This, the second of three volumes of Susan Sontag's journals and notebooks, begins where the first volume left off, in the middle of the 1960s.

It traces and documents Sontag's evolution from fledgling participant in the artistic and intellectual world of New York City to world-renowned [...]

Susan Sontag, one of the most internationally renowned and controversial intellectuals of the latter half of the twentieth century, still provokes. In 1979, a founding contributing editor of Rolling Stone magazine, interviewed Sontag first in Paris and later in New York. This title publishes the ent[...]

Winner of the National Book Critics' Circle Award for Criticism.
One of the most highly regarded books of its kind, "On Photography first appeared in 1977 and is described by its author as "a progress of essays about the meaning and career of photographs." It begins with the famous "In Plato's C[...]

First published in 1967, Sontag's second novel is a classic of modern fiction as well as brilliant exploration of the recesses of the American conscience.[...]

A veteran foreign correspondent shares a collection of interviews with ten Hutu men--all tried, convicted, and sentenced for the genocidal killings of their Tutsi neighbors--as they describe their participation in the heinous crimes and their reasons for the murders, in a study that considers the ro[...]

A powerful compilation of sixteen essays, written in the last years of the author's life, offers a series of reflections on her commitment to the power of literature, political activism, the resistance to injustice as an ethical duty, the problems of post-9/11 America, and the work of such diverse w[...]

Dramatizes the plight of Alice James, who was confined to a bed by illness and whose genius was confined by nineteenth century conventions and expectations[...]

The photographs by Annie Leibovitz in Women, taken especially for the book, encompass a broad spectrum of subjects: a rap artist, an astronaut, two Supreme Court justices, farmers, coal miners, movie stars, showgirls, rodeo riders, socialites, reporters, dancers, a maid, a general, a surgeon, the Fi[...]

Here is a collection of interviews that cover the period from 1967 through 1993. Many are translations of interviews that originally appeared in French, German, Italian, Polish, Spanish, or Swedish periodicals. Several are published here for the first time in any language. Giving attention to Sontag[...]

This first biography of Susan Sontag (1933-2004) is now fully revised and updated, providing an even more intimate portrayal of the influential writer's life and career. The authors base this revision on Sontag's newly released private correspondence - including emails - and the letters and memoirs [...]

Europa im ausgehenden 18. Jahrhundert, eine Zeit der revolutionären Umbrüche, der neuen Orientierungen und der restaurativen Tendenzen - diese dramatische Epoche bildet den historischen Hintergrund für Susan Sontags "ambitionierten erzählerischen Versuch, eine der bekanntesten und wahrsc[...]

»Alt det, jeg oplever, tænker jeg over. Tænkning er noget, jeg gør«.

»Et af mine ældste korstog er imod adskillelsen af tænkning og følelse - en adskillelse, som på sin vis er fundamentet for alle anti-intellektuelle synspunkter? og jeg mener ikke den er sand? Jeg er af den opfattel[...]

"Sillä metaforisella rihkamalla, joka vääristää syöpää sairastavan kokemusta, on hyvin todelliset seuraukset. Tulin vakuuttuneeksi siitä, että metaforat ja myytit todella tappavat.""Aids on yksi maailmankylän antiutopistisista airueista, tämän tulevaisuuden joka on jo täällä ja aina [...]