Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Twangsome is as twangsome does

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Who says that modern life is rubbish ? This morning on Facebook came the news that the Close Readers’ album Group Hug , previewed here in M...
Wednesday, May 25, 2011

What I’m reading

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Chad Taylor is back blogging at Chad Taylor Marginalia . He is also available as an e-book of three short stories, Here She Comes Now , whic...
Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Bob Dylan sentence of the day

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The great Martin Carthy on what to buy Bob Dylan for a 70th birthday present : I’d get him a piano and a samurai sword to keep him warm in...
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Everything but the kitchen sink

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This is our kitchen bench in the morning. Special effects are provided by the sun and a row of beautiful Garry Nash water glasses, a weddi...
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Sunday, May 22, 2011

An hour of terror with Vincent O’Sullivan

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As promised , a report on what I saw at this year’s Auckland Writers’ and Readers’ Festival 2011. Or, as I call it, the Auckland Writhers’ a...
Thursday, May 19, 2011

Unfortunate phrasing

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The Sydney Morning Herald reports on Philip Roth winning the Man Booker International award: The 78-year-old author of “Portnoy’s Complain...
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In praise of: Hilary Barry

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She is one of the funniest people I know. Yesterday on Facebook: So, Mr Schwarzenegger fathered a child with a member of his household staf...
Monday, May 16, 2011

Sentence of the day

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When the battery of his hearing aid failed during our lunch, he yanked the earpiece from his ear, looked at it sternly, and said: “F— you.” ...

Absent without leave

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Still recovering from the Auckland Writers’ and Readers’ Festival at the weekend. Full report soonest.
Thursday, May 12, 2011

Blog comment of the day

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Marsoe at the Dim-Post on Kyle Chapman: White supremacists are generally the least supreme whites.