“She was brainy but also sexy, totally bookish but also a party girl—a rare and pretty irresistible combination. She captured the media’s attention right away, and then, because she was so active and productive and had such a broad range of interests, and also because she was always so vocal and fearless about her opinions—no few of which were controversial—attention kept getting paid.”

Zegt Sigrid Nunez die een tijdje bij Susan Sontag en haar zoon inwoonde. Ze schreef haar herinneringen neer in sempre Susan – Interview in The Paris Review.

Susan Sontag in 1975, een jaar voor ze Sigrid Nunez ontmoette. © Estate of Peter Hujar.