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Molly Jong-Fast is the only child of a famous woman, writer Erica Jong, whose sensational book Fear of Flying launched her into second-wave feminist stardom. She grew up yearning for a connection with her dreamy, glamorous, just out of reach mother, who always seemed to be heading somewhere that wasn’t with Molly. When, in 2023, Erica was diagnosed with dementia just as Molly’s husband discovered he had a rare cancer, Jong-Fast was catapulted into a transformative year.

Guerrière apache ou sirène hollywoodienne, gardienne de phare ou créatrice de trolls, gynécologue ou impératrice, les Culottées ont fait voler en éclats les préjugés. Marina Rollman et 18 comédien·nes nous emportent dans la vie de ces femmes à la détermination incroyable. Grâce à un habillage sonore riche, l'univers illustré de Culottées - Tove Jansson, peintre, créatrice de trolls prend tout son sens à l'écoute.

A coming-of-age memoir that follows a large, working-class Irish family as it plunges into chaos in the wake of a terminal diagnosis—and the author's own hidden struggle to endure when her sister's disease becomes the dark star around which they all revolve.

This book explores the journalistic career of David Halberstam (1934-2007)

When you wonder if you are alone, with your feelings of disappointment, and thoughts of confusion, all you need to do, is read a story about someone else's slice of life, to learn how others cope. There are lessons to be learnt from this diary/journal-like collection.

Borges in His Own Words is a fascinating work that immerses the listener in the linguistic essence of the celebrated Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges. Through meticulous analysis, this book presents the 100 most used words by Borges, revealing the keys to his unique literary style and his profound worldview. Each word is explored in its context, intertwining the narratives and recurring themes that defined his work.

Andy Warhol (August 6, 1928-February 22, 1987), born Andrew Warhola Jr., was an American visual artist, film director and producer. A leading figure in the pop art movement, Warhol is considered one of the most important American artists of the second half of the 20th century. His works explore the relationship between artistic expression, advertising, and celebrity culture that flourished by the 1960s, and span a variety of media, including painting, sculpture, photography, and filmmaking. The following recordings are from interviews in 1966 and 1981.

Lise Manin nous présente une biographie de l'écrivain Colette dont l'existence hors-norme se révèle au travers des nombreuses sources mobilisées et de son œuvre qui présente une dimension autobiographique. L'auteure retrace la vie d'une femme dont l'œuvre multiforme a questionné les normes de genre dans la France des XIXe et XXe siècles, suscitant engouements et scandales. Personnalité du milieu littéraire et théâtral parisien, Colette a aimé de façon inconventionnelle, s'est mariée trois fois et a vécu publiquement sa bisexualité.

En estas páginas acompañamos a Andy Robinson a lo largo de diez terroríficas crónicas de viaje por América, para descubrir la cara oscura del turismo postpandémico, en la que grandes monopolios nacionales y multinacinales controlan hoteles, aerolíneas, cadenas de restaurantes o de entretenimiento, dejando a las comunidades locales al margen.

In 1983, Thomas Mallon was still unknown. A literature professor at Vassar College, he spent his days traveling from Manhattan to campus, reviewing books to make ends meet and searching the city for his own purpose and fulfillment. The AIDS epidemic was beginning to surge in New York City, the ever-bustling epicenter of literary culture and gay life, alive with parties, art, and sex. Though he didn’t know it, everything would soon change for Mallon.

Magali T. Ortega, @nenamounstro, chismosea en este libro sobre los aspectos menos conocidos de la vida, profesional y personal, de escritoras, escritores y personajes no visibles en el trazado de la literatura universal. Desde la creación del concepto chismecito literario®, Magali construyó una comunidad ávida de conocer las circunstancias que rodean la vida de las autoras y autores, para comentarlas sin el tufillo intelectual, pero con ganas de releerles con otro criterio y comprender tanto sus obsesiones temáticas como su contexto histórico.

We’ve all heard the story about waking up as a cockroach—but what if a crisis turned you into a clam? After the dissolution of her marriage, a writer is transformed into a “clam” via typo after her mother keeps texting her to “clam down.” The funny if unhelpful command forces her to ask what it means to “clam down”—to retreat, hide, close up, and stay silent. Idiomatically, we are said to “clam up” when we can’t speak, and to “come out of our shell” when we reemerge, transformed.

The extraordinary true story of journalist Cheng Lei whose life was abruptly transformed when she was detained in China on false charges of espionage.

The Durrells are probably the most celebrated literary family of the 20th century. Gerald turned them into celebrities with his tripartite memoir, beginning with My Family and Other Animals (1956) which told of his experiences with his widowed mother Louisa and three siblings during their time in 1930s Corfu. We know of the Durrells from their own writings and from the image of them created by TV, film and biographical accounts of specific figures. What we do not know is the truth.

The word most commonly used to describe Muriel Spark is ‘puzzling’. Spark was a puzzle, and so too are her books. She dealt in word games, tricks, and ciphers; her life was composed of weird accidents, strange coincidences and spooky events. Evelyn Waugh thought she was a saint, Bernard Levin said she was a witch, and she described herself as ‘Muriel the Marvel with her X-ray eyes’. Following the clues, riddles, and instructions Spark planted for posterity in her biographies, fiction, autobiography and archives, Frances Wilson aims to crack her code.

Journalist on Trial is the captivating story of Rodney D. Sieh, one of Africa's finest investigative journalists. This is not just Rodney’s story but the story of virtually every journalist today, an era that has become consumed by daily tweets of a sitting US President and a 24-hour news circle that has seen real news eclipsed by fake news. And where some leaders of the so-called “free world” are terrorizing journalists into submission. As publisher of Liberia's leading newspaper, FrontPageAfrica, Sieh’s explosive reports have led to arrests, prosecutions and investigations of ...

A City Imagined is a paean to the city of Belfast and its writers. Written in his highly regarded wry and lyrical style, Dawe’s memoir sketches the outlines of his life as he starts to understand the city in which he was born, before embracing some of the local writers whose early work had such an influential part in nudging him in the direction of writing – poets, in the main, whose first books were read with the enthusiasm of a young man beguiled by the language and music of poetry. Building on the critical acclaim of In Another World: Van Morrison & Belfast and Looking Through You ...

Drawing on personal experience, as well as philosophy and sociology, Daniel Schreiber explores the tension between the desire for solitude and freedom, and for companionship, intimacy and love. Along the way he illuminates the role that friendships play in our lives—can they be a response to the loss of meaning in a world in crisis? A profoundly enlightening book, Alone explores how we want to live.