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Children, Charity and Magazines
Read more: Children, Charity and MagazinesA Q&A with the author of Philanthropy in Children’s Periodicals, 1840–1930: The Charitable Child.
Black Lives Matter and African American literature of the 1950s
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.
Ellroy and Me
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…
Normal People and the strangeness of other people
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’,…
Gothic Novel or Grad School?: A Quiz
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…
Q&A – Richard Canning and Kate Levey on Brigid Brophy
Richard Canning interviews Kate Levey, Brigid Brophy's daughter, on her thoughts on mother, her writing and her influence.
Brigid Brophy: Writer, Critic, Activist
Richard Canning discusses Brigid Brophy in relation to music, sexuality and gender.
Brigid Brophy: Writer, Critic, Activist
Richard Canning explores Brigid Brophy's thoughts on feminism and a woman's place in society.
Brigid Brophy: Writer, Critic, Activist
In this second part of a four part blog series, Richard Canning discusses Brigid Brophy as a critic but also her want to entertain.
Brigid Brophy: Writer, Critic, Activist
Richard Canning explores Brigid Brophy in a series of blog posts for EUP.