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Category Archives: Books
A Literary High
Naked Lunch (David Cronenberg, 1991)
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Tagged David Cronenberg, Naked Lunch, William S. Burroughs
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A Mind Needs Books
“A mind needs books like a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge. That is why I read so much.” – George R.R. Martin
Posted in Books, USA, Writing
Tagged A Song Of Ice And Fire, Game of Thrones, George R. R. Martin
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Bookstore Tourism: London
I have had the great fortune to spend both quality and quantity time in London’s wonderful bookstores. In fact, I have browsed 15 of the 17 bookshops featured in the video below. Compiled by Abebooks.com, the short film features some … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Bookstore Tourism, Europe, Film, Tourism
Tagged Antiquarian Books, Bloomsbury, London, secondhand bookshops
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Symptoms of Hibernating
Anais Nin : “You live…sheltered, in a delicate world, and you believe you are living. Then you read a book…or you take a trip…and you discover that you are not living, that you are hibernating. The symptoms of hibernating are … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, Europe, South America, Writing
Tagged Anais Nin, Clarice Lispector, Paris, Simone de Beauvoir
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Our Kind of Hotel
Last year while I was under the delusion that I’d be taking a trip to Japan, I ran across a fantastic hotel in Nagoya called the Lamp Light Books Hotel. That amazing looking facility combined a bookstore, a 24-hour cafe, … Continue reading
Posted in Asia, Books, Bookstore Tourism, Hotels, Restaurants, Tourism
Tagged Books, Japan, Nagoya, Sapporo
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Rules For Writers
A few years before his death at age 84, the beloved novelist, critic, essayist, raconteur, and academic Umberto Eco left us a tongue in cheek list of rules for writers. Those of us with any literary aspirations would do well … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Europe, Film, Writing
Tagged semiotics, The Name of the Rose, Umberto Eco
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We Lurk Late
The paper-cut puppetry video below was commissioned by the Poetry Foundation and created by Manual Cinema in association with Crescendo Literary, it animates a May 3, 1983 recording of Gwendolyn Brooks speaking during an Academy of American Poets reading series held at the Guggenheim Museum in … Continue reading
Travel Between The Pages 