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Category Archives: Writing
A Wonderland for Christmas
Just in time for Christmas, the NYRB Kids imprint has published a new edition of Lewis Carroll’s classic Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland illustrated by the Finnish author and artist Tove Jansson. Jansson is most famous for her Moomin books, which remain … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, Europe, Restaurants, Writing
Tagged Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll, Tove Jansson
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I hang on the edge of this universe
I hang on the edge of this universe singing off-key talking too loud embracing myself to cushion the fall I shall tumble into deep space never in this form or with this feeling to return to earth It is not … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Restaurants, USA, Writing
Tagged American Poets, Nikki Giovanni, Poetry
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A Farewell to Arms (copyright)
It’s that wonderful time of the year when we anticipate all of the amazing works of art and literature that will lose their copyright protections. So, if you’ve been hankering to write that sequel to A Farewell to Arms or paint your … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, Film, movies, Music, Photography, Restaurants, USA, Writing
Tagged Copyright, Edward Hopper, Ernest Hemingway, Public Domain
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Today is a fog bank in which I am hiding.
PENTATINA FOR FIVE VOWELS Campbell McGrath Today is a trumpet to set the hounds baying. The past is a fox the hunters are flaying. Nothing unspoken goes without saying. Love’s a casino where lovers risk playing. The future’s a marker … Continue reading
“For every five people who read this book four will go insane.”
Charles Fort’s Book of the Damned: “For every five people who read this book“, wrote novelist/playwright Ben Hecht, “four will go insane”. If you are feeling courageous, the book is available for free right here. In 2020, Stéphanie Colaux discovered an … Continue reading
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Tagged Budapest, Charles Fort, Paris, Ukiyo-e, World War II
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Books break the shackles of time.
The video below is an excerpt from the 11th episode of Carl Sagan’s iconic 1980s Cosmos series, titled “The Persistence of Memory.” What an astonishing thing a book is. It’s a flat object made from a tree with flexible parts … Continue reading
Posted in Books, History, Libraries, Restaurants, Writing
Tagged Carl Sagan, Publishing and Printing
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“Now a narrative is a story, not logic, nor ethics, nor philosophy.”
“Now a narrative is a story, not logic, nor ethics, nor philosophy. It is a dream you keep having, whether you realize it or not. Just as surely as you breathe, you go on ceaselessly dreaming your story. And in … Continue reading
Odd doesn’t begin to cover these titles
The shortlist has been unveiled for the 2024 Bookseller‘s Diagram Prize for the Oddest Book Title of the Year. The annual prize was conceived in 1978 by Trevor Bounford and Bruce Robertson, co-founders of publishing solutions firm the Diagram Group, as … Continue reading
Meanwhile, back in soulless America
YOU WOULD HAVE THOUGHT John Ashbery Meanwhile, back in soulless America, people are having fun as usual. A bird visits a birdbath. A young girl takes a refresher course in polyhistory. My mega-units are straining at the leash of spring. … Continue reading
Travel Between The Pages 