Julian Birkett
For many years I’ve liked American nonfiction writing in periodicals such as Harpers, The Atlantic and The New Yorker, and it’s been interesting (for me at any rate) to learn that I also enjoy American fiction.
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I enjoyed the course, but would have preferred it to have been longer.
Read MoreMy reading journey feels like the kind of trek where, exhausted, you make for the brow of the hill just ahead of you, only to discover that an even higher hill lies just beyond.
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My reading list, by Terry Freedman
Having just finished a course called Trouble in Paradise, in which we looked at books and articles about American suburbia, here’s my verdict.
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Image from Thomas Hardy's work, copyright-free from British Library
The focus of this course is on the prose and poetry of the Victorian era (1837-1901), against the backdrop of the changes taking place in both society and academia. What’s my verdict?
Read MoreI’ve spent the last term on a course called Great European Short Stories. Here are my views on the course, the tutor, and the other courses of his that I’ve attended.
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Frazzled, by Terry Freedman
Why has doing a course on American fiction been so enjoyable, and useful to me as a non-fiction writer?
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