Presents excerpts from the early writings of the author, with reflections on her meetings with influential writers and intellectuals, her literary ambitions, and her criticisms of other writers. "The first of three volumes of Susan Sontag's journals and notebooks, Reborn (1947-…
First of three volumes of the journals and notebooks of the American writer Susan Sontag (1933-2004). It begins with journal entries and early attempts at fiction from her years as a university and graduate student, and ends in 1964, when she was becoming a participant in and ob…
Presents excerpts from the early writings of the author, with reflections on her meetings with influential writers and intellectuals, her literary ambitions, and her criticisms of other writers. "The first of three volumes of Susan Sontag's journals and notebooks, Reborn (1947-…
Presents excerpts from the early writings of the author, with reflections on her meetings with influential writers and intellectuals, her literary ambitions, and her criticisms of other writers. "The first of three volumes of Susan Sontag's journals and notebooks, Reborn (1947-…
Presents excerpts from the early writings of the author, with reflections on her meetings with influential writers and intellectuals, her literary ambitions, and her criticisms of other writers.
« In this groundbreaking book, David Rieff offers a masterly review of whether the end of extreme poverty and widespread hunger is within our reach. Rief, a leading expert on humanitarian and development, searches the causes of our food security crisis, as well as what lies behi…
In a groundbreaking book based on six years of reporting, leading expert on humanitarian aid and development David Rieff offers a review of whether the end of extreme poverty and widespread hunger are within our reach. Some of the most brilliant scientists, world politicians, an…
In a groundbreaking book based on six years of reporting, leading expert on humanitarian aid and development David Rieff offers a review of whether the end of extreme poverty and widespread hunger are within our reach. Some of the most brilliant scientists, world politicians, an…
Based on meticulous research and on-the-ground reporting, an expert in the field explores whether ending extreme poverty and widespread hunger is within our reach as increasingly promised, revealing the issues that hinder this mission that are often glossed over.
In a groundbreaking book based on six years of reporting, leading expert on humanitarian aid and development David Rieff offers a review of whether the end of extreme poverty and widespread hunger are within our reach. Some of the most brilliant scientists, world politicians, an…
"The conventional wisdom about historical memory is summed up in George Santayana's celebrated phrase, "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." Today, the consensus that it is moral to remember, immoral to forget, is nearly absolute. And yet is this right…