Maria Albano
Maria Albano is a recent graduate and freelance writer.
Writing outside the box
Elena Ferrante’s essay collection is an exploration of the delights and constraints of form
Will the real Elena Ferrante please sit down?
It is her words and voice, not her purported identity, that matter to her fans
Woolf: heart or brain?
Unfettered praise of Virginia Woolf as a “liberated writer” has paved the way for an inexplicably popular type of bad writing
Good for the sole
April calls for a recipe that combines the incoming and departing treats
Matthew Parris and the illusion of independence
Those in flight from human dependency are the ones who cannot be realistic
Discomfort Zone
I recommend The Zone of Interest with the greatest caution: it’s not an easy watch
Where has all the money gone?
Even Booker Prize-winning novelists struggle to make a living from writing
The problem with “extremism”
Violence and intimidation are deplorable, but can there be a clear definition of a concept as subjective as “extremism”?
Who judges the judges?
Judges, whatever their gender, need sufficient judgement to maintain neutrality and political impartiality
Escaping Plato’s goon cave
Vision Pro illuminates the telos of modernity and the narrowing of human experience
Judith Butler has a projection problem
It is she, not gender-critical feminists, who seems to be afraid
There is no magic bullet for raising birth rates
A complex network of spiritual, cultural and economic factors underpin our fertility slump
Out with the old and in with the new
People are asking why the classic art market has declined — and will it recover?
Liberal gerontocracy and its discontents
Fewer young people supporting more old people has become an unsustainable situation