{"id":5716,"date":"2023-02-28T20:02:52","date_gmt":"2023-02-28T20:02:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anotherlook.stanford.edu\/?p=5716"},"modified":"2023-02-28T20:02:52","modified_gmt":"2023-02-28T20:02:52","slug":"one-of-the-best-nonfiction-books-of-all-time-join-us-for-virginia-woolfs-a-room-of-ones-own-on-april-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anotherlook.stanford.edu\/?p=5716","title":{"rendered":"One of the best nonfiction books of all time? Join us for Virginia Woolf’s “A Room of One’s Own” on April 11!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Please join us for a discussion of Virginia Woolf<\/strong>‘s 1929 A Room of One’s Own <\/em>at 7 p.m. (PST) on Tuesday, April 11, in Levinthal Hall, Stanford Humanities Center, 424 Santa Teresa Street on the Stanford campus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Guardian<\/em> called the book “a landmark in feminist thought and a rhetorical masterpiece” and rated it one of the top 100 non-fiction books of all time. Read about that here<\/span><\/a><\/strong>.

According to a contemporary review in The Los Angeles Times<\/em>: “If you miss this book, which is profound and subtle and gently ironic and beautifully written, you will have missed an important reading experience.” Another Look will consider the work’s legacy a century later. The Bloomsbury author’s iconic book, an extended essay, is in public domain and widely available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Panelists will include: Stanford Prof. Robert Pogue Harrison<\/span><\/a><\/strong>, author, director of Another Look, host of the radio talk show and podcast series “Entitled Opinions,” and a regular contributor to The New York Review of Books <\/em>and Stanford Prof. Tobias Wolff<\/a><\/span><\/strong>, one of America\u2019s leading writers, a founding director of Another Look, and a recipient of the National Medal of Arts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Constance Solari<\/strong> is a writing coach and the author of four novels, including 2012’s Sophie’s Fire: The Story of Saint Madeleine Sophie Barat<\/em>. Maria Florence Massucco<\/a><\/span><\/strong>, is a PhD candidate in Italian Studies who specializes in the 20th century novel.\u202fYou\u2019ll remember her from our discussion of Dorothy Strachey<\/a><\/span><\/strong>‘s Olivia<\/a><\/span><\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Join us in person or virtually, but please register here<\/a><\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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