Up at the Villa by W. Somerset Maugham
like my life, a novel that’s half tragedy, half farce
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Africa’s Tarnished Name by Chinua Achebe
a bit of African history and more white opinions on racism #facepalm #alwayspublish
The Return of the Soldier by Rebecca West
shellshock and amnesia and different kindsa love
Time and Again by Jack Finney
writing on time travel like
New Losing the Plot, with Scott Hadley!
Originally posted on Leo X. Robertson:
Scott Manley Hadley is an author, blogger, book reviewer—and Losing the Plot alumnus! We talk about…
Seven Terrors by Selvedin Avdić
phenomenal pop-post-modernist novel straight outta bosnia
Hansen’s Children by Ognjen Spahić
leprosy fiction from the balkans
Fiesta: The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
ideologically, i’d love to tear this apart, but i cannot…
Birthday Post: 30 Things I’ve Done, 30 Things I Haven’t
it’s my 30th birthday
Three Dreams in the Key of G by Marc Nash
three split narratives, one of which confused me…
Go Tell It On The Mountain by James Baldwin
there ain’t no fool like a holy fool
“Handsome Boy” Music Video
music video of a brief song for my dog
Selected Poems by Federico García Lorca
why I owned but didn’t read this book for five years (anger, depression)
Mi novio Caballo [My Boyfriend, the Horse] by Xiomara Correa
a book about modern love i.e. travel and drugs and sex with a horse
Street of Thieves by Mathias Enard
another ruddy belter from enard who i love
Journey To The End of the Night by Céline
accidentally read a book by a nazi
Remembering Oluwale: An Anthology edited by SJ Bradley
a powerful anthology of poetry and prose
Fury by DB Waters
i read something supernatural and realise why i’m not into the genre
Poem 66 by Susana Medina
a Wide Sargasso Sea for Lolita
Typhoid August by Sarah Fletcher
chapbook review that turns into me recounting my entire relationship with sex
The Automaton by David Wheldon
i remember that i don’t like reading about magic
New Penguin Parallel Text Short Stories In Spanish ed. John R. King
reading some Spanish prose… right next to a translation…
Against Nature (A Rebours) by Joris-Karl Huysmans
infamous for the wrong reasons…
Twenty-Six Factitions by Erik Kennedy
Scott Manley Hadley on the poetry scene
Walking Through Clear Water in a Pool Painted Black by Cookie Mueller
some really gorgeous prose
Hasard Objectif by Joanna Walsh
love love love love love… and books
Poems and Songs by Leonard Cohen
some inappropriate teenage nostalgia
Twenty Love Poems & A Song of Despair by Pablo Neruda
it’s not love if u pretend they don’t shit
My Friend Dahmer by Derf Backderf
a dark, engaging, affecting read
Sobriety As Taboo – Scott Manley Hadley
Originally posted on Milk + Beans:
Every time I make it sober to the end of the day, I feel like I’ve…
The Sauna Series — Scott Manley Hadley — minor literature[s]
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A Wild and Precious Life
The Man In The High Castle by Philip K. Dick
pleasantly surprised by what I expected to be trash
Drunken Baker by Barney Farmer
the bottle salves but doesn’t heal
The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
gorgeous prose, important content
Philosophical Toys by Susana Medina
sad man scotty writes about being sad
Arkady by Patrick Langley
hipster dystopia / hipstopia / better than that sounds
Scott Manley Hadley Reads Some Poems
listen and or watch me read some poems (or do neither)
Passivity, Electricity, Acclivity by Ella Frears
good, serious, accessible poems
#BadBoyPoet Spotify Playlist
feelin stressed so made a playlist
Notes on Post-Conceptual Poetry by Felix Bernstein
a book too clever for me, but still engaging
Sunshine by Melissa Lee-Houghton
this is impressive, i am depressive
Sad Farsi Love Poem by Abi Andrews
an effective exploration of white saviour complex
Kill All Normies by Angela Nagle
basically why the baddies are winning atm
Website Diagram
a diagram describing this website
Design as Art by Bruno Munari
i read a book that’s aged badly and reflect on bad times
Takeaway by Tommy Hazard
the London Ambulance service gets the Morbid Books treatment
There Are More Beautiful Things Than Beyoncé by Morgan Parker
v good poems tho a v poor blog post
The Moor by Sam Haysom
I am bamboozled by supernatural horror
Every Love Story Is A Ghost Story by D. T. Max
David Foster Wallace was a prick.
Triumph Of The Now 