May 2013
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Their Madrid (texts of English-speaking writers in...
Last night I was in a bookshop after dark.
Daring of me, I know.
The reason for taking this remarkable risk was attending one of the Mad Open Mic nights organised for writers in English who live or work in Madrid. Each of them had three minutes to read (or, sometimes, perform) something they had written, be it poetry, non-fiction, humour or any ambiguous genre. We had an explanation of the...
“She stuck a bookmark in my heart and walked away.”
– Saul Williams (via hellanne)
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“I’d woken up early and I took a long time getting ready to exist.”
– The Book of Disquiet, Fernando Pessoa (via skiesofaugust)
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It is a truth universally acknowledged that a...
“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a large fortune must be in want of a wife.” Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen.
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Maureen Johnson: The Gender Coverup →
Maureen Johnson got her readers to transform gender-biased book covers from one gender to the other. Very interesting!!
+ slideshow here
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An interview with Hugh Laurie - The Guardian →
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April 2013
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