There could be many potential answers to the question, ‘What is Doris Lessing’s The Golden Notebook about?’ Almost like a literary Rorschach …
writing about writing
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How much is too much to spend on a book? As with so much in life, George Orwell has already considered and …
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This week my eye was caught by an informative and amusing interview in the Paris Review with Geoff Dyer, ‘The Art of …
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If they say the best books are like a conversation with the author, then ‘That’s Not Funny, That’s Sick – The National …
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If I was a king, I would have a chair purposefully crafted out of volumes of books. Books that I have read …
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I like to read and write in bed. A comfortable mattress can at times be equally as productive as a sturdy desk. …
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Book Reviews
Memoirs review: the charming depravity of Tennessee Williams
by John Maguireby John MaguireMemoirs, the autobiography of Thomas Lanier Williams – otherwise known as Tennessee – is almost written in his own blood, chronicling his …
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Coming home for Christmas can contain a mixture of emotions, perhaps depending on where you are returning to and from which departure …
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From the Pre-Spring 2013 edition of i-D magazine, courtesy of Givenchy comes word of the latest trend in high fashion: babies. Forget …
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Writer Erinna Mettler sparked my interest this week with her post on ‘Desk Envy’. A writer’s desk is such a fundamental part …