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Susan Sontag’s life, with Lisa Appignanesi
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Length:
26 minutes
Released:
Sep 25, 2019
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Podcast episode
Description
Critic and novelist Susan Sontag commanded postwar American intellectual life, capturing many minds with her sharp insights on photography, cinema, philosophy, literature, and more. A new biography by Benjamin Moser maps the life of the leading public intellectual. But does it focus on the right things?Prize-winning writer Lisa Appignanesi OBE joins the Prospect podcast’s 100th episode to talk about the life and work of Susan Sontag—as well as her own experiences meeting the commanding intellectual. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Released:
Sep 25, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode
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