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My Hopes and Fears for 2020

31 Tuesday Dec 2019

Posted by marina72 in Books, Film, Lana Del Rey, Music, Poetry, Politics, Television, Updates, Writing

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1st September 1939, A Year in Books, A Year in Films and TV, A Year in Music, Art Decades, David Lynch, Dear Christine, Donna Tartt, ES Updates, Everlasting Star, Fan Phenomena, James Gray, Jeremy Corbyn, Lana Del Rey, Marilyn Monroe, Marion Cotillard, Poetry, Socialism, Soledad, The Goldfinch, The Immigrant, Twin Peaks, Ultraviolence, Video Games, W.H. Auden

As a new decade beckons, I’m deeply worried about the way our world seems to be heading. As W.H. Auden wrote on ‘September 1, 1939‘ (a poem deemed so prescient he tried to bury it …) Continue reading →

Best Books of 2013

12 Thursday Dec 2013

Posted by marina72 in Art and Photography, Books, Fiction, Non-Fiction

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A Year in Books, Americana, Bonnie Jo Campbell, C. Joseph Greaves, Cecelia Holland, Donna Tartt, Louise Erdrich, Lucy Caldwell, Madonna, Marjorie Celona, Pauline Boty, Richard Corman, Sarah Churchwell, The Goldfinch, The Round House

The time has come for bloggers like myself to make their ‘Best Of’ lists, and mine has more than a hint of Americana this year. But who knows what 2014 may bring?

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The Return of Donna Tartt

22 Tuesday Oct 2013

Posted by marina72 in Books, Fiction

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Donna Tartt, For Books' Sake, The Goldfinch

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Photo by Beowulf Sheehan

All good bookworms not currently living under a rock will be aware that Donna Tartt‘s third novel, The Goldfinch, is published today – after an eleven-year hiatus, In celebration, I’ve updated my profile of Ms Tartt at For Books’ Sake. (I also run an unofficial Facebook page over here.)

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