At the Same Time

Incisive, Expressive, and Deeply Curious: Susan Sontag's Enduring Legacy "A writer is someone who pays attention to the world," Susan Sontag declared in her 2003 acceptance speech for the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade. At the Same Time gathers sixteen essays and addresses written in the last years of Sontag's life, reflecting on the liberating power of literature, her deepest commitment, and the ethical duty of political activism and resistance to injustice. From the little-known Soviet n