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The Books: Unholy Ghost: Writers on Depression, edited by Nell Casey; ‘Strands’, by Rose Styron
On the essays shelf: Unholy Ghost: Writers on Depression edited by Nell Casey. Another essay from Unholy Ghost, a collection with different writers writing about their experience with depression. I have written before about William Styron’s Darkness Visible, an indispensable … Continue reading
The Books: Unholy Ghost: Writers on Depression, edited by Nell Casey; ‘Walter Benjamin at the Dairy Queen’, by Larry McMurtry
On the essays shelf: Unholy Ghost: Writers on Depression, edited by Nell Casey. Another essay from Unholy Ghost, a collection with different writers writing about their experience with depression. I read this essay in 2002 and haven’t read it since … Continue reading
The Books: Unholy Ghost: Writers on Depression, edited by Nell Casey; ‘Poodle Bed’, by Darcey Steinke
On the essays shelf: Unholy Ghost: Writers on Depression, edited by Nell Casey. Another essay from Unholy Ghost, a collection with different writers writing about their experience with depression. Darcey Steinke is a novelist. She wrote Suicide Blonde, among other … Continue reading
The Books: Unholy Ghost: Writers on Depression, edited by Nell Casey; ‘Heaven and Nature’, by Edward Hoagland
On the essays shelf: Unholy Ghost: Writers on Depression, edited by Nell Casey. Another essay from Unholy Ghost, a collection with different writers writing about their experience with depression. What a thoughtful and difficult essay this is. Edward Hoagland, a … Continue reading
The Books: Unholy Ghost: Writers on Depression, edited by Nell Casey; ‘Bodies in the Basement’, by Russell Banks
On the essays shelf: Unholy Ghost: Writers on Depression, edited by Nell Casey. Another essay from Unholy Ghost, a collection with different writers writing about their experience with depression. Novelist Russell Banks (Affliction, Sweet Hereafter: A Novel, Cloudsplitter: A Novel) … Continue reading
The Books: Unholy Ghost: Writers on Depression, edited by Nell Casey; ‘A Delicious Placebo’, by Virginia Heffernen
On the essays shelf: Unholy Ghost: Writers on Depression, edited by Nell Casey. Moving on from Orwell, into this wonderful collection of essays by different writers who have all struggled with depression. It is ironic, and perhaps perfect, that this … Continue reading
The Books: A Collection of Essays, ‘Looking Back on the Spanish War’, by George Orwell
On the essays shelf: A Collection of Essays, by George Orwell George Orwell’s Homage to Catalonia details his personal observations of the Spanish Civil War in the mid to late 1930s. He had gone there to fight for the Republicans … Continue reading
The Books: A Collection of Essays, ‘Reflections on Gandhi’, by George Orwell
On the essays shelf: A Collection of Essays, by George Orwell I love the first words of Orwell’s 1949 review of Gandhi’s partial autobiography, published in the 1920s: Saints should always be judged guilty until they are proved innocent… Christopher … Continue reading
The Books: A Collection of Essays, ‘Politics and the English Language’, by George Orwell
On the essays shelf: A Collection of Essays, by George Orwell One of the most essential pieces of writing about writing in existence. I would give this to any young writer, or writer hopeful, to say, “Read this and learn.” … Continue reading
The Books: A Collection of Essays, ‘Shooting an Elephant’, by George Orwell
On the essays shelf: A Collection of Essays, by George Orwell ‘Shooting an Elephant’, from 1936, is one of George Orwell’s most famous essays. It remains one of the best descriptions of how Empire operates, at its ugliest, and Orwell … Continue reading