir, Guillermoprieto-now an aw...

Set in the small provincial and university towns between Leipzig and Berlin at the very end of the 18th century, this novels central character is the great romantic philosopher Novalis. Fitzgerald won the Booker Prize in 1979 for "Offshore". She has also been shortlisted several times. "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. Review: ‘The Blue Flower is a model of what historical fiction can be at its best – when the radical otherness of other times is not merely acknowledged...

David Hare: Covid-hit UK theatre needs a John Osborne-inspired revolution Lanre Bakare Arts and culture correspondent © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Tristram Kenton/The Guardian British theatre must take inspiration from John Osborne and make itself essential to a mass audience if it is to thrive in a post-Covid world, according to David Hare, who says the artform is in need of a “revolution”. Osborne is being honoured with a blue plaque from English Heritage, whi...

Alison Bechdel on reading biographies and self-help books By Amy Sutherland Globe Correspondent,Updated May 6, 2021, 5:44 p.m. Email to a Friend Alison Bechdel is the creator of the comic strip “Dykes to Watch Out For,” and her graphic memoir “Fun Home” was a bestseller that was adapted into a Tony Award-winning musical.Elena Seibert In her new memoir, “The Secret to Superhuman Strength,” writer and graphic artist Alison Bechdel delves into her long-time obsession ...

Arguing With Racists Epigraph: “Unhappy the land that has no heroes.” “No, unhappy the land that needs heroes.”~  (Brecht) Preface. St Augustine said he thinks he knows what time is but if someone were to ask him “What is time?”, he would find it difficult to answer. So it seems with the word “race”. We think we know its meaning and use the term with casual confidence. In literary theory, the Russian Formalists drew attention to the fact that language is the medium of literatur...

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The Cant-Free Elegance of Jenny Diski’s Irresistible Mind Jenny Diski in 1988. “I write fiction and nonfiction, but it’s almost always personal,” Diski said about her writing process. “I’ve never been apologetic about that nor had a sense that my writing is ‘confessional.’ What else am I going to write about but how I know and don’t know the world?”Credit...Fay Godwin/Alamy Buy Book ▾ By Daphne Merkin WHY DIDN’T YOU JUST DO WHAT YOU WERE TOLD? Essays By Jenny Di...

Ann Levin This cover image released by Bloomsbury shows "Why Didnt You Just Do What You Were Told" by Jenny Diski. (Bloomsbury via AP) April 19, 2021 - 7:42 AM “Why Didn’t You Just Do What You Were Told?” by Jenny Diski (Bloomsbury Publishing) A lot of criticism doesn’t age well because it’s tied to ephemeral moments in our cultural life. Jenny Diski’s is likely to stand the test of time because it offers readers a bracing mix of razor-s...

Review: New collection of columns by the late Jenny Diski by Ann Levin, The Associated Press Posted Apr 19, 2021 10:42 am EDT Last Updated Apr 19, 2021 at 10:44 am EDT This cover image released by Bloomsbury shows "Why Didnt You Just Do What You Were Told" by Jenny Diski. (Bloomsbury via AP) “Why Didn’t You Just Do What You Were Told?” by Jenny Diski (Bloomsbury Publishing) A lot of criticism doesn’t age well because it’s tied to ephemeral moments in our cultural life. Jenny Diski’s...