Category: Literature
-
It’s Not the End of the World – The Sublime On a Small Scale
Read more: It’s Not the End of the World – The Sublime On a Small ScaleHow does one track down the sublime? It is not moldy lemons that I am referring to here (haha do you get it??) (sorry), but that feeling of your organs permeating through your skin, of your stomach turning into an abyss and swallowing the rest of you up whole. I remember a few years ago…
-
Aiming for Oblivion: A Review of The Piper’s Son by Melina Marchetta
Read more: Aiming for Oblivion: A Review of The Piper’s Son by Melina MarchettaThe Piper’s Son by Melina Marchetta Publisher: Candlewick Press Release date: March 1, 2010 328 pages Cover: http://www.penguin.com.au/jpg-large/9780670074235.jpg Everything is fine until Joe Finch Mackee is blown to pieces in a bombing at the London underground, and grief hits his remaining family members hard. The Piper’s Son, a companion novel to Saving Francesca (2005),…
-
In Defense of Young Adult
Read more: In Defense of Young AdultNext to my time as a student of English literature and final editor at Writer’s Block, I spend a lot of my time running a book review blog – or more specifically, running a book review blog that is mainly focused on young adult fiction. Usually, when I mention this to people, they give me…
-
Short Story Competition – Second Place: The Fight Against Kilimani Eminence
Read more: Short Story Competition – Second Place: The Fight Against Kilimani EminenceTHIS IS A PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT FROM THE FEDERAL INVESTIGATIVE LIASON OF TRANSNATIONAL HEALTH (FILTH): PLEASE WASH THE MUGS. It’s a common thing really, leaving your dishes out for the night. “Ah, fuck it,” you think. “I’ll get it in the morning.” Except that when morning comes, you’re still a bit hungover and so you’ve…
Writer's Block Magazine 