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Not dead, but dreaming. Of? Books, mainly.
For example, the first and only novel published by legendary nouvelle vague director Éric Rohmer, in its first English translation by @memoiressecrets.bsky.social, and here deemed "a poignant tale of summer languor at its last gasp."
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Originally published in 1946, the lone novel from celebrated French New Wave filmmaker Rohmer (1920–2010) is an alluring if ramb...
Current reading - NYRB Classic - Down Below - Leonora Carrington's nonfiction account of her breakdown and incarceration in an asylum in Spain. 30-page intro by Marina Walker is useful for someone new to Carrington's work. The 68-page account itself is pretty harrowing and (for me) essential reading
Happy birthday @jgoldsmith.bsky.social!
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Thank you Michael Caines for giving us a mention in @thetls.bsky.social!
"A notable revival is the Barbellion prize-named for W.N.P. Barbellion, the diarist, who suffered from multiple sclerosis - which "celebrates & promotes writing that represents the experience of chronic illness & disability"…
