Archive | January, 2008

Short story publication

6 January 2008 · Published work · Comments { 0 }

My short story “Postcards from a Previous Life” is now available to buy. It is being published by Leaf Books as part of the collection “Naked Thighs and Cotton Frocks and Other Stories“. It is my first fiction publication and I am very excited about it. The story tells of a series of postcards that [...]

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The Shock Doctrine

6 January 2008 · Reading · Comments { 2 }

New Left Review 48 carries an interesting review by Michael Hardt (co-author of “Empire”) of Naomi Klein’s new book The Shock Doctrine. Makes me want to read the book. Klein, according to Hardt, draws a parallel between the electric shock therapy of the 1950s and the neoliberal doctrine of economic shock therapy. Electric shocks to [...]

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