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5 Sep 2014: This collection of essays first appeared in 1986 but it remains a relevant and fascinating exploration of the myths of a nation. By PD Smith -
4 Sep 2014:
'I am not fighting, losing, winning or bearing,' says author in bravura first instalment of cancer memoirs
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1 Sep 2014:
Self has called the celebrated writer England's 'Supreme Mediocrity' for prescribing the use of short words and everyday English. Could Self have a new book out, by any chance?
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1 Sep 2014: Novelist takes particular issue with the 'Orwellian language police' who have made plain English an unquestioned virtue
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4 Aug 2014:
An international group of essayists consider our awkward obsession with commemorating war, writes Peter Conrad
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27 Jul 2014:
Keegan's posthumous collection of essays and stories shows a prodigious talent in full bloom, writes Lucy Scholes
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5 Jul 2014:
When Leslie Jamison wrote a collection of personal essays she was inundated with notes from strangers longing to share their stories in return
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4 Jul 2014: You get two writers' work for the price of one in these fine essays on the art of the short story, writes WB Gooderham
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1 Jul 2014:
Nicholas Lezard's paperback of the week: No ordinary work of lit crit, it's also about life, inspiring James Joyce to go to Paris and Ezra Pound to called Symons a god
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29 Jun 2014: Leslie Jamison's debut collection is a fine blend of anecdote and analysis, says Anita Sethi
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22 Jun 2014:
Sarah Pickstone gathers writings from Sylvia Plath, Virginia Woolf, Olivia Laing and others to fine effect, writes Tim Adams
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30 May 2014:
'All the ways a women can hurt': this collection by a young journalist and novelist excels when it focuses on the female body and pain, writes Brian Dillon
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29 May 2014:
With the death of Maya Angelou, we lose the immense wisdom of the celebrated African American author, poet and civil activist. These quotes say a lot about who she was and what she stood for. Which other inspiring sayings would you like to share?
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11 May 2014:
Academic John Sutherland celebrates the 'common reader' in his surprising and enlightening guide to the great books, writes Robert McCrum
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2 May 2014:
For AS Byatt, De Waal's clay pots evoke everything from Malevich's constructivism to the poetry of Wallace Stevens. Here, she visits his studio to see how they come to life with chemistry, alchemy and an element of hazard
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