Solnit’s ‘Orwell’s Roses’ is the story of a life that doesn’t read like a typical biography. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2021-10-19 14:00:00 UTC ]
A new collection of rejigged tales gets much closer to the spirit of these stories than the ‘traditional’ versions we’re force-fed There’s a book called Politically Correct Bedtime Stories, written by James Finn Garner, which used to be on my parents’ shelves, and is now on mine. Published in... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2020-11-04 09:00:13 UTC ]
“Recollections of My Nonexistence,” a memoir by the feminist icon, is both revealing and not. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2020-05-07 15:00:00 UTC ]
Rebecca Solnit: Life inside this strange new fairytale doesn’t have to be lonely. | Lit Hub “The most detrimental book in existence,” and more one-star Amazon reviews of… the dictionary. | Lit Hub “How could I know how precious that hug would feel weeks later.” Gabriel Bump on a book tour in the... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2020-04-23 10:30:13 UTC ]
In this episode, writer, historian, and activist Rebecca Solnit reflects on her new memoir Recollections of My Nonexistence. Solnit talks to Fiction/Non/Fiction podcast co-hosts V.V. Ganeshananthan and Whitney Terrell about the deep impact of gendered violence on daily life and what it means to... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2020-03-12 08:49:53 UTC ]
Katy Waldman reviews the writer Rebecca Solnit’s new book, “Recollections of My Nonexistence,” which is Solnit’s first to be billed as a memoir. Continue reading >> [ Source: New Yorker | 2020-03-11 10:00:00 UTC ]
In this conversation with a featured speaker, PW checks in with Rebecca Solnit, who will give the afternoon keynote on Wednesday, January 22. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-01-10 05:00:00 UTC ]
Eight writers, including California residents Rebecca Solnit and Young Jean Lee, were named winners of the annual Windham-Campbell Prizes, some of the richest and most prestigious literary awards in the world. The announcement was made Wednesday in London, at an event hosted by Damian Barr, the... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2019-03-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
A political manifesto written by Rebecca Solnit in 2004 has received a boost after the election, with publisher Haymarket Books giving away 30,500 ebooks and selling out of print copies. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-12-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Rebecca Solnit offers a series of stories about life, health and connection, with a central thread relating to her preventative breast cancer surgery as well as her mother's Alzheimer's.Rebecca Solnit's latest book, "The Faraway Nearby" (Viking: 260 pp., $25.95), began with a delivery of 100... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2013-06-22 00:00:00 UTC ]