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England, My England
...a little like breathing: English is what I am; English is what I will always be.
For me it’s not about sport, or politics or any transitory passion; it really does rest on something altogether deeper. I love the English language, a love the beauty and the rhythm of simple English prose.
Yes, I know the language is not exclusively ours any longer. It’s been launched into the world sometimes with uncertain - and unhappy - returns! But I would continue to look for Englishness, Englishness expressed through words, in what I like to call the original ‘mines’ of our... (more)
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Monsters at Midnight
... you now of a new one who stands above the rest. From a magic puzzle box he comes, with his friends the Cenobites. Of ghoulies and ghosties they all are such a ghastly sight and many is the night they have given me such a fright, that under my covers for protection did I scurry. A man of wondrous prose is he, and adorned in leather frocks, so fine and dandy, but a Hellraiser he be, and with eyes of blackness, and pins aplenty, I know that he has no heart, and will show no remorse. “Ah, what games we shall play” he will tell you upon your meeting. But beware of such silken prose, for only... (more)
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Patient Zero
...and has self-published two full novels,Patient Zero and Virgil: A Superhero Tale. He is currently prepping his third and fourth, a supernatural story called Beneath and his own unique take on the classic Jekyll & Hyde tale. He is also the creator of two ongoing TV In Prose series, Alter Ego and Pest Control, which are books given the television treatment, split into seasons and episodes.
In his spare time, he enjoys watching movies, having open-heart surgery (though it was not his choice), playing video games, and searching the universe hoping to find more ... (more)
Tags: jim beck, patient zero, patient zero by jim beck, author jim beck
Penn Less Mighty
...laments the presence of Prince William in the Falklands (The Malvinas/Falklands: Diplomacy Interrupted, 23 February). Apparently it gives out a message of ‘intimidation.’ What he gives out is a message of laughable absurdity. What he gives out is a tendentious sermon tangled in atrocious prose. It reads as a kind of parody, presumably the sort of high-flown gibberish that he thought was just the thing for the Guardian.
Forget the Falklands, forget the Malvinas, forget Prince William, forget Argentina; let’s just concentrate on the Penn style. Here are a few examples;
... (more)Tags: argentina, actors, falkland islands
Our Man in Havana
...about the man and his work. When he was good he was very very good, and when he was bad he was awful. I was seventeen when I first came across him in The Old Man and the Sea, a wonderful story of transcendent values, simple in its beauty, the tightness of its narrative and the economy of prose. For me it had almost mythological quality.
Later, at university, I ploughed through his other work, delighted at some points, acutely disappointed at others. It’s perfectly obvious that such novels as Across the River and into the Trees and the posthumous Islands in the Stream would... (more)
Chicks On Bikes: Doin' It Right!
...and 140 photos and features stories about more than 30 female riders from a wide range of different worlds. Essays describing different aspects of riding kick off each section of the book, with titles like Sisterhood, Style, Risk, Journey, Mechanica and Speed. With her accompanying photos and prose, Shook is able to tell us their stories by focusing on their perspectives as female motorcyclists from different stages in their lives and careers.
This collection of images and stories is a fascinating and intimate dive into the lifestyle of female motorcyclists. “It’s all about the ... (more)
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Monster Redux - Principles, Purposes and Politics
...come to an end While we bullied, stole and bought a homeland We began the slaughter of the red man”
From the Crisis of Valley Forge in 1776 to the “World Turned Upside Down” of Yorktown in 1781. America, as we know it, emerged from the mind, not from the mist. Within the splendid prose of the Declaration of Independence lay the promise of a new kind of nation and a new kind of nationality. Americans were not all from a common homeland; they did not all have the same ancestral customs and traditions. They often spoke differing first languages. A shared set of ideas and ideals ... (more)
Bestseller Shows Children They Can Make a Difference
...working their way through an issue not of their making but understanding they must act quickly to help fix an adult problem.
What is the most memorable book you have ever read?
By far, the most memorable children’s book I’ve ever read is Jane Yolen’s, Owl Moon. Why? The prose is so beautiful, it is really poetry. The spell Ms. Yolen casts in the book is haunting, filled with lonely and spare countryside, a night so cold that one feel it to the very marrow and the yearning of a child to fulfill her much longed for expectations. It is glorious.
Where can... (more)
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The Heart of Horror
... study of that grim period in the country’s history which has now deservedly been awarded the 2011 Samuel Johnson Prize for non-fiction, one of Britain’s most prestigious literary accolades.
It’s a sober, scholarly, thoroughly researched piece of work, written in clam and measured prose. But you should see my copy, see my marginalia, see the things I’ve written as I went along. I’ve not quite written The horror! The horror! though I came close, alighting on passages like this;
If the thatch on the roofs had not been consumed by fire, it was taken down and eaten... (more)
3 Twilight Troubles
...emotional innocence. Judy Blume gave us “Tales of a 4th Grade Nothing”, Edward Packard and R.A. Montgomery taught us to “Choose Our Own Adventures” and J.K. Rowling enchanted a generation with the tale of “Harry Potter.” But while these timeless classics gave us light and flowing prose to probe heady coming-of-age themes, Stephanie Meyer’s stumbling narratives are as clumsy as they are petulant and needlessly brooding and cover the most absurd subject matter this side of Scientology. Ironically, the tone that she is able to capture - not unlike what one might expect in the ... (more)
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