Quim Monzó’s Gasoline

June 1 / By Emily / In Criticism, Reviews, Translation / No Comments

Like (and in fact by) Eugenia Demuro, I have recently been given the wonderful gift of a subscription to Open Letter Books. Aside from…

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The Adventure of the Mystery Machine with the Suspicious Odour (Sherlock Holmes pt.2)

May 27 / By Colin / In Criticism, Culture, Prose / No Comments
Holmes is the ultimate Victorian-Era Scooby-Doo, unmasking the irrational and metaphysical in order to expose the creepy-old-janitor-under-the-werewolf-mask of the coherent, objective world. More...

Why read? Why write? Why Literature?

May 4 / By Eugenia / In Criticism, Prose / No Comments

It is in the plurality of meaning that, regarding both the ‘construction’ of reality and the conventions of mimetic (realist / readerly) literature, Literature assumes…

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My being [/language] is part of the totality of what is [written]

April 22 / By Emily / In Criticism / 2 Comments

It seems that for many philosophers, being must be conceived of as finite and therefore in some way whole. Perhaps this is what keeps them…

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Sam Leach – the Political Landscape

April 21 / By Tim / In Culture, Visual Art / No Comments

I probably don’t have to describe the controversy surrounding Sam Leach’s Wynne Prize winning painting ‘Proposal for landscaped cosmos’ (below) except to say that the…

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The Adventure of the Ten-Foot Blue Dudes (Sherlock Holmes pt.1)

April 8 / By Colin / In Criticism, Prose / No Comments
The Holmes stories are defined by their narrative structure, and a necessary self-referential mechanic that is built into every facet of the tale. At every level these short stories operate as narratives in a state of flux. More...

Swedenborg’s Oven: Head number Five – The 6th of April 1744.

April 4 / By Gareth / In Criticism, Culture, Prose / No Comments

As you may well remember from previous posts I have been waiting for Emanuel Swedenborg’s Journal of Dreams to be returned to the…

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