Olivia Laing

‘The Lonely City’ Makes a Case for Empathy and Kindness
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‘The Lonely City’ Makes a Case for Empathy and Kindness

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 / 25 May 2016
Olivia Laing mixes art criticism and memoir; effectively synthesizing these two modes of writing so that the personal elevates the analysis, with a sizable emotional heft.
The Drowning Pool: When Great Writers Are Drunks
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The Drowning Pool: When Great Writers Are Drunks

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 / 10 March 2014
Berryman, Carver, Cheever, Fitzgerald, Hemingway, Williams; none could tend the flame of their talent with anything but liquor and devastation.