THE LAST ANIMAL – Ramona Ausubel

Jane said, “If we go, we can visit the iceman. Which is as close as we can get to visiting your dad.” Vera was helpless against this. She looked at her hands, small and pale. She did not know what they would reach for in her life, what they would make or take apart. Now,Continue reading “THE LAST ANIMAL – Ramona Ausubel”

Doris Lessing – The Golden Notebook

Doris Lessing (b. 1919) is one of what I call my white voices in Africa, but that’s not how she was first introduced to me. My introduction to Lessing was with Briefing for a Descent into Hell (1971), which had nothing to do with Africa and everything to do with a man’s mental breakdown. TheContinue reading “Doris Lessing – The Golden Notebook”