Doris Lessing (born 1919) was a South African expatriate writer known for her strong sense of feminism. A short story writer and novelist, as well as essayist and critic, Lessing was deeply concerned with the cultural inequities of her native land. The h...

Doris Lessing burst upon the British literary scene in 1950 with her first novel, The Grass Is Singing, and she has remained at the top ever since. In the past four decades, her work has had a profound and lasting influence on both women and men, and the...

[This entry was updated by Paul Schlueter from his entry in the Concise Dictionary of British Literary Biography, volume 8, pp. 228-254.] Doris Lessing burst upon the British literary scene in 1950 with her first novel, The Grass Is Singing, and she has...

BILL ERVOLINO The Record (Bergen County, NJ) 01-28-1997 FALLING IN LOVE AGAIN By BILL ERVOLINO Date: 01-28-1997, Tuesday Section: YOUR TIME Edition: All Editions -- 5 Star, 4 Star, 3 Star, 2 Star, 1 Star Biographical: MARIANNE FAITHFULL CORRECTION: An article in...

Doris Lessing's most recent novel, Love, Again, explores familial relationships, romantic love, loss, life in the theater, and human folly against the backdrop of the aging process. It is also a study of love and loving intertwined with reflections on the writer -...

Jeff Ingram hunches over the countertop and peers at the foreign words in the cookbook.One-and-a-half cups of egg whites.He should know this. He shoots a puzzled glance at his girlfriend."I haven't shown you yet how to separate an egg," she says as she cracks the...

Jack Nicholson, the legendary ladies' man, says he'd like to fall in love again."I never minded being a fool for love," the 70-year-old Oscar winner tells AARP The Magazine. "It's nice to have a place to be foolish. Ask any old friend of mine, they'll...