Elizabeth Hyde Stevens of Long Reads writes a rather interesting essay on Argentina’s greatest gift to literature (and my personal favorite author), Jorge Luis Borges, and his relationship with money.
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[Literature] Antonin Artaud – Reaktion Books 2016
Roxanne Panchasi of New Books Network has interviewed David A. Shafer regarding his biography of French dramatist, poet and actor Antonin Artaud.
The book is available here, via Amazon.com, and can read more about the book via Reaktion Books’ website.
[Music] Dead Can Dance – Fortune Presents Gifts Not According to the Book
The lyrics of this track by Dead Can Dance, off their 1988 album titled Aion, can be found in the words of the Spanish lyric poet, Luis de Góngora.
Click here to read an article in Spanish on the poet’s influence on the band.
This Week’s Six Pillars – Outside the Turner Prize — Six Pillars
The Turner Prize (est. 1984) is awarded annually to an artist born, living or working in Britain, for an outstanding exhibition presentation of their work anywhere in the world the previous year. However the jury is specifically composed of national and international curators, writers and even musicians. What does this self-consciously British show look like […]
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The blog is absolutely one of the best culture blogs going today. It’s worth following, and will turn you on to bands, events and projects you won’t get much exposure to elsewhere.
[Music] Leonard Cohen – Closing Time
A fittingly appropriate song, as the wonderful Leonard Cohen left this mortal coil today. Rest in peace. You left a legacy that will stand the test of time, like Martin Codax or Josquin Des Prez.
[Literature] Decálogo del perfecto cuentista, de Horacio Quiroga — Poecraft Hyde
Horacio Quiroga (1878-1937) Cree en un maestro – Poe, Maupassant, Kipling, Chejov – como en Dios mismo. Cree que su arte es una cima inaccesible. No sueñes en domarla. Cuando puedas hacerlo, lo conseguirás sin saberlo tú mismo. Resiste cuanto puedas a la imitación, pero imita si el influjo es demasiado fuerte. Más que ninguna […]
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[Literature] No knightly hero | Gravity’s Rainbow, annotations and illustrations for page 364 — Biblioklept
Toward dusk, the black birds descend, millions 1 of them, to sit in the branches of trees nearby. The trees grow heavy with black birds, branches like dendrites of the Nervous System 2 fattening, deep in twittering nerve-dusk, in preparation for some important message… . 3 Later in Berlin, down in the cellar among fever-dreams with shit leaking out of […]
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[Literature] Pedro Páramo, de Juan Rulfo (Pdf) — Poecraft Hyde
Hoy se celebra en México el día de la Independencia. En lugar de evocar a los héroes de la Independencia, lo haré a mí manera, evocando a uno de los héroes literarios que ha dado este país, y lo celebro compartiendo este enorme clásico no solo de México, sino universal, el maravilloso Pedro Páramo (1955). Si […]
[Literature] Translated Works of Horacio Quiroga
Horacio Quiroga was a very weird, very strange man.
He wrote stories which, in their jungle settings, use the supernatural and the bizarre to show the struggle of man and animal to survive. He also excelled in portraying mental illness and hallucinatory states. His influence can be seen in the Latin American magic realism of Gabriel García Márquez and the postmodern surrealism of Julio Cortázar.
He was also quite a fine writer who has yet to have a compendium of his works translated to English. This blog is trying to remedy the situation.
[Literature] My Grandfather Roald Dahl, The Magician
Sophie Dahl reminisces about her grandfather, the fabled storyteller (and ace fighter pilot) Roald Dahl, in this article for The Guardian.
A Miscellany Of Tasteful Music 