Lets start with a quote from the late Terry Pratchett, that quite neatly sums this post up: Getting an education was a bit like a communicable sexual disease. It made you unsuitable for a lot of jobs, and then you had the urge to pass it on.” ― Terry Pratchett, Hogfather And there’s the problem. Since …
Life Lines, Ear worms and Derek Walcott’s White Egrets
I don't know how widely this is known – The Academy of American Poets website has been collecting people's favourite lines of poetry, along with a short explanation of why it is that those particular words matter to them. It's called Life Lines, and is well worth a visit. (As is their Poetcast podcast. But …
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Blown away by Logue’s War Music
I started this post back in April, but life (and “Fare”) got in the way and I didn't get it finished. But today I discovered that Christopher Logue died recently, and so the great project that triggered this post originally will never be completed. The book that triggered the post was Christopher Logue's amazing War …
Owls, reviews, and thoughts about The End(s) of Criticism
I was sent a link to an interesting couple of articles about book reviewing, and where it can all go so horribly wrong. Start with Jeremiah Chamberlin's preliminary post on the concept of The Good Review. Read it, then come back. I'll wait. (Don't I always?) Then there's Charles Baxter on that classic Amazon-style me-fest, …
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Protected: Landfall 218, and A Return to The Rocky Shore
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A Dark Feathered Art 