Writing about the past and the trick of memory
I opened L. P. Hartley’s The Go-Between to find an Introduction by the author that is really a wonderful little piece of literary criticism.
Love, Mystery, and Irrationality
“Sexuality is a murky realm of contradiction and ambivalence. It cannot always be understood by social models, which feminism, as an heir of nineteenth-century utilitarianism,…
Moral belief as aesthetic stance
Susan Sontag believed that intellectuals should, must, take political stands. She was active in the movement against the Vietnam War. She tried, with passion and…
Therapy and the idea of the love cure...
...courtesy of a 1972 NYRB article by Ellen Willis that I've just read, called "The Fantasy of the Perfect Lover" (subscribers only, unfortunately). Ultimately Willis…
Coming & Crying
An interesting project to be aware of: Coming & Crying. Coming & Crying is an effort by Melissa Gira Grant and Meaghan O’Connell to publish…