The drama of childhood, or why the relationship between mothers and daughters is so complicated
There are many essays about motherhood, but Blanca Lacasa has probably written the first about what it means to be a daughter
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There are many essays about motherhood, but Blanca Lacasa has probably written the first about what it means to be a daughter
Warmth and wisdom for fathers, sons, and everyone in between.
“Gornick’s exceptional contributions to literature over the past several decades span autobiography, essays, and journalism.”
“There is nothing more real than the image of myself in the future. My present is poisoned and polluted by it.”
Vivian Gornick. (Photo by Joan Bingham) Vivian Gornick’s writing has often given me the sensation of finding myself in the same place but much changed. This is as true of her criticism and journalism as it is of her memoirs—a straightforward and piercing desire for rediscovery conquers the text, no matter its voice. Perhaps this can help account for why a writing career that has persisted across five decades has in the past couple years been enthusiastically reexamined and reissued by ascendant generations of feminists, and Gornick herself. A collection of essays on rereading released la...