August 2011
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The Politics of Scorning Politicians →
All the recent absurdities of India in a a nutshell:
So there is something hollow about Indian voters’ rage against politicians. In many ways, the average Indian politician is a natural product of Indian society and its way of doing things.
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“If you end up with a boring miserable life because you listened to your mom,...”
– Frank Zappa (via kari-shma)
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fabiolaalondra:
Let me shipwreck in your thighs. - Dylan Thomas, Under Milk Wood
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What We Do to Books →
Geoff Dyer on what books do to you: Check out how he does the usual obligatory intro as a sop for the ‘intellectuals’ and then suddenly changes tone- It’s time to get specific.
geoffdyer:
“There has always been a lot of discussion about the effect that reading books has on us. Far less attention has been paid to the effect that we (the readers) have on them (the books). I...
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“[Historians], more than novelists, work within the values of their society; they...”
– V. S. Naipaul, An Age of Darkness (1964)
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“… greatness cannot be cheaply procured.
Self denial & persisting...”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson (via) (via mariosundar)
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London Loves You: Talk: 15th September - Geoff... →
londonlovesyou:
“Geoff Dyer is the author of four novels, the latest one being the most beautiful and extraordinarily successful Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi. He has also published seven nonfiction books, including Working the Room, out in paperback in August 2011, But Beautiful, a book about jazz which…
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House of Mind: List: Interesting Psychiatric Terms →
Abulia or aboulia: In neurology, refers to a lack of will or initiative. Thus, the patient is unable to act or make decisions independently
Akataphasia (Kraepelin 1896): disorder of thought expression in speech and results due to dissolution of logical order of trains of thought.
Alogia:…
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Hybrid Memoirs
lareviewofbooks:
CHRIS WALLACE interviews GEOFF DYER on the American release (finally) of his The Missing of the Somme. VERONICA GONZALEZ on Francisco Goldman’s memoir/novel of grief and longing.
La mélancolie de la Somme ©
Mary Riter Hamilton. Courtesy of Library and Archives of Canada
A CONVERSATION WITH GEOFF DYER
Chris Wallace The story of Geoff Dyer’s grandfather’s signing up for...
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My Secret Life of crime →
tetw:
by Geoff Dyer
There are three episodes in his life that Geoff Dyer prefers not to remember. He could have ended up in jail - but thankfully didn’t. So did he just get lucky?
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“The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known...”
– Elisabeth Kübler-Ross (via mariosundar)
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WatchFatoumata Diawara @ Africa Oye, Liverpool
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WatchHoneyfeet @ Band on the Wall, Manchester
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WatchBeach 7 or Radhanagar Beach, Havelock Island, Andamans, India. One of the best, quietest beaches in Asia.
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