Every Breath

Eileen Manion

“…we can be made foreign to ourselves, suddenly, 
by…

Women and Power

In The Mirror and the Light, Hilary Mantel’s Thomas Cromwell surrounds himself with young men: his son, his nephew, his protégé —…

Functional Friendships

“You appear, Mr. Darcy, to allow nothing for
the influence of friendship and…

Three Women

“The heartbreak of all the unlived lives
 that ever were…”
 Vivian Gornick, Unfinished…

Aging Gracelessly

Eileen Manion

“By the way in which a society behaves toward its old…

Collective Destinies

Lila, Lenu & the Naples of Elena Ferrante

Barbara Confino

Fifty Years a Feminist

Eileen Manion

“It was as though revelation alone could deliver…

Women and Laughter

Barbara Confino

“Follies and nonsense, 
whims and inconsistencies 
do divert me I own,”…

The Misuse of Intelligence

You cannot negotiate with the Dead, 
a character says in Hilary Mantel’s…

Who Believes in Ghosts?

“…a thing occurred
 to me about ghosts. 
They don’t age…”
Hilary Mantel…