Susan Sontag dies

Susan Sontag has died. She was 71. Although she did write several novels it will be her essays for which Sontag will be best remembered.
During my time at and following Uni I was exposed to several Sontag works but the one which had most resonance was her essay on the romaticisation and demonisation of disease, [...]

Catching up

Have been on holidays (and suffering through a frustrating lack of broadband!) so a few links to catch up:

The ABC favourite books were announced. Was mildly disappointed to see Lord of the Rings was allegedly the nation’s favourite book and that my choice didn’t even make it to the Top 100. At least Margaret Pomeranz [...]