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Was Jane Austen Gay? And other questions from the LRB archive
Published 2 years, 3 months ago
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Tom Crewe, Patricia Lockwood, Deborah Friedell, John Lanchester, Rosemary Hill and Colm Tóibín talk to Tom about some of their favourite LRB pieces, including Terry Castle’s 1995 essay on Jane Austen's letters, Hilary Mantel’s account of how she became a writer, and Alan Bennett’s uncompromising take on Philip Larkin.
Read the pieces:
Wendy Doniger: Calf and Other Loves
Hilary Mantel: Giving up the Ghost
Angela Carter: Noovs' hoovs in the trough
Penelope Fitzgerald on Stevie Smith
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