At the same time is a collection of sontags essays and speeches published posthumously in 2007 and comprising three categories 1 essays about obscure literature 2 essays about 9 11 and 3 speeches sontag gave on varied themes literature courage etc. At the same time gathers sixteen essays and addresses written in the last years of sontags life when her work was being honored on the international stage that reflect on the personally liberating nature of literature her deepest commitment and on political activism and resistance to injustice as an ethical duty she considers the works of writers from the little known soviet novelist leonid tsypkin who struggled and eventually succeeded in publishing his only book days before his . At the same time gathers sixteen essays and addresses written in the last years of sontags life when her work was being honored on the international stage that reflect on the personally liberating nature of literature her deepest commitment and on political activism and resistance to injustice as an ethical duty she considers the works of writers from the little known soviet novelist leonid tsypkin who struggled and eventually succeeded in publishing his only book days before his . At the same time essays and speeches susan sontag paolo dilonardo anne jump sontags incisive intelligence expressive brilliance and deep curiosity about art politics and the writers responsibility to bear witness have secured her place as one of the most important thinkers and writers of the twentieth century