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‘Intercourse’: Why Andrea Dworkin’s radical critique of male power resonates with Gen Z feminists

Twenty years ago, the book showed the way imbalance of power is eroticised. It remains remarkably relevant today.

Camilla Nelson, The Conversation
· Nov 18, 2023 · 05:30 pm
Martin Amis (1949-2023): His pyrotechnic prose captured life’s destructive energies

The pre-eminent novelist-critic of his generation, Martin Amis died of oesophageal cancer on May 19, 2023.

Camilla Nelson, The Conversation
· May 23, 2023 · 05:30 pm
Carmen Mola episode: What makes a good literary hoax? A political point, for starters

Three men have ‘unmasked’ themselves as the Spanish writer Carmen Mola after winning the Euro Prize for the novel ‘The Beast’.

Camilla Nelson, The Conversation
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Kerrie Davis, The Conversation
· Oct 27, 2021 · 05:30 pm

This searing comics anthology on sexual violence gathers visual testimonies from 60 victims

These stories are told by survivors of gender-based violence including domestic violence, sexual harassment, child sex abuse, rape and assault.

Camilla Nelson, The Conversation
· Oct 07, 2019 · 05:30 pm
Margaret Atwood: ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ may feel real in 2019, but solutions won’t come from novels

Fiction may portray reality in advance, but answers have to come from outside it, said the novelist.

Camilla Nelson, The Conversation
· Mar 07, 2019 · 05:30 pm
This is how the world’s great writers actually made a living. (It wasn’t from their books)

Postal clerk. Poacher. Propagandist. And nine more extraordinary professions for writer.

Camilla Nelson, The Conversation
· May 20, 2017 · 06:30 pm

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How the use of the present tense in fiction is making readers...tense

Historically, fiction has mostly been written in an unobtrusive simple past tense. Now, we see change. And confusion

Camilla Nelson, The Conversation
· Oct 29, 2016 · 03:30 pm
Jane Austen is facing death by popularity... and men

Once pivotal to the English canon, Jane Austen has been adapted and readapted for Hollywood and Bollywood – and that kind of popularity comes at a cost.

Camilla Nelson, The Conversation
· Mar 08, 2015 · 06:00 pm

Camilla Nelson, The Conversation

‘Intercourse’: Why Andrea Dworkin’s radical critique of male power resonates with Gen Z feminists

Twenty years ago, the book showed the way imbalance of power is eroticised. It remains remarkably relevant today.

Camilla Nelson, The Conversation · Nov 18, 2023 · 05:30 pm

Martin Amis (1949-2023): His pyrotechnic prose captured life’s destructive energies

The pre-eminent novelist-critic of his generation, Martin Amis died of oesophageal cancer on May 19, 2023.

Camilla Nelson, The Conversation · May 23, 2023 · 05:30 pm

Carmen Mola episode: What makes a good literary hoax? A political point, for starters

Three men have ‘unmasked’ themselves as the Spanish writer Carmen Mola after winning the Euro Prize for the novel ‘The Beast’.

Camilla Nelson, The Conversation & Kerrie Davis, The Conversation · Oct 27, 2021 · 05:30 pm

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This searing comics anthology on sexual violence gathers visual testimonies from 60 victims

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Camilla Nelson, The Conversation · Oct 07, 2019 · 05:30 pm

Margaret Atwood: ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ may feel real in 2019, but solutions won’t come from novels

Fiction may portray reality in advance, but answers have to come from outside it, said the novelist.

Camilla Nelson, The Conversation · Mar 07, 2019 · 05:30 pm

This is how the world’s great writers actually made a living. (It wasn’t from their books)

Postal clerk. Poacher. Propagandist. And nine more extraordinary professions for writer.

Camilla Nelson, The Conversation · May 20, 2017 · 06:30 pm

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Eco India: A shrinking habitat and overpopulation drive Gir lions into human settlements

7 hours ago

Eco India, Episode 277: When wildlife habitats collide with urbanization, how do we build bridges?

Yesterday · 04:35 pm

Eco India: Why Kolkata faces a severe air quality crisis each winter?

Dec 15, 2024 · 08:55 am

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How the use of the present tense in fiction is making readers...tense

Historically, fiction has mostly been written in an unobtrusive simple past tense. Now, we see change. And confusion

Camilla Nelson, The Conversation · Oct 29, 2016 · 03:30 pm

Jane Austen is facing death by popularity... and men

Once pivotal to the English canon, Jane Austen has been adapted and readapted for Hollywood and Bollywood – and that kind of popularity comes at a cost.

Camilla Nelson, The Conversation · Mar 08, 2015 · 06:00 pm

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· Oct 27, 2021 · 05:30 pm

Camilla Nelson, The Conversation
· Oct 07, 2019 · 05:30 pm

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· Mar 07, 2019 · 05:30 pm

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· May 20, 2017 · 06:30 pm

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· Oct 29, 2016 · 03:30 pm

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· Mar 08, 2015 · 06:00 pm