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1) The silent woman: Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes

Author

Malcolm, Janet

Pub. Date

1994.

Language

English

2) The journalist and the murderer

Author

Malcolm, Janet

Pub. Date

1990.

Language

English

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Janet Malcolm delves into the psychopathology of journalism using a strange and unprecedented lawsuit as her larger-than-life example, the lawsuit of Jeffrey MacDonald, a convicted murderer, against Joe McGinniss, the author of Fatal Vision. Examining the always uneasy, sometimes tragic relationship that exists between journalist and subject, Malcolm finds that neither journalist nor subject can avoid the moral impasse that is built into the journalistic...

3) Nobody's looking at you: essays

Author

Malcolm, Janet

Pub. Date

2019.

Edition

First edition.

Language

English

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"A collection of previously published essays and profiles by the legendary critic Janet Malcolm. The title piece of this wonderfully eclectic collection is a profile of the fashion designer Eileen Fisher, whose mother often said to her, "Nobody's looking at you." But in every piece in this volume, Malcolm looks closely and with impunity at a broad range of subjects, from Donald Trump's TV nemesis Rachel Maddow, to the stiletto-heel-wearing pianist...