Doris Lessing
Lessing: We're Abandoning Books for Crappy Blog Reading
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In her Nobel Prize acceptance speech, Doris Lessing discusses how the internet has dumbed down an entire generation. Apparently we're trading book reading for blog reading (Oops! Sorry about that!) read more »
Lessing Unable to Attend Nobel Ceremony
Doris Lessing's bad back is keeping her from attending her Nobel Prize investiture ceremony in Stockholm next week, according to the BBC.
The 88-year-old author is unable to travel to the Swedish capital on 10 December because she is suffering from a bad back, the Nobel Foundation said.
Lessing, the oldest writer to win the award, will be presented with the $1.5m (£725,000) prize in London. read more »
Homes’ Great Essay, On Adoption, Biology … Plus
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A.M. Homes (b. 1961), author of two short-story collections and five novels.
Three years ago, A.M. read more »
