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Category Archives: Writing
I met a traveller from an antique land
Ozymandias, 2017 by Alasdair Gray (1934-2019)
Making of an Icon
Kafka: Making of an Icon is an exhibition marking the 100th anniversary of Franz Kafka’s death and celebrating not only Kafka’s achievements and creativity, but also his continuing inspiration for new literary, theatrical and artistic creations around the world. After … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, Europe, History, Libraries, Museums, Writing
Tagged Bodleian Library, Franz Kafka, Morgan Library
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Lit Box
To celebrate 25 years of publishing and its 74th issue, the San Francisco-based magazine McSweeney’s is offering a lunchbox packed with literary treats. Instead of a PB&J sandwich and an apple, the retro-inspired box includes sets of author cards, pencils … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, USA, Writing
Tagged Art Spiegelman, McSweeney's, Periodicals, San Francisco
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Railway Parable
Erich Kästner, Das Eisenbahngleichnis, 1931
When Ray Bradbury channeled Herman Melvile
I was today years old when I learned that the iconic American Sci-Fi writer Ray Bradbury was also a Hollywood screenwriter. The Los Angeles Review of Books recently published a fascinating story on the fraught collaboration between Bradbury and the … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Film, History, movies, USA, Writing
Tagged Herman Melville, Hollywood, Moby-Dick, Ray Bradbury
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It’s all one thing
HYMN TO TIME by Ursula K. Le Guin Time says “Let there be” every moment and instantly there is space and the radiance of each bright galaxy. And eyes beholding radiance. And the gnats’ flickering dance. And the seas’ expanse. … Continue reading
Remember, therefore, that outcasts must never be afraid.
The true artist has always had to fight, but it is, and will be, a more ferocious struggle for you, and the artists of your generation, than ever before. The working man, this time, will be better looked after, he … Continue reading
Great writer, artist not so much
In 1952, when the quintessential Beat writer Jack Kerouac began marketing his second novel On the Road to publishing houses, he designed his own book cover. He sent it to a potential publisher A.A. Wyn, with a little note typed … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Bookstore Tourism, USA, Writing
Tagged Beat Generation, book cover design, Jack Kerouac, On the Road
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Sharing is caring
Have you ever wondered how those ubiquitous little black Moleskine notebooks got to be so popular ? Are you one of the many millions of devotees who carry one in your pocket or backpack at all times ? Well click … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Europe, History, Tourism, Writing
Tagged England, Ernest Hemingway, Moleskine, Stonehenge, Street Art
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Poems on Various Subjects
On September 1, 1773, Phillis Wheatley’s Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral was published in London, England. Wheatley’s collection was the first volume of poetry by an African-American poet to be published. Regarded as a prodigy by her contemporaries, Wheatley was approximately … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Books, History, USA, Writing
Tagged American Poets, Phillis Wheatley, Poetry
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Travel Between The Pages 