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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),…
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Writer’s Block Happenings: April
Read more: Writer’s Block Happenings: AprilAs I write this, a delightful ray of sunlight comes streaming through my window, caressing my face with its silken warmth. It’s official: spring is finally here! This is the last bit of motivation we’ve all been waiting for to go outside and do something! Wondering what it is that you could be doing? Well,…
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I thought 5 KM far away enough: A Review of Carlos Marques-Marcet’s 10,000 KM
Read more: I thought 5 KM far away enough: A Review of Carlos Marques-Marcet’s 10,000 KMThe opening shot of this minimalist gem is an amazingly controlled and choreographed twenty-something minute record of intimacy, shot inside a Barcelona apartment in which a couple – photographer Alex (Natalia Tena, Harry Potter’s Nymphadora Tonks) and student Sergi (David Verdaguer, a smouldering Devendra Banhart type) are making love, after which they go about…
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The Problem With Using Philosophy For Self-Help
Read more: The Problem With Using Philosophy For Self-HelpThis morning I awoke from an elongated stupor to find myself hunched in a dark corner of the library, surrounded by Nietzsche books and empty budget-coffee cups. Nearby undergrads eyed me up warily. I dimly recalled having thrown a dictionary at them earlier because they were eating fruit too loudly. Looking down at my hands,…
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