David Foster Wallace
I really need to read more. Apparently David Foster Wallace, who committed suicide last month after years battling depression, was the “most brilliant American writer of his generation.”…
Johann Hari – How we fuel Africa’s bloodiest war
The deadliest war since Adolf Hitler marched across Europe is starting again – and you are almost certainly carrying a blood-soaked chunk…
William Cuffay, Black Chartist
Just read an interesting pamphlet called “The Story of William Cuffay, Black Chartist.” It’s quite a story. His grandfather was an African,…
Hermeneutical injustice
I caught a piece in the TImes Literary Supplement 3rd October issue with a really interesting snippet. The article, which I believe…
Quote for the day
“Re-examine all you have been told – dismiss what insults your soul.” – Walt Whitman Thanks to https://www.whywork.org/about/welcome.html.
“Rushing to Paradise” by J.G. Ballard
I read “Crash” a while back. Everything that happened in the book from beginning to end was completely unbelievable, but still I quite liked it. It was somehow…
“Doctor Criminale” by Malcolm Bradbury
The original idea of this blog was to provide somewhere for me to record the books and articles I read. I forget…
Sleepless
It’s past four in the morning and I can’t sleep. Haven’t slept all night. I tried reading for a while, but that…
“Afterwards” by Rachel Seiffert
The style of writing is very conversational. No beauty, not even many full sentences. The sort of writing with not many verbs.…