Bobbygw
Passionate about most things cultural - I have eclectic tastes in movies, books and art, from the mainstream to the esoteric and wackidoodle. I blog occasionally (bobbygw.com) and tweet fairly regularly (@bobbygw) on these and related topics, as well as politics and other social issues. But mostly it's cultural stuff to read, be entertained by and stimulate the fun parts of our brains.
I'm an advocate of feminism and care about social justice in all its forms.
And I love a good laugh, though the words I've just written make me sound like this isn't the case. Oops.
MY BLOGS
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Bobby's Blog
http://www.bobbygw.com/
Like Winne the Pooh, I'm a bear of very little brain, but that doesn't stop me from blogging about a wide range of movies, fiction and non-fiction, politics and other bits and bobs of culture.
LATEST ARTICLES ( 15 )
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Oh, Dear: On Lydia Davis’ Collected Stories
If you're masochistically inclined, and enjoy soulless stories, lacking heat, heart and blood, then ohhh boy, is this collection for you. Thought not. It's as i... Read more
Posted on 01 April 2021 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Agota Kristof’s Trilogy of Novels: Remarkable on Loss, Identity and the Trauma o...
Written by an unreliable narrator, the first part of this trilogy, The Notebook, won two prestigious European literary awards and was Hungarian writer Agota... Read more
Posted on 29 March 2021 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Lifeless: On Lydia Davis’ Collected Stories
If you're masochistically inclined, and enjoy soulless stories, lacking heat, heart and blood, then ohhh boy, is this collection for you. Thought not. It's as i... Read more
Posted on 28 March 2021 BOOKS, CULTURE -
On Cormac McCarthy’s Child of God
Brilliant for its Appalachian Tennessee vernacular, its compelling country characters, their lives dessicated, limited, dull, as well as for the vivid... Read more
Posted on 26 March 2021 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Memoir: Ghost in the Bone by Penny Bunton – A Remarkable Tour De Force
Confession, reflection, defence, distortion and misdirection, catharsis from pain, reliving joy, a chance for cold revenge on one’s enemies, rediscovering... Read more
Posted on 16 May 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Curiouser and Curiouser: My Favorite Alices – Post by Christina Henry,...
Blogging/editorial note from bobbygw: In celebration of the UK publication of Alice by bestselling novelist Christina Henry, this post is by the author (also... Read more
Posted on 01 July 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Trump Tastes Like Chicken
Dear Reader When Donald Trump flounced onto the American political stage, with his usual gaseous blatherings and foul mouth, I wondered to myself whether we... Read more
Posted on 29 April 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE -
For All Aspiring Writers out There
and, in the immortal words of Jason Nesmith of Galaxy Quest:(OO-er bonus: If you click on the image, it’ll take you to a YouTube clip of the very quote.) Read more
Posted on 23 November 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Be Gentle, Dear Reader: My First Public Short Story – Darker, Still
Darker, Still is my first short story that’s going public. I’m hoping that, if you read it, you’ll be gentle in your criticism, dear reader (I know, I know: now... Read more
Posted on 11 August 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Agota Kristof’s Trilogy of Novels: Remarkable Fiction on Loss, Identity and the...
Written by an unreliable narrator, the first part of this trilogy, The Notebook, won two prestigious European literary awards and was Hungarian writer Agota... Read more
Posted on 14 April 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Biography: Simone De Beauvoir by Ursula Tidd
I absolutely loved this study of one of the twentieth century’s most brilliant and famous women writers and activists. It is the single most trenchant and... Read more
Posted on 31 December 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Audrey Niffenegger, H.G. Wells’ Giant Brain and Speculative Fiction
Audrey Niffenegger was among the many great women authors and artists attending this year’s Loncon 3, the 72nd World Science Fiction Convention. Read more
Posted on 19 August 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Let’s Celebrate! The Magic Wagon – A Classic Joe R. Lansdale Tale is Available...
Click on the book cover to buy this Kindle edition for $2.99This new edition is a cause for celebration. First published in 1986 when Joe R. Read more
Posted on 07 September 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Ignorance is Bliss – Mayer, Sandberg & the Attack on Feminism
So the gist of this article in Slate is that white privileged, successful middle class women don’t like the word ‘feminism’, and they’re successful and those no... Read more
Posted on 06 March 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE -
The Battle of the Sexes in Fiction – Lawrence Naumoff’s Funny, Wise Novel...
Occasionally a novel comes along that swallows you whole, making you sigh with pleasure, think deep thoughts, and blink with a delighted astonishment. Taller... Read more
Posted on 24 March 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE