January 2021 - Andrew Blackman

Reading

Breasts and Eggs by Mieko Kawakami

What does it mean to be a woman? In the memorable novel Breasts and Eggs, Mieko Kawakami explores the question by looking at two…

Travel

From Concentric to Maculate: Marco D’Eramo’s Geographies of Ignorance

As we all know, travel has become a lot easier in recent decades—at least for those of us born into relative privilege…

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On the Holloway Road³¹
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Silvia Cachia on Sublimation by Isabel J. Kim: “It seems a great book. The concept of identity is very interesting and this book sounds well written. I too…” Mar 15, 12:51
Stefanie on What is this “rules-based international order” you speak of?: “This is such a good post Andrew! You are right, there never has been a rules based order, it is…” Mar 12, 20:23
Andrew Blackman on Ngugi wa Thiong’o and Alexis Wright at Southbank Centre: “I’m glad you found your way here, Bill. I’ll look out for your review of Plains of Promise. And thanks…” Mar 11, 08:19
Andrew Blackman on What is this “rules-based international order” you speak of?: “You’re right about those trade entanglements. This is what Britain discovered after leaving the EU – it’s very complicated and…” Mar 11, 08:10
wadholloway on Ngugi wa Thiong’o and Alexis Wright at Southbank Centre: “I’ve written a bit about both Ngugi and Wright recently, so was pleased you pointed to this older post of…” Mar 11, 00:07