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Sigrid Nez was an aspiring writer when she first met Susan Sontag, already a legendary figure known for her polemical essays, blinding intelligence, and edgy personal style. Sontag introduced Nez to her son, the writer David Rieff, and the two began dating. Soon Nez moved into the apartment that Rieff and Sontag shared. As Sontag told Nez, Who says we have to live like everyone else? Sontags influence on Nez, who went on to become a successful novelist, would be profound. Described by Nez as a natural mentor, who saw educating others as both a moral obligation and a source of endless pleasure, Sontag inevitably infected those around her with her many cultural and intellectual passions. In this poignant, intimate memoir, Nez speaks of her gratitude for having had, as an early model, someone who held such an exalted, unironic view of the writers vocation. For Sontag, she writes, there could be no nobler pursuit, no greater adventure, no more rewarding quest. Nez gives a sharp sense of the charged, polarizing atmosphere that enveloped Sontag whenever she published a book, gave a lecture, or simply walked into a room. Published more than six years after Sontags death, Sempre Susan is

Author

Nunez, Sigrid

Publisher

Atlas & Co. : Distributed to the trade by W.W. Norton & Co

Published

2011

Language

EN

ISBN

9781322715964

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Memoir, Biography

Rating

3.76 / 5 (422 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14