For the love of books
In her 1924 Modernist essay ‘Mr. Bennett and Mrs. Brown,’ Virginia Woolf criticizes the work of writers such as H.G. Wells and Arnold Bennett, whom she sees as ‘materialists.’ Today, three years shy of a century after the publication of Woolf’s manifesto for modernist fiction, her ideas still ring true.
In honor of Pride Month and celebrating LGBTQ+ voices, we’ll be looking at ten LGBTQ+ authors of classic novels, plays, and poems.
“Every classic was written by a straight white man!” goes the saying. But in reality, a lot of books we now consider to be “classics” were written by people of color, women, and LGBTQ+ people. Dismissing all classic literature, or every book written before the turn of the millennium, as books written exclusively by old white dudes erases all of the work that people from marginalized groups did. So, because of pride month, and because literature (old and new) by underrepresented voices always deserves a special shout-out, here is a list of LGBTQ+ classics that you should read if you …
Virginia Woolf, is a woman, writer and feminist in the 20th century. Here you can find 5 interesting facts about the British author, critic and essayist.
To celebrate the publication of this seminal novel, here are five facts you might not know about it.
