Marion Milner

David Russell describes his experience of reading Marion Milner's writings and sketches on creativity. The book introduces Milner's unique body of work, which acts at the interface of literature, art, and psychoanalysis. Milner explored how people could feel responsive to their own lives through creative practices of attention.

David Russell is Professor of English at the University of California, Los Angeles. He is the Author of Tact (2018), which focuses on the essay in nineteenth century Britain. He is currently writing about what literature and psychoanalysis have to say about the question of facing up to reality.