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‘Witty, anarchic and sexually frank’: Ali Smith on Nell Dunn’s Talking to Women
Talking to Women was the book Nell Dunn published between Up the Junction (1963) and Poor Cow (1967). Like them, it was unprecedented for its era, and era-forming. In it Dunn idiomatically transcribes nine informal interviews she recorded with young women she happened to be around in the year 1964, friends across the class system, from factory worker Kathy Collier to socialite heiress Suna Portman, with a particular eye to women marking themselves out creatively, against the odds....
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Work and Revolt – Edna Bonhomme Interviews Sarah Jaffe
Edna Bonhomme: In your book, Work Won’t Love You Back, you provide an excellent critique of capitalism but also have us think actively about what the world of work means in the contemporary age. In this generation, we’re often told that we must love our work, especially if it’s in a creative field like writing. And yet, the reality of what that labour might...
On Ugliness: Edna Bonhomme Interviews Moshtari Hilal
When I spoke with Moshtari Hilal during the early autumn, we discussed the publication of her new book, Hässlichkeit (Ugliness), and what inspired her to compose the text. Not only was she looking at the lives of others, but at how she saw herself in the world. Her tools were visual and literary, historical and personal. During the interview, we spoke about her theoretical inspirations and the power...
Edna Bonhomme: After Sex on tour
The shortest book tour there ever was: After Sex and other news
When the US Supreme Court ruled on Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which ultimately overturned federal protection for abortion in June 2022. At the time, I was livid, devastated, and dismayed by the political direction in the US and the implications it would have for future generations. The...
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