Olivia Laing
Olivia Laing is a writer and critic. They’re the author of seven books, including The Lonely City, Funny Weather and Everybody. Their latest book, The Garden Against Time: In Search of a Common Paradise, was a Sunday Times number one bestseller. They have also co-edited A Garden Manifesto with the artist Richard Porter of Pilot Press.
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In Conversation | The Online Edition
In Conversation
Olivia Laing & Jamaica Kincaid
‘The garden is actually an archive, every plant bringing with it a narrative of past injustice, upheaval, shifts in wealth and taste.’
Olivia Laing and Jamaica Kincaid discuss the political significance of the garden.
In Conversation | The Online Edition
In Conversation
Olivia Laing & M. John Harrison
‘Our imaginations are in service to the wrong ends.’
Olivia Laing and M. John Harrison on the commodification of the imagination.
Essays & Memoir | The Online Edition
Olivia Laing | Is Travel Writing Dead?
Olivia Laing
‘Which bodies can go where might be the central question of our century.’
Essays & Memoir | Issue 126
The Magic Box
Olivia Laing
‘It never gets dark in Times Square. Sometimes I’d wake at two or three or four and watch waves of neon pass through my room.’ An essay on David Wojnarowicz's work, life and archives.
