Barnes & Noble is the last hope for meeting people who love books in my area. Unfortunately, it will collapse soon, due to economic pressures. The era of meeting people in shops to discuss books and music is dead, I’m afraid.
Literature
[Literature] Modern China is So Crazy It Needs a New Literary Genre | Literary Hub
Ning Ken from LitHub documents a new literary genre coming out of China called “chaohuan,” which means ultra-unreal.
[Literature] Improved relations means American supplies for new conservation facility for Hemingway possessions in Cuba — National Post – Top Stories
HAVANA — Just before noon outside Ernest Hemingway’s Havana estate, a metallic screech cut through the chirping of tropical birds and the sound of a live band entertaining tourists. An American worker pulled open one door of a 12-metre shipping container. A Cuban worker pulled open the other. Out spilled treasure: box after box of…
[Literature] The Fried Eggs of Jorge Luis Borges
César Chelala writes a charming reminiscence of the legendary Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges for The Globalist.
[Technology] 9 Rare Works Of Art Internet Pirates Are Obsessed With
Stephen Witt of Buzzfeed contributes an article of 9 masterpieces, including this Godspeed You! Black Emperor (alleged) rarity and the Norman Thomas di Giovanni translations (shamefully not made public) of Jorge Luis Borges’ work. His translations are superior to all over English versions.
[Literature] Jorge Luis Borges – The Library of Babel [Sci-Fi | Let’s Read!]
It’s good to hear people take a crack at reading works by Jorge Luis Borges. This one is my favorite.
[Literature] Palabra De Borges
Youtube provides some of the most amazing treasures…
For those of you who are comfortable with Castilian Spanish, this is the final interview conducted by Argentine fabulist Jorge Luis Borges. The host, Raul Burzaco, completed this for ATC Studios in June of 1985. Two legends speaking.
[Art/Literature] Lot 51: Borges, Xul Solar, and the occult.
Those who know me well will know that I’ll crow on happily about my favorite writer, Jorge Luis Borges. The Paris Review’s Maria Bustillos pens an article on the erstwhile writer, his Argentine, friend and countryman, Surrealist painter Xul Solar, and their interest in the occult.
[Poetry] Charles Bukowski – Bluebird
We rarely have poetry on this site. That has to change. A bit of Chuck Bukowski to start things off.
[Literature] First Solzhenitsyn Museum Opens in Russia
It is an absolute shame that Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn was not honored with a museum until recently, but at least the problem is now rectified. Russia Indsider reports on this news here.
A Miscellany Of Tasteful Music 