Arranged chronologically, this collection draws from Sontag's novels The Benefactor and Death Kit, her short story collection I, etcetera, and her groundbreaking essays from the 1960s, including "Against Interpretation," "Notes on Camp," and "On Style." Selections from her later essay volumes, Styles of Radical Will and Under the Sign of Satury, as well as her renowned work On Photography, are also featured.
Reading these works detached from their original books and presented in the order Sontag wrote them reveals startling connections between literary forms and the progression of her themes. An extensive interview offers Sontag's informal insights on her concerns and work, while the previously uncollected essay "Writing Itself," on Roland Barthes, stands as one of her finest achievements.
