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Tag: Art
The End (My Struggle Book Six) by Karl Ove Knausgaard
endings are never easy
Mentors by Francis M. Naumann
spend an odd, enjoyable, few hours with a charming old man
Now, Now, Louison by Jean Frémon
an enjoyable but intellectually presumptive novella
Chardin and Rembrandt by Marcel Proust
short post that took a month to not write
Design as Art by Bruno Munari
i read a book that’s aged badly and reflect on bad times
Death the Barber by William Carlos Williams
so much depends upon triumphofthenow.com
#TotNTV: William Wyld, Artist & Poet
readings and insights
Home is on my Mind… by Sheena Rose
Review of a lo-fi art book and footnotes about depression
White Girls by Hilton Als
Off the booze (again), I enjoy a book but despair of life.
The Female Eunuch by Germaine Greer
If Greer – who doesn’t believe in non-binary genders – is correct, then I am a woman.
Useful Work v. Useless Toil by William Morris
Morris is a dream-weaving Corbynista, whose acknowledgement of a sad truth mis-sees it as a solvable problem.
On the Value of Literature by Karl Ove Knausgaard
What is the point of literature? What is the point of life? Karl Ove Knausgaard, author of the hugely acclaimed MyContinue Reading
The Book of Daniel by E. L. Doctorow
The Cold War is a period loved by fiction. The world at that time was cast into blurry, grey-stained, blackContinue Reading
What is Art? by Leo Tolstoy
The intellectual and emotional vigour with which I’ve approached What is Art? by Leo Tolstoy has left me bawling in the street,Continue Reading
How to be both by Ali Smith
Ali Smith’s latest novel – How to be both – has been shortlisted for this year’s Man Booker PrizeContinue Reading
The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas by Gertrude Stein
The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas is an engaging and somewhat strange book. It is, actually, the autobiography of GertrudeContinue Reading
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
Donna Tartt’s The Goldfinch is huge. It is a massive, time-consuming tome that, though it is fun and exciting and gripping,Continue Reading
Reality Hunger by David Shields
David Shields’ Reality Hunger is a non-fiction book about the fictional and the unreal being dead to contemporary creativity. ItContinue Reading
Leaving the Atocha Station by Ben Lerner
Leaving the Atocha Station is a recent novel written by a young American poet who spent a year living in MadridContinue Reading
Sad Man On A Beach
Please watch my new short film where, a la B. S. Johnson, I openly discuss the way I see theContinue Reading
On The High End Contemporary Art Scene
This evening I went to an Art Show. A Contemporary Art Show. Get me. And I didn’t even take any smack.Continue Reading
Triumph Of The Now 