a reading life

Illness and illusion, refracted through the novel

By Caroline Leavitt

August 22, 2004

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It's a chicken-or-the-egg kind of argument -- do you need to know about the writer's personal life to appreciate his or her work? Or, as many literary purists feel, should the writing stand alone and unvarnished by biographical detail? (Full Article: 925 Words)