1. Anne Carson is one of the greatest writers of our time. I discovered her work on a Peter Pan bus from New York to New England. I’d bought Antigonick in a... Read more »
Canadian poet Anne Carson wins 2026 Nobel prize in literature Ella Creamer And we have a winner! It’s the Canadian poet Anne Carson. Share Updated at 07.04 EDT Key events Ella Creamer That’s... Read more »
Twice in the last five years, the Swedish Academy has awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature to a woman who takes eros seriously: Annie Ernaux, in 2022, and, now, Anne Carson. Each... Read more »
The Nobel prize in literature has been awarded to the Canadian poet and essayist Anne Carson, the Swedish Academy has announced. The academy cited the author’s “bold and inventive oeuvre that, in... Read more »
Canadian poet Anne Carson and Chinese experimental writer Can Xue are the bookies’ favourites to win this year’s Nobel prize in literature, set to be announced Thursday. The frontrunners both have 10/1... Read more »
There is a growing literature of maternal flight: novels about women who leave not just their husbands but also the children they have made. In the real world, men are the more... Read more »
Memoir A Jamaican childhood The Possibility of Tenderness Jason Allen-Paisant The Possibility of Tenderness Jason Allen-Paisant A Jamaican childhood Go these days to any independent bookshop or art gallery or zine fair,... Read more »
The Man in the Wind The man in the windwho keeps us awake tonightis not the black monk of the windcowering in corners and crevices,or the white face under the streetlightstricken with... Read more »
At the start of Three Days in June, Gail Baines, a 61-year-old teacher, has a meeting with her school head, who informs her she is about to retire. Gail assumes she is... Read more »