The shooter shot – a name for the meta-art of civil disturbance. This is a blog on Alex Garland’s Civil War. See it. The film company A24, mainly responsible for this film takes the civil war scenario in the USA we might think seriously, else it would not have produced a map showing the distribution … More The shooter shot – a name for the meta-art of civil disturbance. This is a blog on Alex Garland’s ‘Civil War’. See it.

Francis Spufford(2024) Cahokia Jazz London, Faber & Faber. A preparatory look at the novel prior to seeing the author on the 27 April 2024  at 4.15 – 5.15 at the Queens Hall, Hexham For my review blog of an earlier novel, Light Perpetual, by Spufford see this link. In fact, I think my take on … More Francis Spufford(2024) Cahokia Jazz London, Faber & Faber. A preparatory look at the novel prior to seeing the author on the 27 April 2024  at 4.15 – 5.15 at the Queens Hall, Hexham

The holes in Tommy Orange. The author’s account of multiple contemporary Native American life-stories across time-and-space. This is a blog on the massive over-significance of Tommy Orange (2024) Wandering Stars London, Harvill Secker. The character Sean Price in Tommy Orange’s Wandering Stars is defined by a hole in the texture of social meaning: he feels … More The holes in Tommy Orange. The author’s account of multiple contemporary Native American life-stories across time-and-space. This is a blog on the massive over-significance of Tommy Orange (2024) ‘Wandering Stars’.

Sophie Teasdale’s Backstage Worlds: Picturing the Times, Space, and Sex/gender Practices of Public Performance. A show of photographs at Bishop Auckland Town Hall seen on Tuesday 9th April 2024. Sophie Teasdale’s book Dressing Room No. 1  (it can be purchased at this link as I did) preceded this exhibition which was commissioned by the Bishop … More Sophie Teasdale’s Backstage Worlds: Picturing the Times, Space, and Sex/gender Practices of Public Performance. A show of photographs at Bishop Auckland Town Hall seen on Tuesday 9th April 2024.

‘Kwame had slept with more than thirty men, and he reflected again on the fact that only three of them had been Black. … reciprocating didn’t come easily. He was always tentative, because, with each of these three Black men, as distinct and variable and beautiful as those encounters had been, with each there had … More This is a blog on intersectional nuance and Black queer sexuality focusing on Michael Donkor (2024) ‘Grow Where They Fall’.