Kermit Lynch: Adventures On The Wine Route
an engaging (tho sexist) 1980s history of wine in France
an engaging (tho sexist) 1980s history of wine in France
some thoughts on reading one of the 20th century’s most important books
reading more earthsea, hating everything else
groovy 1970s fiction
Richard Wright in Franco’s Spain and other fragments
well, it’s a “classic” and now i’ve read it
hide the dfw; notes on craft & posthumous novels
powerful novel that should be better known
a delicious 1960s Pelican about the dark arts…
writing on time travel like
An important new novel about sexual assault. Long post.
Men: they wear T-shirts saying “Smash the patriarchy” with an arrow pointing at their penis
because white men can’t / police their imagination / black men are dying
relentlessly promoting my anti-london agenda
It’s my birthday and I’ll write 6,500 words on Skyfall if I want to
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