April 30, 2013
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The new comic from Grant Snider, ‘The Day Jobs of Poets’, comes with the following disclaimer: “there’s no evidence that Emily Dickinson liked cats, but her sister Lavinia was cat-obsessed. So Emily must have been forced to cat-sit occasionally.” … Continue reading
November 12, 2012
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A beautifully shot portrait of English art critic, writer, artist and philosopher John Berger by filmmaker Jos de Putter: Berger is probably best known for his BBC TV series and book, Ways of Seeing.
April 11, 2012
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A.S. Byatt by reviews Peter Carey’s latest novel The Chemistry of Tears for the Financial Times. Also at the FT: Jennie Erdal, author of The Missing Shade of Blue, on philosophical novels: The more novels I read at university, the more I … Continue reading
March 16, 2012
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Tim Maughan on the influence of the Jean Giraud on science fiction for Tor.com: [The] combination of neon-lit noir streets, cramped towering city blocks, airborne traffic jams and scruffy characters seems almost a cliche today. But this was the first … Continue reading
January 27, 2012
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Typographica’s favourite typefaces of 2011 (pictured above: A2 Beckett designed by Henrik Kubel for A2-TYPE). The Coroner`s Report — John Banville reviews The Complete Poems by Philip Larkin for The Guardian: A “Complete Poems” is a death certificate and memorial … Continue reading