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Category Archives: Writing
An Almost Complete Collection
I’ve been a fan of the always original science fiction works written by Philip K. Dick since I was a child. So I found the recently release Folio Society limited edition complete collection of 118 short stories intriguing. As usual, … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, Uncategorized, USA, Writing
Tagged Book design, Philip K Dick, Publishing and Printing, Science Fiction and Fantasy
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Death is comprised of deep blue tortures
DEATH POEM ONE Michael McClure DEATH IS COMPRISED OF DEEP BLUE TORTURES and filled with dark chocolate cake. Birth has gone with the losses of endless imagination. A round brown leaf whirls at the tip of a spider thread. I n l a t e Winter I will study the whiteness of plum blossoms and look for knots in an old trunk at the edge of the forest fire near some deer bones. Today marks the first anniversary of the passing of the great American Beat poet Michael McClure.
we owe literature almost everything we are
“You said that we owe literature almost everything we are and what we have been. If books disappear, history will disappear, and human beings will also disappear. I am sure you are right. Books are not only the arbitrary sum … Continue reading
Posted in Books, South America, USA, Writing
Tagged Jorge Luis Borges, Literature, Susan Sontag
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all and sundry Sunday
In reading a novel, any novel, we have to know perfectly well that the whole thing is nonsense, and then, while reading, believe every word of it. Finally, when we’re done with it, we may find – if it’s a … Continue reading
The Divine Comedy
In anticipation of the 700th anniversary of the death of Dante Alighieri, Brooklyn artist George Cochrane has worked on a contemporary illuminated manuscript of Dante’s Divine Comedy—all 350,000 characters of the epic poem, plus illustrations, in the original Italian for nearly seven … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, Europe, History, Writing
Tagged Dante Alighieri, La Divina Commedia, Publishing and Printing
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I wish What I wished you before, but harder.
THE WRITER Richard Wilbur In her room at the prow of the house Where light breaks, and the windows are tossed with linden, My daughter is writing a story. I pause in the stairwell, hearing From her shut door a … Continue reading
Ghost Words
What does palimpsest mean? 1 : writing material (such as a parchment or tablet) used one or more times after earlier writing has been erased. 2 : something having usually diverse layers or aspects apparent beneath the surface. One … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Asia, Books, Europe, History, Libraries, Middle East, Museums, Tech, Writing
Tagged Cambridge, medieval manuscripts, palimpsest
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your secret belief in perpetual spring
IN PERPETUAL SPRING Amy Gerstler Gardens are also good places to sulk. You pass beds of spiky voodoo lilies and trip over the roots of a sweet gum tree, in search of medieval plants whose leaves, when they drop off … Continue reading
Mystery, History & some Cartography
One of the joys of being vaccinated against Covid-19 has been the ability to return to bookstore browsing. On my most recent visit to our local indie bookshop (shout out to Newtown Bookshop ) I picked up a copy of … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, Europe, History, Maps, Writing
Tagged book illustration, Cara Black, Cartography, Le Marais, Paris, World War II
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Don’t Panic : The Answer Is Still 42
The indie publisher Unbound is preparing to release the crowdfunded book 42: The Wildly Improbably Ideas of Douglas Adams, featuring unseen notes, scripts and ideas from the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy author. The book consists of excerpts from 67 boxes full of notebooks, letters, … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Europe, Film, Writing
Tagged Biography, Doctor Who, Douglas Adams, Kickstarter, Science Fiction and Fantasy
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Travel Between The Pages 