Book Reviews
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The Spiritual Terror of Modern Art – Can We Make Ourselves Beautiful?
This [modern] art is the work of your neighbors, your contemporaries, human beings who are crying out in despair for the loss of their humanity, their values, their lost absolutes, groping in the dark for answers. It is already late, if not too late, but if we want to help our generation we must hear…
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Mark Lanegan: The Poetry of an Addict
I don’t know many people who have heard of Mark Lanegan, much less listened to his music. This is perhaps more a reflection of the limitations of my social circle than his popularity. I first encountered Lanegan’s music on the soundtrack of the television show Lie to Me starring Tim Roth. The track was Kingdoms…
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Book Review: The Memory Police by Yōko Ogawa
How I Ended up Reading this Book I don’t normally read contemporary fiction. This is for several reasons, but the main one is that I don’t have a reliable standard of quality to judge if this or that work is worth it. I don’t trust bestseller lists and recommendations by mainstream magazines the same way…
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Lost Illusions – A Lesson for Poets
I recently finished Honoré de Balzac’s Lost Illusions, one of the most popular works from his multi-volume magnum opus, The Human Comedy. Comprising three parts, it tells the story of two talented young men, David Séchard and Lucien Chardon, and their struggle to overcome poverty and establish themselves in the tumultuous and treacherous world of…
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