Reverbiage: Stories from NPR tagged 'doris lessing'

Doris Lessing Mines Gold In 'Alfred & Emily'

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 11:30:00 EDT

Published on the verge of the author's 89th birthday, Doris Lessing's Alfred & Emily is an idiosyncratic combination of personal history, public history and fiction — all about her father and mother.

Three Authors On Surviving Tough Times

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 11:48:00 EDT

Book critic Maureen Corrigan reviews The Lincolns: Portrait of a Marriage by Daniel Mark Epstine, Alfred & Emily by Doris Lessing and Furious Improvisation by Susan Quinn.

British Writer Lessing Wins Nobel Prize for Literature

Thu, 11 Oct 2007 09:37:35 EDT

British writer Doris Lessing has won the 2007 Nobel Prize for Literature. She is the author of dozens of works from short stories to science fiction. She also wrote extensively about gender and various cultures. The award was announced in Sweden.

Lessing's 'The Cleft' Ponders Origins of Life

Tue, 07 Aug 2007 17:57:00 EDT

For nearly 60 years, Doris Lessing has been writing some of the most daring and important fiction in English. In her new novel, she takes a long look back over her shoulder to try to fathom the origins of human life.