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Above and Below
If Henry Miller’s Nexus begins in a slough of despair, in its final chapters the rays of hope begin to emerge. The day he’ll leave for Europe is approaching, and knowing he will be leaving soon makes his remaining days … Continue reading
Arthur Machen’s “Meditations of a Tavern”
In Arthur Machen’s The Hill of Dreams, Lucian Taylor is a struggling writer prone to daydreaming. He deliberately seeks out obscure books, to learn the most useless knowledge he can find. He is sick of modern society and its day-to-day … Continue reading
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Tagged Arthur Machen, books, creativity, Henry Miller, Kathy Acker, literature, reading, The Hill of Dreams, Wales, writing
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Book Review: Significant Other by Isabel Galleymore
Isabel Galleymore’s Significant Other is about the modern human being and her relationship to nature. When the poet is “walking with the ocean below” she is walking with the ocean. She asks the ocean questions, to which “the ocean blinked” … Continue reading
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Tagged book review, books, Carcanet, Isabel Galleymore, literature, nature, Poetry, Significant Other
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Truth and Literature
Henry Miller is obsessed with truth. And yet he wants to write literature! Literature is something other than truth. “Then to hell with literature!” Writing his novel, Henry is all the while obsessed with the idea of the real book … Continue reading
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Tagged Arthur Machen, books, creativity, Henry Miller, literature, Nexus, reading, writing
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Broken Life (Notes on Henry Miller’s Nexus)
Henry Miller is especially enjoying this conversation with Mona, who has just returned from Europe. It’s not just because he’s missed her so much; what he likes is that they are having his favourite kind of conversation: the “broken” and … Continue reading
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Tagged books, creativity, Henry Miller, literature, Nexus, writing
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The Gospel of Work
When Henry Miller writes that “the gospel of work” is “the doctrine of inertia” he really speaks to me. I often think about what politicians are trying to convince us of when they talk about “work” and “jobs.” It’s spoken … Continue reading
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Tagged books, Henry Miller, literature, politics, Tropic of Capricorn, work
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Book Review: Mostly Dead Things by Kristen Arnett
Sometimes you encounter a book and you don’t know quite what to make of it. Sometimes you feel this right from the first page, and from there you plough on with a weird and wonderful feeling that things are slowly … Continue reading
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