Poisoned Pens: Literary Invective from Amis to Zola by Gary Dexter
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Category: Essays
'With the single exception of Homer, there is no eminent writer, not even Sir Walter Scott, whom I can despise so entirely as I despise Shakespeare.' George Bernard Shaw From what Byron really thought of Keats to Salman Rushdie's savage put-down of John Le Carre, from Cocteau's damning view of Victor Hu ...Show more
At ...: Writing, Mainly About Art, from the London Review of Books by Peter Campbell
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Category: Essays
For more than ten years, typographer and illustrator Peter Campbell has been the resident art critic for the London Review of Books, as well as serving as its resident designer since it began in 1979. Not easily characterized in professional terms, Campbell's writing thoughtful, jargon-free, and notably ...Show more
Poison Penmanship: The Gentle Art of Muckraking by Jessica Mitford
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Category: Essays
Jessica Mitford was a member of one of England's most legendary families (among her sisters were the novelist Nancy Mitford and the current Duchess of Devonshire) and one of the great muckraking journalists of modern times. Leaving England for America, she pursued a career as an investigative reporter a ...Show more
Scribble, Scribble, Scribble: Writing on Ice Cream, Obama, Churchill and My Mother by Simon Schama
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Category: Essays
'Wednesday brought a pungent sheepy smell emanating from the greyish lamb and barley soup my mother optimistically called 'Taste of the Garden of Eden'. Expel me, please. Haddock in the air? That would be Thursday. The faintest whiff of roasting garlic? That would be what my sister and I uncharitably du ...Show more
What the Dog Saw: And Other Adventures by Malcolm Gladwell
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Category: Essays
Malcolm Gladwell is the master of playful yet profound insight. His ability to see underneath the surface of the seemingly mundane taps into a fundamental human impulse: curiosity. From criminology to ketchup, job interviews to dog training, Malcolm Gladwell takes everyday subjects and shows us surprisi ...Show more
Granta 110 : Sex by John Freeman (Edited by)
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Category: Essays
Whether you are starved of it or steeped in it; embarrassed by it or emboldened by it; whether you commit it or omit it you can't get away from it. In this issue of "Granta" we talk about sex. Sex is our oldest obsession. For as long as we've been doing it, it has been used as a mark of decline and a me ...Show more
Quarterly Essay 37: What's Right? The Future of Conservatism in Australia by Waleed Aly
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Category: Essays | Series: Quarterly Essay
What did George W. Bush and John Howard do to conservatism? In their wake, the conservative parties in the US and Australia seem to have lost their way. How did the Right in Australia end up in this place? How might it renew itself? This essay unravels the terms Right and Left, and discusses what a bett ...Show more
The Paris Review Interviews: vol. 4 by Philip Gourevitch
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Category: Essays
Here is the fourth collection of brilliant interviews to be gathered together, 'a bible both for readers and writers, the insider gossip for those who are truly passionate about their prose.' (Observer) With a new introduction by Salman Rushdie, this new edition makes indispensable reading for all thos ...Show more
Food Chain by Julianne Schultz
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Category: Essays | Series: Griffith Review
Food prices are rising, droughts and storms are affecting farmers and the global model of food production is under challenge. Policies to reduce the impact of climate change will have a profound impact on food supply around the world. Food Chain explores the dimension of this looming problem, and our co ...Show more
Granta 109 : Work by John Freeman
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Category: Essays | Series: Granta: The Magazine of New Writing
"Granta 109" will showcase the most exciting new voices writing from around the world as they confront the most powerful stories and will feature outstanding new fiction, reportage, memoir and photography. Plus: look out for candid interviews, exclusive podcasts, brand-new interactive features which all ...Show more
The Hedgehog and the Fox by Isaiah Berlin
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Category: Essays
'The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing.' This fragment of Archilochus, which gives this book its title, describes the central thesis of Isaiah Berlin's masterly essay on Tolstoy. There have been various interpretations of Archilochus' fragment; Isaiah Berlin has simply used it, ...Show more
Quarterly Essay 36: Australian Story: Kevin Rudd and the Lucky Country by Mungo MacCallum
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Category: Essays | Series: Quarterly Essay Ser.
In Australian Story, Mungo MacCallum investigates the political success of Kevin Rudd. What does he know about Australia that his opponents don't? This is a characteristically barbed and perceptive look at the challenges facing the government and the country. MacCallum argues that the things we used to ...Show more