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...

The Record (Bergen County, NJ) 05-01-2008 Nineteen down -- More mayors, more corruption Date: 05-01-2008, Thursday Section: OPINION Edtion: All Editions THIS WEEK, Guttenberg's David Delle Donna became the 19th New Jersey mayor convicted on federal corruption charges in 6 years....

WHEN Judy James dropped off her daughter Annabel at a party recently, she was shocked when the young hostess opened the door wearing a revealing halter-neck dress and full make-up. Annabel is eight years old and the birthday-girl was turning nine. Judy was already...