An excerpt from The New York Times 19 June 2021 on Malcolm (1934 - 2021): Janet Malcolm, a Writer Who Emphasized the Messiness of Life...

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The best writing draws on both the individual and the universal Lawrence Goodstone At first glance this statement appears erudite, but...

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There was a time I wanted to be someone more like you, my deepest vortex a force so secret no man could ever harness me. I was ashamed of...

We've all heard the expression, 'a fish out of water'. Well, this week's memoir piece from Jasmine Monk is a life story 'extraordinaire'....

More than 100,000 women marched across Australia today, protesting sexual harassment and violence against women. The marches urging women...

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At first glance this statement appears erudite, but stripped down it is possibly nothing more than a pretentious declaration of the...

The once young and dynamic American poet and publisher, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, died in late February at the age of 101. You've heard his...