Powerful pens: Writers and readers

Wit is the story of a literature professor, expert on John Donne’s metaphysical poetry, particularly his Holy Sonnets, and her experience of dying of cancer. “Death, be not proud, though some have called thee / Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so” (John Donne, HS 10)

Wit

On Iris Murdoch, Irish philosopher and novelist, and her battle with Alzheimer’s, Iris.

Iris

On Virginia Woolf (in a way), The Hours

The Hours

Here are two on the French author, Marguerite Duras.

L’Amant (The Lover), based on Duras’ (somewhat) autobiographical novel by the same...