Steve’s Bookers: Ottessa Mossfegh EILEEN Thursday, 11 Aug 2016, 20:06Visible to anyone in the world- Edited by Steve Bamlett, Thursday, 11 Aug 2016, 20:07 Sometimes you come across a novel so stunning that words fail you. This is such a novel. It can’t be said to be a joy to read – it has that quality … More On false Christmases: Steve’s 2016 Bookers: Ottessa Mossfegh EILEEN
Steve’s Bookers – Ian McGuire THE NORTH WATER Thursday, 18 Aug 2016, 13:58Visible to anyone in the world- Edited by Steve Bamlett, Thursday, 18 Aug 2016, 14:02– Edited by Steve Bamlett, Thursday, 18 Aug 2016, 14:01 Following a 2nd read of this novel, I still want to predict a winner, although its nearest rival must be Eileen. The book … More Steve’s Bookers 2016– Ian McGuire THE NORTH WATER
Steve’s Bookers – J.M. Coetzee THE SCHOOLDAYS OF JESUS (TSOJ). For review of third book in trilogy use this link: https://stevebamlett.home.blog/2020/01/01/reflecting-on-the-death-of-jesus-2020-by-j-m-coetzee-london-harvill-secker-the-third-and-final-book-of-his-jesus-trilogy/ Friday, 26 Aug 2016, 10:53Visible to anyone in the world- Edited by Steve Bamlett, Friday, 26 Aug 2016, 11:06 I have read every Coetzee novel as it appeared but I cannot find, as recent reviewers … More Steve’s Bookers 2016 – J.M. Coetzee THE SCHOOLDAYS OF JESUS (TSOJ).
Reflecting on The Freedom to Think Kurdistan (2019) by James Kelman, Glasgow, thi wurd. The impenetrability of this, seeking the entry and if this entry was to be discovered I could not discover it it was outside myself beyond myself, it was, I not discover it, could not. Kelman (2001:14) Translated Accounts: a novel London, … More Reflecting on ‘The Freedom to Think Kurdistan’ (2019) by James Kelman, Glasgow, thi wurd.
Steve’s Ought-To-BE-Bookers – James Kelman DIRT ROAD Tuesday, 23 Aug 2016, 10:53Visible to anyone in the world- Edited by Steve Bamlett, Tuesday, 6 Sep 2016, 09:27– Edited by Steve Bamlett, Tuesday, 23 Aug 2016, 11:01 I am a dedicated fan of the writing of James Kelman and inclined to agree with his assessment that he is marginalised … More James Kelman DIRT ROAD and the 2016 Booker.
Bhupen Khakhar: the intersectional queer body My focus in this blog is the later large watercolour by Khakhar named Picture Taken on their 30th Wedding Anniversary 1998 (110×110 cm). It can be seen in the bottom right of the photograph below.[1] This shows the painting as it was displayed by the Tate at its 2016 … More Bhupen Khakhar: the intersectional queer body
Derek Owusu (2019) That Reminds Me London, #Merky Books, Penguin. : The unrecovered ending Owusu’s book is radical in every way, as a book about the effects of abuse, the care system, systematic racism and the effects of labelling in the psychiatric system. A survivor narrative, it knows that the awful trend to calling mental … More Derek Owusu (2019) ‘That Reminds Me’ London, #Merky Books, Penguin : The unrecovered ending
Approaching the sonnet sequence/cycle as a narrative: A case-study of Vidyan Ravinthiran (2019) The Million-Petalled Flower Of Being Here Hexham, Bloodaxe Books. This is a revised version following useful contact on Twitter (see Comments) with Christine Mcgregor, Publicity Officer at Bloodaxe Books. She kindly pointed out that I had mistaken the identification of the poet … More REVISED. Vidyan Ravinthiran (2019) – Approaching the sonnet sequence/cycle as a narrative: A case-study of ‘The Million-Petalled Flower Of Being Here’.
Saturday, 16 Jun 2018, 08:16Visible to anyone in the world- Edited by Steve Bamlett, Saturday, 16 Jun 2018, 09:39– Edited by Steve Bamlett, Saturday, 16 Jun 2018, 08:19 1. Describe which module resonated with you the most and why. What are some of the issues, ideas, or themes that particularly interested you, and how did they change … More MoMA Photography MOOC Assessment on John Stezacker & Course Part 6 Surfing the Ocean of Images
Saturday, 20 Jan 2018, 16:35Visible to anyone in the world- Edited by Steve Bamlett, Saturday, 20 Jan 2018, 17:30– Edited by Steve Bamlett, Saturday, 20 Jan 2018, 16:40 Introduction to Emotional Triggers in Visual Images (Pair Exercise – class divides into pairs). 1st year Undergraduates (UK) in Psychology of Counselling (1) Briefly describe how your artwork and … More Assessment 2 (Submitted Assignment): Coursera (MoMA on Art and Educational Activities)
Saturday, 20 Aug 2016, 10:08Visible to anyone in the world Prior to attending an event on Saturday, this is a chance to sum up the effect on me of an introduction to, (through the work of a contemporary novelist I admire enormously, Jenni Fagan), an author hitherto unknown to me. Jessie Kesson is no longer … More Jessie Kesson ‘THE WHITE BIRD PASSES’ (TWBP) Reading Event with Jenni Fagan Saturday 20th August At the Edinburgh International Book Festival (EIBF).
Wednesday, 20 Jun 2018, 15:26Visible to anyone in the world- Edited by Steve Bamlett, Sunday, 24 Jun 2018, 19:22– Edited by Steve Bamlett, Sunday, 24 Jun 2018, 10:56– Edited by Steve Bamlett, Saturday, 23 Jun 2018, 17:22– Edited by Steve Bamlett, Wednesday, 20 Jun 2018, 16:35 A844 – Preparatory Reading Book: Elkins, J & Naef, M. (Eds.) (2011) What Is … More A844 – Preparatory Reading Elkins, J & Naef, M. (Eds.) (2011) ‘What Is an Image?’
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