Author: PGR
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collage dropout
I done an art. Actually, I done two arts. L____ and I, at the invitation of good friend Eileen Laurie, went to the open workshop thing at Malmö Konsthall yesterday; no agenda, just hang out and make things. I’ve been planning to get busy with a collaging practice for ages—and by “planning” I obviously mean…
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26NOV22 / accessions
New Fractured Europe from the Hutch shouldn’t need any justification. The Hossain is almost extortionate for a mere novella thanks to Swedish pricing—close to 15GBP, at a rough estimate!—but I’m very fond of Hossain’s kinetic writing; his books are fun and irreverent and poppy, but leavened with sufficient cynicism that they stand outside the squeecore…
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revenant meme
Blog memes: they were a thing in the Noughties, y’know. [grandpa-simpson.gif] Now Matt Webb’s bringin’ sexy back*, and I figure, why the hell not, given it’s books, and I can’t resist a humblebrag about books. So, four questions: How many books do you own? I can’t cite a precise number, but I can state a…
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primarily to encourage us […] to make the decision to care less
Adam Kotsko: One is forced to conclude that political coverage is not meant to inform us about how to vote. What, then, is it for? I have said that the business press is meant for people who are making daily ongoing decisions in pursuit of a clear goal, so what is the equivalent for the…
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payin’ the dues
It’s been one hell of a year. Those of you who’ve been following along will know that in addition to actually finishing my Marie Curie postdoc at Lund—or, perhaps more accurately, coming to the end of the duration of my Marie Curie funding; the project itself looks set to have some sort of continuing existence…