Martha Quest by Doris Lessing (Children of Violence #1)
“the classic coming of age novel… for women”
Tag: personal essay
The Making of the Representative for Planet 8 by Doris Lessing
a perfect novella and a glorious personal essay
The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion
reading the best of books in the worst of times
Notes of a Native Son by James Baldwin
great early[ish] essays from one of america’s best
This Little Art by Kate Briggs
a wonderful, unpretentious, essay on translation
Triumph Of The Now 