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• The Long StreetThe Long Street Which is the Street of The...

  

  The Long StreetThe long street which is the street of the world passes around the world filled with all the people of the world not to mention all the voices... Read more

  Posted on 25 January 2013 CULTURE

• Speaking of Epistolary Tomes, 84, Charing Cross Road is Truly...

  

  Speaking of epistolary tomes, 84, Charing Cross Road is truly one of the best, most classic of the genre. One of my favorite books (and movies) of all time, it... Read more

  Posted on 25 January 2013 CULTURE

• The Most Prolific Manhunt of the Century. Covert CIA Operatives...

  

  The most prolific manhunt of the century. Covert CIA operatives in undisclosed locations. A special operations raid in the dead of night using stealth... Read more

  Posted on 25 January 2013 CULTURE

• The Short Story Form Has Evolved Over the Years into a Different...

  

  The short story form has evolved over the years into a different sort of context than when Hemingway, O’Connor, Raymond Carver and Eudora Welty were writing... Read more

  Posted on 23 January 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Louise Erdich’s National Book Award Winner, The Round...

  

  Louise Erdich’s National Book Award Winner, The Round House, has been compared to Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird. While the themes are similar, I disagree... Read more

  Posted on 22 January 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Fairhaven Explores Those of Us Who Stay in the Small Hometowns...

  

  Fairhaven explores those of us who stay in the small hometowns of our birth, and those of us who leave. Either way, it seems, you can never escape yourself or... Read more

  Posted on 22 January 2013 CULTURE

• Hello, I Must Be Going Takes a 30-something Divorcee and Watches...

  

  Hello, I Must Be Going takes a 30-something divorcee and watches her break down in the privacy of her old bedroom at her parent’s home. Read more

  Posted on 20 January 2013 CULTURE

• On Writing and Other People You Think of Something to Write,...

  

  On Writing and Other People You think of something to write, but then it evaporates into the shower steam by morning. You think its probably already been said... Read more

  Posted on 18 January 2013 CULTURE

• Nevver: Still Falls the Rain London Town…

  

  nevver: Still falls the rain London town… Read more

  Posted on 17 January 2013 CULTURE

• Beautiful Libraries | Admont Abbey Library, Admont, Austria

  

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  Posted on 17 January 2013 CULTURE

• Maria Semple’s New Epistolary Novel is Black, Ribald And...

  

  Maria Semple’s new epistolary novel is black, ribald and flips American culture, specifically in the Pacific Northwest, on its absurd little head. Read more

  Posted on 16 January 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• For a Show I Never Wanted to Like, I’m Pretty Hooked On...

  

  For a show I never wanted to like, I’m pretty hooked on season 4, and looking back, Parenthood, like the early seasons of Grey’s Anatomy, before everyone starte... Read more

  Posted on 15 January 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, TV & VIDEO

• This is What I’m Talking About. British Soul Singer...

  This is what I’m talking about. British soul singer Michael Kiwanuka’s video for the best song on his album, Home Again. Comparisons to Otis Redding, Bill... Read more

  Posted on 15 January 2013 CULTURE

• Wordpainting: Yes It Does. I Love the Aesthetics of Having...

  

  wordpainting: Yes it does. I love the aesthetics of having books on shelves in my home. Read more

  Posted on 27 December 2012 CULTURE

• Drunk Mosely Doing His Version of the Scottish Jig....

  

  Drunk Mosely doing his version of the Scottish jig. Read more

  Posted on 27 December 2012 CULTURE

• One of the Most Underrated Christmas Movies of All Time, Based...

  

  One of the most underrated Christmas movies of all time, based on the true story of multiple sides uniting on the front in WWI. https://www.youtube.com/watch? Read more

  Posted on 25 December 2012 CULTURE

• The Magi, as You Know, Were Wise Men—wonderfully Wise Men...

  

  The magi, as you know, were wise men—wonderfully wise men - who brought gifts to the Babe in the manger. They invented the art of giving Christmas presents. Read more

  Posted on 25 December 2012 CULTURE

• Strasbourg Christmas Market December 2012

  

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  Posted on 24 December 2012 CULTURE

• “He Was Conscious of a Thousand Odours Floating in the Air, Each...

  

  “He was conscious of a thousand odours floating in the air, each one connected with a thousand thoughts, and hopes, and joys, and cares, long, long, forgotten. Read more

  Posted on 24 December 2012 CULTURE

• What I’m Reading Right Now.

  

  What I’m reading right now. Read more

  Posted on 19 December 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE