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Baldwin by Nicholas Boggs review – the relationships that drove a genius
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (1404+ words) The Guardian Baldwin by Nicholas...Boggs review – the relationships that drove a genius A new biography puts Baldwin’s sexuality – and...the men he loved – front and centre Today, James Baldwin’s legacy seems assured, but this wasn’t always...It’s…...
Yael van der Wouden: ‘The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy cured my fear of aliens’
8+ mon, 3+ week ago (251+ words) The book I could never read again James Baldwin’s Giovanni’s Room....
Deborah Levy: ‘CS Lewis’s White Witch terrified me – but I wanted to meet her’
5+ mon, 4+ day ago (276+ words) The books that made me want to be a writer James Baldwin’s Giovanni’s Room and The Lover by Marguerite...
Zadie Smith: ‘I don’t know when I read men any more’
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (340+ words) number of men when giving recommendations of other essayists – John Berger, Stuart Hall and James Baldwin...
‘It’s not just a book, it’s a window to my soul’: why we’re in love with literary angst
10+ mon, 1+ week ago (578+ words) Why did an obscure Dostoevsky novella sell 100,000 copies in the UK last year? And why are TikTokers raving about a 1943 Turkish novel? The way young people are discovering books is changing – and their literary tastes reflect our times The sales…...
Dead and Alive by Zadie Smith review – essays for an age of anxiety
10+ mon, 2+ week ago (1064+ words) From cultural appropriation to gender, Smith nails the politics of creativity. But on actual politics, she is less assuredAccepting a literary prize in Ohio last year, the novelist Zadie Smith described “feeling somewhat alienated from myself, experiencing myself as a…...