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A writing geek
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So, who is a real writer? What is real writing?
- Author: Mrinal Bose
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Recent Posts
Literature distancing from life?
Anita Nair has an interesting article in DNA about the place of literature in the common man's life.Does anyone read poetry at all except for students of literature? Instead what we consider poetry is lyrics of film songs and music videos. Rhyming di...
Herta Mueller on importance of literature
"I always had my poems which I could repeat to myself. Even under interrogation. It's like singing in a prison camp. You never grow tired of it. You can rely on given forms, lean on them. I have often thought it was like praying, for people who don't...
Herta Mueller\'s Nobel Lecture
In today's Nobel Lecture, Herta Mueller tells the audience about a handkerchief which is not really a handkerchief."I wish I could utter a sentence for all those whom dictatorships deprive of dignity every day, up to and including the present—a sen...
1Q84: 2,230,000 copies sold in Japan alone!
A Japanese visitor to this blog has sent me the following e-mail:"Hi from Japan! Today, on Dec. 4 was announced on the TV news that 1Q84 has been voted The book of the year 2009. Some 2,230,000 have been sold so far." And mind it: English translation...
Bolano\'s Last Interview
Roberto Bolano, who died in 2003, got bits of recognition and some fame - not money- during his last days. Several magazines interviewed him during this time. Meliville House Publishing has published a book compiling Bolano's last interview and other...
Fuentes\'s New Novel
“There have been times without novels, but never a novel that does not somehow reflect the times. And dealing with the times is to deal with history." ...
