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Doris Lessing

What's the matter with kids today?
Nothing, actually. Aside from our panic that the Internet is melting their brains.
By Amy Goldwasser Mar 14, 2008
Salon's guide to Nobel winner Doris Lessing
Novelist, memoirist, activist, fantasist -- this entry from "The Salon.com Reader's Guide to Contemporary Authors" takes you on a guided tour of the celebrated writer's long literary career.
By Laura Morgan Green Oct 12, 2007
The reluctant feminist
Nobel-winner Doris Lessing has shrugged off feminist interpretations of her work -- with good reason.
Carol Lloyd Oct 12, 2007
Science fiction wins a Nobel
Dystopian futures don't just belong to the cyberpunks. Doris Lessing could play post-apocalyptic with the best of them.
Andrew Leonard Oct 11, 2007
Destination: Zimbabwe
The struggles and desires of this former British colony come through in novels from Doris Lessing, a Shona woman and Zimbabwe's own bad boy of letters.
By Alexandra Fuller Jun 15, 2006
Briefing for a descent into hell
A wide-eyed extraterrestrial is instructed about how a man named Bush became the most powerful leader on Earth -- and how he led the planet into chaos.
By Fred Branfman Apr 2, 2003
"The Sweetest Dream" by Doris Lessing
One of our greatest novelists delivers a family saga that's also a scathing indictment of the selfishness of the '60s era left and its Third World idols.
By Laura Miller Feb 21, 2002
"Ben, in the World"
Doris Lessing addresses the fate of Ben, the tragic social misfit she gave life to in her novel "The Fifth Child."
Jun 12, 2001
Do not disturb
The author of "Interpreter of Maladies" checks in with great fiction about hotels.
By Jhumpa Lahiri Apr 3, 2000
"Passionate Minds" by Claudia Roth Pierpont
A writer to reckon with takes on a dozen women who were writers to reckon with.
By Polly Morrice Mar 28, 2000
Second coming
With its hip new edition of the Good Book, Grove Press aims to save the Bible from the fundamentalists.
By Jonathon Keats Nov 29, 1999
Smart and sexy
The author of "Fear of Flying" selects six novels for those who believe that the brain is the most important erogenous zone.
By Erica Jong Aug 16, 1999
Mara And Dann: An Adventure
Norah Vincent reviews 'Mara and Dann' by Doris Lessing.
By Norah Vincent Jan 8, 1999
A Notorious Life
Dwight Garner interviews Doris Lessing, author of 'The Golden Notebook,' and the new memoir, 'Walking in the Shade.'
By Dwight Garner Nov 11, 1997
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