Was Jane Austen Gay? And other questions from the LRB archive

<p>Tom Crewe, Patricia Lockwood, Deborah Friedell, John Lanchester, Rosemary Hill and Colm Tóibín talk to Tom about some of their favourite <em>LRB</em> pieces, including Terry Castle’s 1995 essay on Jane Austen's letters, Hilary Mantel’s account of how she became a writer, and Alan Bennett’s uncompromising take on Philip Larkin.</p><p>Read the pieces:</p><p><a href="https://lrb.me/castleaustenpod" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Terry Castle on Jane Austen</a></p><p><a href="https://lrb.me/lockwooddonigerpod" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Wendy Doniger: Calf and Other Loves</a></p><p><a href="https://lrb.me/friedellmantelpod" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Hilary Mantel: Giving up the Ghost</a></p><p><a href="https://lrb.me/lanchestercarterpod" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Angela Carter: Noovs' hoovs in the trough</a></p><p><a href="https://lrb.me/hillfitzgeraldpod" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Penelope Fitzgerald on Stevie Smith</a></p><p><a href="https://lrb.me/toibinbennettpod" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Alan Bennett on Philip Larkin</a></p><p>Subscribe to the LRB: <a href="https://lrb.me/now" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lrb.me/now</a></p><br><p><br></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

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