Doris-Lessing

Fuse News: Remembrance — Nobel Laureate Doris Lessing

November 18, 2013
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Doris Lessing baffled categories and critics, except for those, like me, who were marked by her and knew her for the bold and extraordinary writer and creature that she was.

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Short Fuse: Finally, Doris Lessing Wins the Nobel Prize for Literature

October 13, 2007
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Doris Lessing has always been massively and productively incorrect, and splendidly fulfills the mandate of a great writer by being so.

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Book Review: Doris Lessing’s Colossal Range

March 6, 2006
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The indispensable octogenarian, Doris Lessing, continues to astonish with her latest books. “Time Bites: Views and Reviews” (HarperCollins) and “The Story of General Dann and Mara’s Daughter, and Griot and the Snow Dog” (HarperCollins) by Doris Lessing. By Harvey Blume When I interviewed Doris Lessing several years ago apropos “Walking in the Shade: 1949-1962,” the…

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