Best of the Bunch
by Daniel Hartley
Here are a few posts I’ve enjoyed reading over the last few days:
Ben Myers announces a series of posts on the art of writing
Steve Mitchelmore, a long long time ago, writes a piece on Thomas Bernhard (of whom I knew nothing until reading this) on the tenth anniversary of his death.
Little Star publish a Thomas Bernhard short story – which was so good that I’ve now ordered Bernhard’s The Loser.
Mark McGurl over at n+1 has a great piece on the novel as a zombie form.
Maud Newton is a fellow hypochondriac
Paul Myerscough analyses the situation at Middlesex
Nabokov discusses Lolita
Well – that’s priceless!! I wish I could steal it for my facebook page. As a NZ post grad with a scholarship here in the UK, this is my first election here. As far as I see it in the aftermath, more than 64% voters voted against that ‘wanker’ pictured above and now Nick Clegg is flirting and betraying his left wing support. If only they had MMP…