I had never heard of Modest Mouse, but was gifted “No One’s First, and You’re Next” on December 25th by an aunt ((She’s actually a step-aunt, as she’s my Grandfather’s wife’s daughter, though she’s only a few months older than me. As such, it seems hilarious to call her “aunt”. “Step-aunt” sounds unnecessarily remote.)) who’d perused my […]
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Perhaps it’s because I’ve just finished reading Jane Eyre, but I took exception to the description given in the Spring 2010 Lapham’s Quarterly. Allow me to explain, in this issue there’s a chart titled “Day Jobs” which sketches the careers of half a dozen well known writers, including Ms Bronte. Included are listings of the writer’s name,
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There are hundreds of literary blogs out there and I subscribe to several dozen of them, but recently I’ve pared down my RSS subscriptions again, and thought I’d share five of my favourites. So I present to you, in no particular order: 1. Bookninja George Murray posts several times a day, commenting on the latest in book news, reviews and miscellanea with
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I submitted a few poems today to one of my favourite literary journals. I had a few poems rejected last year for inclusion in an anthology, one of which was reworked and mailed today, hopefully better than it was before. It’s been a long time since I’ve submitted something. Though I’ve been writing more than ever, I’ve
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Mes amis, I have adopted a lovely word in attempts to save it from extinction. The word I adopted is vampirarchy, which refers to a set of ruling persons comparable to vampires. ((Is this a favourable association or not? I can’t tell.)) It is now my solemn duty to “use this word as frequently as possible from
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My friend Jo and I both love to read. So do many of my other friends. We talk about books all the time, and thought it might be fun to (semi-)formalize this into a book club. Jo and I both feel left behind in the classics – there’s just too many of them, and only so much
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