HeyJaredSamuel Adamson: The Essence of the Thing
I'm a playwright who writes about twentieth-century novels. They are usually British, Australian, lesser-known, by women, LGBT, and so on. I also ramble into other literary and theatrical areas.
- Indexed issues, last 90 days
- 1
- Latest publication
- Aug 22, 2026
- Audience
- Checking…
- Earliest in this view
- Aug 22, 2026
Latest issues
What’s it all about, Alfie? (opens the original)
Read excerpt
It’s Saturday morning in London.I’m just back from a walk with Richard, and our friend Simmy and Simmy’s dog Duke. We know and love Simmy because of Duke. Because dogs bring humans together.On Monday night, my and Richard’s ten-year-old dog, Alfie, died.It was the day Alfie had his booster injections. In the morning, he was well. For three punishing days, it was hard for us not to make a connection between his sudden and unexpected death and the vaccinations.On Thursday night, the vet rang with
Publishing over time
Last 90 days. Choose a month to open its work.
Recurring subjects
Named in the text we hold. One piece can cover several.
Audience
No verified audience measurement yet.
About this data
Counts cover the work we have indexed. Tone needs enough text and a confident classification. Excerpts and episode notes are not full articles or transcripts.
Identity or attribution wrong? Suggest a correction.