Women and the shame of eating
Two new books show that the female appetite remains a source of danger and shame.
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New Times,
New Thinking.
Two new books show that the female appetite remains a source of danger and shame.
By Erica WagnerThe novelist on the threat to free speech, facing his attacker, and why writing Knife gave him back “the…
By Erica WagnerIn Rachel Cockerell’s Melting Point, the forgotten story of America’s Jewish homeland sheds light on the tragedies of the…
By Erica WagnerBoth playful and serious, and more European than British, her work made me determined to be a novelist.
By Erica WagnerIn The Wren, The Wren, the Irish author rigorously traces the line between love and trauma.
By Erica WagnerThe late American novelist wrote with a strange and streamlined grandeur, and sounded like nobody else.
By Erica WagnerIn his gripping new book, David Grann reveals the imperial rivalry and hubris that lay behind an 18th-century mutiny.
By Erica WagnerMen at War, Luke Turner’s tender account of servicemen’s transgressive private lives, transforms our understanding of the Second World…
By Erica WagnerHer new novel raises the question: is the genre code for a thriller that simply isn’t very thrilling?
By Erica Wagner