my brilliant friend

The Willful Child in HBO’s ‘My Brilliant Friend’

The Willful Child in HBO’s ‘My Brilliant Friend’

HBO's My Brilliant Friend feels almost radical for its raw and un-romanticized depiction of female friendship and resistance in all its emotional complexities.

Elena Ferrante’s Neapolitan Quartet Offers Penetrating Psychological and Sociopolitical Insight

Elena Ferrante’s Neapolitan Quartet Offers Penetrating Psychological and Sociopolitical Insight

A committed feminist, Ferrante writes with often astonishing candor, even "ferocity", about women's lives, their conflicted relationships with their bodies, with each other, and with men.

A Mysterious Relationship: ‘My Brilliant Friend’