Writing in cafés, writing in brothels
There was a fascinating interview with the author Lee Rourke published today. One response is worth quoting at length: Read the rest of this entry »
Wait until next year
Putting off what could be done tomorrow, today
February 3, 2013
Sunday Reading
This week I have been reading, or intending to read, the following. These posts are as much for my reference as for your interest, so I hope you don’t mind too much these link-heavy, content-thin posts. Anyway, enjoy some real writing below…
- In Praise of Idleness
- Taking Time to Review
- Lunch with the FT: Robert B Silvers
- ‘Papa’ Hemingway vs. ‘Fireman’ Casey
- Wes Anderson’s Worlds
- Nude in your hot tub, facing the abyss (A literary manifesto after the end of Literature and Manifestos)
- I Am Trying to Break Your Eyes: A Lengthy Meditation on Baseball and the Science of Happiness
February 1, 2013
1993
I think it must have been September 1992 when a school friend of mine handed me a beat-up C90 tape. He had borrowed some albums from his older brother and dubbed them on to the cassette. On the A side was Nevermind, by Nirvana. I don’t remember ever listening to whatever he put on the B side. Read the rest of this entry »
January 27, 2013
Sunday Reading
- That’s Life – personal essays are not easy to get right, but this one on mental health manages it, although it does make for some tough reading in places.
- In Praise of the Language Police – editing, style, translations and bending the rules.
- The Secret Lives of Stories: Rewriting Our Personal Narratives – humans are storytellers, but how do we construct those stories and why?
- False wins and the machine zone – Las Vegas, capitalism and how we’re more comfortable interacting with screens than with each other.
- Drang nach Osten – excellent stuff on Bowie, Berlin and more.
Wait until next year 