susan sontag

They Tenderly Scream “Camp” and We Lovingly Scream Back

They Tenderly Scream “Camp” and We Lovingly Scream Back

The Traitors head-band wearing Parvati Shallow and Barbie‘s head-shaking Ryan Gosling tenderly scream “camp” and enthralled, we lovingly scream back.

The Imagination of Disaster 2.0: Revisiting Susan Sontag in the Age of the Pandemic Horror Narrative

The Imagination of Disaster 2.0: Revisiting Susan Sontag in the Age of the Pandemic Horror Narrative

Considering Susan Sontag’s “The Imagination of Disaster” and modern apocalyptic narratives, are sci-fi and horror still “inadequate responses” to our world?

Susan Sontag’s ‘Duet for Cannibals’ Delves into the Games People Play

Susan Sontag’s ‘Duet for Cannibals’ Delves into the Games People Play

Is Susan Sontag's Duet for Cannibals a study in personal human behavior? Or is it an allegory of the seductions of fascism and power?

Quinlan Miller’s ‘Camp TV’ Could Use Some Levity

Quinlan Miller’s ‘Camp TV’ Could Use Some Levity

Under the aegis of fluidity, Quinlan Miller advances a trans-conscious viewpoint in Camp TV that happily takes a pick-ax to more basic gender studies approaches to pop media.

Short Stories: Fiction from ‘Sharp’ Women Writers Known for Their Non-fiction

Short Stories: Fiction from ‘Sharp’ Women Writers Known for Their Non-fiction

We explore short stories from five writers in Michelle Dean's Sharp -- Dorothy Parker, Rebecca West, Mary McCarthy, Susan Sontag, and Nora Ephron.

Did Women Writers Change the 20th Century New York Intellectual Scene?

Did Women Writers Change the 20th Century New York Intellectual Scene?

Michelle Dean's Sharp challenges readers to consider what we gain from reading the lives and works of women writers and how they shaped cultural and socio-political thought in the 20th century and beyond.

So It’s About Time I Asked, Who Is Susan Sontag?

So It’s About Time I Asked, Who Is Susan Sontag?

Susan Sontag: Essays of the 1960s & 70s and reflections on being under the influence of Camille Paglia.

‘The American Stage’ Is Best Enjoyed As Theatre As Literature

Reborn: Journals and Notebooks, 1947-1964 by Susan Sontag

At the Same Time by Susan Sontag