Antonia Wimbush explores how cultural works preserve the overlooked memories of Caribbean migration to France through the BUMIDOM program and challenge France’s national narrative.
Participants in the protests following the murder of George Floyd in Minnesota have emphasised historical continuity in the experience of racist oppression in the United States.
By Nathan Ashman It was 2006 and James Ellroy was in the midst of penning the much anticipated third volume in his ‘Underworld USA Trilogy’, an epic criminal history of post-war America. I, meanwhile, was just about to begin my…
Towards the end of Sally Rooney’s acclaimed novel Normal People, the two main characters, Connell and Marianne, talk sleepily one morning about whether it’s possible ever really to know another person. ‘I guess everyone is a mystery in a way’,…
By Anna Williams Directions: read the plots below and determine whether they describe a Gothic novel or grad school. A young woman finds herself irreparably distanced from her family and loved ones, holed up in a once-glorious edifice that’s now…
Richard Canning interviews Kate Levey, Brigid Brophy's daughter, on her thoughts on mother, her writing and her influence.
Richard Canning discusses Brigid Brophy in relation to music, sexuality and gender.
Richard Canning explores Brigid Brophy's thoughts on feminism and a woman's place in society.
In this second part of a four part blog series, Richard Canning discusses Brigid Brophy as a critic but also her want to entertain.
Richard Canning explores Brigid Brophy in a series of blog posts for EUP.