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Category Archives: Writing
Soon the city fades before your eyes…
When you have arrived at Phyllis, you rejoice in observing all the bridges over the canals, each different from the others: cambered, covered, on pillars, on barges, suspended, with tracery balustrades. And what a variety of windows looks down on … Continue reading
The sound of liberty
The Memoirs and Poems of Phillis Wheatley celebrates the life and work of the first Black American poet to be published. Although she was an enslaved person, Phillis Wheatley Peters was one of the best-known poets in pre-19th century America. Educated … Continue reading
A Literary High
Naked Lunch (David Cronenberg, 1991)
Posted in Books, Film, USA, Writing
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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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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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
A Mild Case of Bibliomania
In this charming video below, Raymond Russell tells the story of his bibliomania, how his book collection has grown and changed over the years, and how it led to the founding of the Tartarus Press, which has published rare … Continue reading
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Tagged Book collecting, Britain, Fiction, Publishing
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Reading Room
Tingwall is a tiny port town located in Orkney, an archipelago off the North coast of Scotland, there a special memorial was created by a couple as a fitting tribute for Betty, a late friend who died unexpectedly. The couple … Continue reading
