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(Keep Feeling) Stephin Merritt
I may be a bit slow to the party, but until tonight, and a chance overhearing in a crowded bar,…
Anatomy of a Flash: Janey Smith (Guest post by Keith Nathan Brown)
Provocateur and DIY punk mistress, Janey Smith, eschews the conventional channels of publishing for a more personal guerrilla method in…
In memory of Big Al, Little Norm and Average-sized Mrs Swinburne
Alan Plater has died. I don’t know how many outside the UK will even recognise the name, but he has…
James Kaelan’s WE’RE GETTING ON is a must have
Like all of you BigOther contributors & readers, I am passionate about books. & when I read a book that…
I Shot the Moon, Calamari Press, 7 / 39, THE NIGHT I DROPPED SHAKESPEARE ON THE CAT
Apologies for the delay, I have been making my way through other reviews but am back on Calamari track now.…
Elegy to a Bookstore?
Bookstores are still one of my favorite places to hang, and whenever I travel I invariably seek one to roam…
Heart of Gass
On William H. Gass’s “In the Heart of the Heart of the Country” I have a strange little love affair…
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…about the most important influence on your writing career. Person or book, feeling or storm.