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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…
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…
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…
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.
An Aristotelian Antidote? Scientific Explanation in Philosophy of Biology
By Anne Siebels Peterson Aristotle did not merely engage widely in natural science. He articulated the distinctive methods and principles…
My First Day in Camp with the Piruzai – Afghanistan, 1971
By Nancy Lindisfarne-Tapper In 1971 and 1972 Richard Tapper and I lived with Afghan villagers for nearly a year. The…
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.