Hero Henry

Divorce Does Not Make You A Hero

Laura Limpus | Deez Links | 2nd April 2025

Polemical repudiation of "divorce literature", part of a series of provocations titled "Hate Read". This genre is not for women, and especially not for divorced women. "These authors say they want us to 'learn' from their mistakes, but really, they want us to witness their transformation from damsel in distress to hero, and then simultaneously pity them while also idolising their transcendence" (1,000 words)

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William And Henry James

Peter Brooks | Paris Review | 1st April 2025

Book extract, focusing on the strained relationship between these two famous brothers. Henry was well used to his brother's rebuffs and harsh words — "the scenarios established in childhood don’t die" — and yet they still rankled. Responding to a needlessly brutal critique of The Golden Bowl, he wrote: "I’m always sorry when I hear of your reading anything of mine, & always hope you won’t" (2,400 words)