Open Water by Caleb Azumah Nelson
an excellent novel; in footnotes my concluding thoughts on the TV series The Affair
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Joan Didion: The 1980s & 90s (PART THREE)
i cannot read myself happy
Joan Didion: The 1980s & 90s (PART TWO)
if u see a dead racoon at the side of the road
Not Really A Review of Not Really A Year
my year was deathly dull, which in 2020 counts as a good year
Selected Poems by Marianne Moore
the building i live in got on fire in lockdown
Queen Mob’s Teahouse: Teh Book edited by Russell Bennetts
some inevitably biased hagiography
Silas Marner by George Eliot
a lovely fucking novel
Now, Now, Louison by Jean Frémon
an enjoyable but intellectually presumptive novella
Bad Boy Poet by Scott Manley Hadley
Reviewed by Karina Bush
Bad Boy Poet by Scott Manley Hadley
Review by L. Tumbleweed Parker. CW: ableist language
The First Day by Phil Harrison
mainstream literary fiction that I very nearly love
The Foreign Passion / La Pasión Extranjera by Cristian Aliaga
very very good Argentine poems
In Love With HS2 & Awards Excitement
new article & award attention elsewhere
Fantastic Mr Fox by Roald Dahl
Fantastic Mr Fox is an ode to adventure capitalism. My life is an ode to wine.
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
Can I write about writing about race without discussing race? No.
Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer
In America alone, 281 pounds of pig shit is produced for every one person per year. I don’t know if that’s a lot as I don’t know what a pound is.
The Street of Crocodiles and Other Stories by Bruno Schulz
Have you ever had a dream? Have you ever dreamt a day, a week, a month, a year? Have youContinue Reading
Spill Simmer Falter Wither by Sara Baume
I don’t know where this book came from. I know I bought it, I’m pretty certain I went out ofContinue Reading
The Hatred of Poetry by Ben Lerner
A lot of people don’t read poetry. A lot of people who read a lot of books, don’t read poetry. AContinue Reading
From Russia With Love by Ian Fleming
This is my first blog post in a while, and even then it’s still happening a little earlier than expected.Continue Reading
Recovery by John Berryman
Long before James Frey was breaking Oprah Winfrey’s fragile heart by fictionalising his time in addiction therapy and the behaviourContinue Reading
Martin John by Anakana Schofield
I’ve accidentally grown a goatee and as a result of this I now look like a sex pervert*. This wasContinue Reading
The Ongoing Moment: A Book About Photographs by Geoff Dyer
Well, as some of you may be aware, I’m off having adventures. Yes, again. After an 18 month stint inContinue Reading
Triumph Of The Now 