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‘A more anarchic city’: Darryl Pinckney on New York literary life in the 1970s

The novelist’s memoir evokes the ambition and thrill of writing alongside Gore Vidal, Susan Sontag, James Baldwin and his mentor Elizabeth Hardwick

The Guardian - UK

To romanticise or demonise – not the only ways to frame working-class lives

A Chris Killip and Graham Smith retrospective from the 70s and 80s captures an absence of hope still felt today

The Guardian - UK

Jean-Luc Godard: Master of French cinema who pushed boundaries

At his best, the Franco-Swiss film director and Young Turk of the New Wave was responsible for some of the most sublime moments of 1960s screen time

The Independent UK

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Margaret Keane obituary

The Guardian - UK

Is it possible to be a mother and pursue a creative life? Yes, but it is never easy

A new book explores how pregnancy and motherhood affected the lives of artists including Audre Lorde and Susan Sontag. At our current moment, the questions it raises take on additional urgency

The Guardian - US

Friday essay: grey-haired and radiant – reimagining ageing for women

Ageist thought patterns and reactions are so embedded in Australian culture that even educated people, people who otherwise insist on political correctness, will open their mouths and deliver a hurtful, hateful judgement.

The Conversation

Class, queerness and illness in the ‘post-crisis’ era: rewriting the narrative of HIV

I often read a book’s acknowledgments to see who an author thanks for supporting the creation of their work and how they go about thanking them.

The Conversation

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In her gracious acceptance of death, Deborah James has given us lessons in how to live

None of us truly knows how we will behave when the inevitable gets ever closer. Facing it squarely might allow us to savour those final moments

The Guardian - UK

One Day I Shall Astonish the World by Nina Stibbe review – a droll take on female friendship

The Love, Nina author’s new novel has all its predecessors’ gossipy bookishness and quirky charm

The Guardian - UK

So what is the good of book reviewing? A review of a review of the reviewers

Imagine you’re the literary editor for a major US newspaper, like The New York Times or The Washington Post. You know that getting a good notice in your paper can launch the career of a young writer and you’re far from indifferent to the fate of literary culture. You majored…

The Conversation

Pankaj Mishra: US and Europe should stop congratulating themselves

Cold War language about Western unity and the “long fight” against autocracy has become more rousing as Russia flounders in Ukraine. It is time to start worrying that the response to Vladimir Putin's aggression, led by U.S. President Joe Biden, might cause more widespread damage than even the Russian despot…

Tribune News Service

A brief LGBT+ history of camp

Since its inception in the 20th century, camp has helped queer communities better understand the world around them

Salon

LGBT+ history: the story of camp, from Little Richard to Lil Nas X

Although camp is difficult to define, it probably doesn’t need much description.

The Conversation

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