Susan Sontag
As a Guest
Essayist Susan Sontag Discusses Her Acclaimed New Novel
Sontag's new historical novel "The Volcano Lover: A Romance," is a well-reviewed, best-selling book. She's best known for her intellectually rigorous essayists.
Susan Sontag on Disease and Metaphor
The essayist and novelist's new book, called AIDS and Its Metaphors, examines the discourse surrounding the disease. Sontag is a cancer survivor; a previous book about language and sickness is titled Illness as Metaphor. She joins Fresh Air to talk about how cancer changed her thinking and made her a more compassionate person.
As a Topic
Susan Sontag's Ruminations 'Reborn'
Book critic Maureen Corrigan reviews Reborn: Journals & Notebooks, 1947 â 1963, the newly published intimate ruminations of Susan Sontag.
David Rieff, 'Swimming in a Sea of Death'
Diagnosed with cancer for the third time, Susan Sontag signed on for a harsh treatment regimen in hopes it would keep her alive. But it only added to her suffering. Her son, journalist David Rieff, has published a memoir about his mother's "revolt against death."