Although READ primarily publishes work by and about Durham researchers, we occasionally host guest posts by external writers and academics whose ideas are worth sharing.
For young poets based in the North East, the Knee Deep workshop held as part of Durham Book Festival will offer an opportunity to develop poetry for performance rather than for […]
A serial womaniser. A commitment-phobic boyfriend. A wife beater. David Foster Wallace’s 1999 book Brief Interviews with Hideous Men presents a provocative view of male misogyny and its effects on women. In […]
In the early twentieth century the concept of “primitive” cultures carried both negative, racist connotations, and also positive ideas about people uncorrupted by the modern world. Victoria Addis, whose article on […]
In a multicultural age, people’s passports do not necessarily convey the full picture of their multiple origins, ethnicities, or national identities. Rather, the lives of Third Culture Kids inspire more complex stories that cross cultures and […]
How are children represented in Victorian literature? How can contemporary psychology help to understand the role of the child in literature? In light of her recently published article on Rudyard […]
