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Brightman, Carol. "Doris Lessing: Notes of a Novelist." Book World—The Washington Post (16 October 1994): 1, 14.

Favorably reviews Under My Skin.

Burroway, Janet. "An Unfashionable Woman." The New York Times Book Review (6 November 1994): 1, 42.

Argues that the two major themes shaping Under My Skin are "the twin workings of memory and projection."

Innes, Charlotte. "A Life of Doing It Her Way." Los Angeles Times (8 December 1994): E1, E8.

Essay based on an interview in which Lessing discusses Under My Skin.

Leonard, John. "The African Queen." The Nation 259, No. 15 (7 November 1994): 528-36.

Reviews Under My Skin, noting relationships between Lessing's autobiographical account and her fiction.

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1. Introduction
2. Principal Works
3. Criticism
   1. Katherine Fishburn (essay date Summer 1988)
   2. Virginia Tiger (essay date Autumn 1990)
   3. John Bemrose (review date 24 August 1992)
   4. K. Anthony Appiah (review date 28 June 1993)
   5. Harriet Ritvo (review date 13 January 1994)
   6. Lisa Tyler (essay date Spring 1994)
   7. Richard Eder (review date 20 October 1994)
   8. Basil Davidson (review date 22 October 1994)
   9. Michiko Kakutani (review date 1 November 1994)
   10. Caroline Moorehead (review date 4 November 1994)
   11. J. M. Coetzee (review date 22 December 1994)
   12. William H. Pritchard (review date Summer 1995)
   13. Carol Franko (essay date Summer 1995)
4. Further Reading
5. Copyright