Deborah YaffeJan 29Kiddie litBack when I was young and stupid, I didn’t think much of Jane Austen’s Juvenilia, the short sketches and fragments she wrote between the...
Deborah YaffeSep 14, 2023Updating the syllabusIn the bad old days of pre-1980s academia, you could major in English literature and never be assigned a novel by Jane Austen—or so I’ve...
Deborah YaffeJun 13, 2022Recommended readingTo Janeites – indeed, to anyone who’s read semi-widely and who isn’t V.S. Naipaul – it’s obvious that women are capable of writing great...
Deborah YaffeAug 13, 2018Lucky thirteenName the ten most important vegetables! Quick now! Does broccoli outrank kale? How about carrots vs. turnips? Yes, yes, I know they’re...
Deborah YaffeJul 10, 2017All the famous ladiesMore than eighty years ago, a famous art historian commissioned two famous painters (one of them related to an even more famous writer)...
