Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio? I feel so insular (and Anglophone/-phile) but I had to go look him up.
Lengthy discussion on why the US hasn’t received a Nobel Prize in Literature for some time (parts of the discussion isn’t terribly well-informed but some people do make great points). The Literary Saloon weighs in with a [...]
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Posted 09 October 2008
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You know what I abhor? The phrase “one of them”. I was told Saturday that all foreigners should leave Scotland and when the speaker learned I was foreign, he qualified his words with a “but you’re not one of them” excuse. If I had a penny for every time I have heard people use that [...]
David Foster Wallace has died aged just 46. Infinite Jest is one of those books that I have always meant to read but thus far haven’t managed for a number of reasons.
+ The Guardian mourns his death
+ Slate looks back at Wallace’s political involvement and asks questions about USA in 2008.
+ Chicago Tribune also looks [...]
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Posted 15 September 2008
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The HarperCollins visit was a great success. They marketed the event as a chance to see original Peter Pan artwork and unseen letters from famous authors such as JRR Tolkien and Agatha Christie, but in reality we enjoyed the visit to the cartographic offices much more. We also had a chance to peek into the [...]
I may be in the throes of female hormones, so here are some calming links.
+ Smugopedia: “Smugopedia is a collection of slightly controversial opinions about a variety of subjects. We offer you the chance to buy a fleeting sense of self-satisfaction at the small cost of alienating your friends and loved ones.”
+ It’s Not You, [...]
I’m toying with the idea of reading a couple of articles in From Homer to Hypertext: Studies in Narrative, Literature and Media. And I’m very amused that Amazon recommends ‘laurell k. hamilton’, ‘paranormal romances’ and ‘dark hunter series’ as similar products. I now have a vision of narratologists sinking their sharpened fangs into the alabaster [...]
Aspiring authors of the Anglophone persuasion, take note:
Hamish Hamilton, an imprint of Penguin, (..) gets four or so [manuscripts] a week - despite a note on the website that declares “Sadly, we’re unable to consider unsolicited manuscripts. The best way to find a publisher is through an agent.” These four are given to people in [...]
Aspiring authors of the Anglophone persuasion, take note:
Hamish Hamilton, an imprint of Penguin, (..) gets four or so [manuscripts] a week - despite a note on the website that declares “Sadly, we’re unable to consider unsolicited manuscripts. The best way to find a publisher is through an agent.” These four are given to people in [...]
Monday. So far this Monday has brought me blue skies, sunshine, absolute silence, an important letter and a book which I finished in less than two hours. I like this sort of Monday.
The book was Scarlett Thomas’s Going Out which easily summed up as a light UK version of early Douglas Coupland novels. I do [...]
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Posted 01 September 2008
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I promised E. that I’d list the podcasts I like. I’m relatively new to podcasts (I’m slow on the uptake), so I’m yet to build up a list of definitive favourites. If someone has recommendations, I’d be happy to hear them!
Left Field Cinema is an intelligent podcast looking at both arthouse cinema (like Kieslowski) and [...]
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