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Book Bloggers Need a Time to Talk | Bblog Central

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Your source for book blogging. Book Bloggers Need a Time to Talk. The book blogosphere is a vibrant growing place and our numbers are added to daily. With the growing visibility of book bloggers in the publishing industry and the continued desire to simply be the best we can be, issues consistently come up. Sometimes we hash them out on Twitter spontaneously but not everyone is around. Bblog (#bblog) will give us a chance to have scheduled chats about issues that are important to book bloggers. Address n...

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The Conformist | Vapour Trails

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1001 Books to Read (PLUS). Top 102 Albums⁺. ENJOY YOUR FAVOURITE DYNAMIC VIEW. Monday, 27 July 2015. Translated by Angus Davidson. I shall flare up and then die down again without reason and without result . . . just a little piece of destruction hanging in the blackness of night. A few years ago I wrote a piece about the film version of The Conformist. And recently, (*It was recently when I started writing this but ain't so recent now) seeing as Richard at Caravana de Recuerdos. There is so much here, t...

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in lieu of a field guide: Monosyllabic snails

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In lieu of a field guide. May 1, 2015. In an essay in Campo Santo. 2003), a posthumous collection of prose writings, W. G. Sebald provided a critical review of From the Diary of a Snail. 1974) by Günter Grass. The critique in "Constructs of Mourning: Günter Grass and Wolfgang Hildesheimer" was consistent to Sebald's championing of factual context in fiction, instead of unsupported imagination, to deal with episodes of the war and war bombings. Grass died less than a month ago at the age of 87. One. From ...

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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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Top 102 Albums⁺ | Vapour Trails

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1001 Books to Read (PLUS). Top 102 Albums⁺. ENJOY YOUR FAVOURITE DYNAMIC VIEW. Top 102 Albums⁺. List of posts in my Top 102 Albums⁺ series. The ⁺ is because I intend continuing this list ad infinitum.). I was inspired to take this up by Trevor at Hissyfit. And that Friend of Rachel Worth at Cathedrals of Sound. 102 Red Headed Stranger - Willie Nelson. 101 The Wayward - Harry Partch. 100 Resurrection of the Bayou Maharajah - James Booker. 99 Link Wray - Link Wray. 97 This is Hip - John Lee Hooker. 72 Nanc...

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1001 Books to Read (PLUS) | Vapour Trails

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1001 Books to Read (PLUS). Top 102 Albums⁺. ENJOY YOUR FAVOURITE DYNAMIC VIEW. 1001 Books to Read (PLUS). I use lists sometimes to try and focus my reading and give me ideas for books to look out for. One of the ones I use most is the 1001 Books to Read Before you Die. There's been a few editions and some changes to the list for each one so now it's the 1294 books to read before you die. (I think). 1 Never Let Me Go – Kazuo Ishiguro. 2 Saturday – Ian McEwan. 3 On Beauty – Zadie Smith. 28 Kafka on the Sho...

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TBR - Authors | Vapour Trails

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1001 Books to Read (PLUS). Top 102 Albums⁺. ENJOY YOUR FAVOURITE DYNAMIC VIEW. These are the oeuvres of some authors whose work I intend to read most if not all of. This page is really just to help me keep track of these targets although I would welcome any advice / recommendations. Are in my possession, unread. There are links to reviews on this blog where reviews exist. In preparation for participating in a Beryl Bainbridge Reading Week. Which I will be reading for the BB Reading Week. English Journey,...

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Review: Killing Auntie by Andrzej Bursa |

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Review: The Anger Meridian by Kaylie Jones. Review: Circling the Sun by Paula McLain →. August 13, 2015 · 12:00 am. Review: Killing Auntie by Andrzej Bursa. I received an advanced review copy of this title from New Vessel Press. This book was originally written in Polish in 1959 and this English version is translated by Wiesiek Powaga. Bursa published his first poem in 1954. A prolific writer, he published 37 poems and a short story in different magazines during his lifetime. He died of a heart a...Sound...