on the beach from fat man on a beach
Visiting the Llyn Peninsula in North Wales.
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Martin John by Anakana Schofield
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Jo the Witch Vet by Joanne Sadler
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Midland: A Novel Out of Time by Honor Gavin
midlands novel and a road trip into childhood
The Sugar Syndrome by Lucy Prebble
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Viper Wine by Hermione Eyre
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Green Girl by Kate Zambreno
I have read Kate Zambreno’s Green Girl for my book club, and will now write a review in two parts.Continue Reading
Jerusalem the Golden by Margaret Drabble
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The Book of Dave by Will Self
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Lonesome Traveler by Jack Kerouac
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Sectioned: A Life Interrupted by John O’Donoghue
Sectioned: A Life Interrupted is a recent memoir by John O’Donoghue, a man who spent his teens and twentiesContinue Reading
On Coming Out As A Catholic
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On The Dotted Line: Signatures, Sobriety*, Schoolbooks & Shearing
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Poems by B. S. Johnson
When asked his occupation, or for any kind of self-identification, B. S. Johnson would reply that he was a “poet”.Continue Reading
Teaching My Mother How To Give Birth by Warsan Shire
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On Walthamstow Market and Feeling the Best I’ve Felt In Fucking Ages
Pursuing bright green polyester with the intention of creating an amateur video effects lab, I got up and out ofContinue Reading
State of the Nation
Nothing interests me on The Mall. And only the pelicans do in St James’s Park. But I like walking, passing,Continue Reading
On The Lukewarm Critical Reception of The Book of Mormon
I saw The Book of Mormon when it was new. Before it was new, perhaps. I saw it in previews. SoContinue Reading
Triumph Of The Now 