Blogs about: Doris Lessing
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That surpasseth all my understanding!
Baroque in Hackney finds Lessing’s Nobel lecture … incredibly moving. In some ways it reminded me of my own desperation for books when I was growing up; it also made me grateful for my ric… more »
Entertaining Research
'when in the future they look back on us'
r.m. wrote 3 weeks ago: A friend recently gave me a book by Doris Lessing. Not one of her fiction. Rather a collection of es … more »
Harry Potter's prequel sold at auction
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babs22 wrote 1 month ago: JK Rowling wrote a short Harry Potter prequel, of 800-word, that has been sold at a charity auctio … more »
rainy Friday
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kathrynarmstrong wrote 1 month ago: First: a little more salt is in order. I eat enough salt to spike the blood pressure of half a dozen … more »
Doris Lessing and the Nobel Prize
Natalia Yanchak wrote 2 months ago: Usually after I post a particularly “down” blog entry, I get concerned emails from frien … more »
The Problem with Nobel
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thatsthebook wrote 2 months ago: I’m not sure how many of you have read about the latest Nobel laureate for literature in the l … more »
The downside of fame is that everyone wants you to be famous
tsrosenberg wrote 2 months ago: The Nobel Prize in Literature. The pinnacle of international success. The best thing that could e … more »
Doris Lessing on Nobel Prize: "Bloody disaster"
tsfiles wrote 2 months ago: Back in 2007, when British writer Doris Lessing was told that she was the winner of the 2007 Nobel P … more »
Men are the Silent Victims in the Sex War
jerrywood wrote 2 months ago: Doris Lessing: ‘The most stupid, ill-educated and nasty woman can rubbish the nicest, kindest … more »
Women between two shores
jukepartners wrote 4 months ago: UNESCO Courier marks International Women’s Day with articles by Doris Lessing, Véronique Tadjo, S … more »
Nobel winner says Obama will die
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Natasha C. wrote 5 months ago: “I don’t believe Obama will be elected because of the racial bias that still is too pre … more »
The Fifth Child - Doris Lessing
itsfine wrote 5 months ago: I have had the opportunity to read few books and some short stories in the last few days and I will … more »
Reading 100, from the Nobel Lecture of Doris Lessing
rhapsodysinger wrote 5 months ago: …We are in a fragmenting culture, where our certainties of even a few decades ago are questio … more »
The Golden Notebook - Doris Lessing
bibliophylia wrote 6 months ago: The Golden Notebook was by no means the first book I read in 2008, but it was the one I finished mo … more »
no 'rithmetic
jjackunrau wrote 6 months ago: I’ve hit a bump in my reading. I’m trying to start the second Canopus book by Doris Less … more »
Lunchtime read: The Black Madonna
quicke wrote 6 months ago: It sounds simple planning to use the ingredients of a 15 year-old boy, a buck that dies and is strip … more »
Read and understand: Doris Lessing on books
Jake Seliger wrote 7 months ago: Doris Lessing’s Nobel Lecture is up at The Guardian: Some much-publicised new writers haven … more »
Lessing's "curmudgeonly missteps" should be forgiven. Close the book and open the internet.
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JoeDuck wrote 7 months ago: Jeff Gomez over at the Print is Dead blog has the best piece I’ve read so far about Nobel priz … more »
I digress ...
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athinkingman wrote 7 months ago: In the speech given on her acceptance of the prize, the Nobel Laureate for Literature, Doris Lessing … more »
The imaginative space
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Thomas wrote 7 months ago: In my experience, the single question most often asked during question-and-answer periods in univers … more »
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