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in lieu of a field guide: Pesoa

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In lieu of a field guide. January 30, 2015. By Mesándel Virtusio Arguelles (Balangay Books, 2014). The spelling of the title was not wrong. Pesoa. A letter subtracted was a new word gained. The poet Mesándel Virtusio Arguelles was a connoisseur of found meanings. His latest collection featured what was called " blackout poetry. Or "poetry of subtraction" or " erasures. At nakakabasa. Habang. Kaharap ko siya,. Nakakaharap ko rin ang. Aking sarili: na kung. I am not certain. If she can read. The poet's (or...

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in lieu of a field guide: Two paintings by Caravaggio in Saint John's Co-Cathedral

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In lieu of a field guide. April 30, 2015. Two paintings by Caravaggio in Saint John's Co-Cathedral. I visited the island state of Malta during the last week of March to attend a meeting on biosphere reserves organized by UNESCO and the national committees of Jeju and Menorca Biosphere Reserves. On the third day of the conference, we had a chance to cross over by ferry to Gozo Island until lunchtime, and later, to go around the capital city of Valletta. By close to 300 years. Writ from the blood that flow...

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The little white attic : Scattered thoughts on Dracula, on the plot, devices, character types, parallels

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The little white attic. Sunday, 2 August 2015. Scattered thoughts on Dracula. On the plot, devices, character types, parallels. Everyone keeps notes of some sort (mostly journals) and nobody tells anybody anything. The plot of Dracula. Then we have Mrs Westenra, the silly woman who means well but ruins everything, like Mrs Michelson and Mrs Clements in The Woman in White. If we ignore the way the people in Dracula. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Admire and model thyself after the whale! Dracula: the...

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in lieu of a field guide: October 2014

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In lieu of a field guide. October 6, 2014. By Inoue Yasushi, tr. Michael Emmerich (Pushkin Press, 2013). Prior to the bullfights that culminated this Japanese story, Mr. Tsugami, the bold editor-in-chief of the Osaka New Evening Post. Who risked to organized the event together with a gambling showman Tashiro, hosted a pre-tournament dinner for the owners of the bulls and his reporters. During the feast, he and his guests "found themselves witnessing a startling scene":. As if I'd drink from a cup you.

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in lieu of a field guide: Child of Fortune

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In lieu of a field guide. January 16, 2015. By Tsushima Yūko, tr. Geraldine Harcourt (Kodansha International, 1983). By all indications Child of Fortune. The first novel of Tsushima Yūko, was a realist novel of domestic matters. It centered on Kōko Mizuno, a divorced single mother who had had complicated relationships with two men: her former husband Hatanaka and her former lover Doi who was married to another woman. Lately Kōko had sexual relations with Hatanaka's friend Osada. The freedom that Kōko exp...

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in lieu of a field guide: The Shooting Gallery (Tsushima Yūko)

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In lieu of a field guide. November 6, 2011. By default, three things at least define the literary career of Tsushima Yūko (b. 1947). The first is that her real name is Tsushima Satoko. The second is that she is the daughter of the novelist Dazai Osamu who killed himself when she was just one year old. The third, and the most significant, is that she's an accomplished writer herself, a multi-awarded literary figure in Japan. With Kōno Taeko. 1988) and the novels Child of Fortune. There was a cat in the wo...

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in lieu of a field guide: January 2015

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In lieu of a field guide. January 30, 2015. By Mesándel Virtusio Arguelles (Balangay Books, 2014). The spelling of the title was not wrong. Pesoa. A letter subtracted was a new word gained. The poet Mesándel Virtusio Arguelles was a connoisseur of found meanings. His latest collection featured what was called " blackout poetry. Or "poetry of subtraction" or " erasures. At nakakabasa. Habang. Kaharap ko siya,. Nakakaharap ko rin ang. Aking sarili: na kung. I am not certain. If she can read. The poet's (or...

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in lieu of a field guide: March 2014

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In lieu of a field guide. March 14, 2014. Eight Muses of the Fall. Eight Muses of the Fall. By Edgar Calabia Samar, trans. Mikael de Lara Co and Sasha Martinez (Anvil, 2013). Maybe now, he thought, he'd have the confidence to begin writing his novel. He had written a story, after all. A story that, even though it had nothing to do with Atisan, was a story nonetheless. Eight Muses of the Fall. Translation of the novel Walong Diwata ng Pagkahulog. It was only when he was sure that there would be no escapin...

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The little white attic : Arguing against myself: Gwendolen vs Rosamond

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The little white attic. Tuesday, 23 June 2015. Arguing against myself: Gwendolen vs Rosamond. The other day I wrote. That Gwendolen Harleth's basically Rosamond Vincy under different circumstances. Now I'm revising that view. No, I'm arguing against myself. What distinguishes Gwendolen from Rosamond is that the former can be ashamed of her own actions, whereas the latter's only ashamed of bad reputation and disgrace. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Admire and model thyself after the whale! Moral less...

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The little white attic : Henry James's "Daniel Deronda: A Conversation"

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The little white attic. Friday, 14 August 2015. Henry James's "Daniel Deronda: A Conversation". A critique of Daniel Deronda. In the form of a short story, or rather, a play. There are 3 characters. Theodora adores George Eliot and says "A book like Daniel Deronda. Becomes part of one's life; one lives in it or alongside of it" and fervently defends Daniel Deronda. Pulcheria thinks George Eliot is no artist, appreciates Rosamond but doesn't believe in Dorothea, and harshly criticises Daniel Deronda.