February 2013 - Andrew Blackman

Multiculturalism has come under increasing attack in the past two decades. It began with a backlash against affirmative action in the US in the…

Delighted to see the first review of A Virtual Love today, on book blog The Innocent Flower. Here’s a snippet: A Virtual…

Wanted to say a big “thank you” to James Miller and Alex Wheatle for being among the first readers of A Virtual…

I have a bad habit, sometimes, of generalising about what “writers” are like, mostly based only on my own experience. Last night…

Andrew Blackman on Borges Marathon, Part 20: The Theme of the Traitor and the Hero: “Oh, thanks for the recommendation! Sounds like a wonderful book. It’s interesting that there’s a chapter on Borges even though…” Jun 26, 10:12
Marcie McCauley on Borges Marathon, Part 20: The Theme of the Traitor and the Hero: “I must have read this story, but I didn’t remember that they were the same person! (Maybe I will become…” Jun 25, 19:00
Andrew Blackman on The Reality of Anti-Fascism: “Yes, I suppose this was written shortly after the storming of the Capitol, which at the time I naively assumed…” Jun 25, 18:23
Gus Gonzalez on Man on Pink Corner: Borges Marathon, Part 8: “Borges takes the raw violence of a knife fight and turns it into a meditation on cowardice, performance, and myth-making.…” Jun 24, 21:54
Emma on The Reality of Anti-Fascism: “Written four years ago. How things have changed since this billet. We were in denial that the Agent Orange could…” Jun 23, 20:52

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