Trans Kafka – ‘The Metamorphosis’
Am I turning into a surreal Kafka-esque monster? Or is this what teenage dysphoria feels like? Kafka’s story of a man’s sudden metamorphosis into…
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Bonnets & Muskets – ‘Pride & Prejudice & Zombies’
There’s Mr. Darcy’s Diary. There’s Mr. Darcy’s Daughters. You can even spend Christmas with Mr. Darcy. (But don’t despair if you’re not the religious type; Happy Birthday, Mr….
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For the Love of God – ‘The Old Testament’
Controversial laws, wars, heroism, and a blood-thirsty, sexist, racist, high-maintenance main character loved by millions world-wide. These are some of the ingredients for the…
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“If Art is Anything, It Is Everything” – ‘On Style’
This week’s Textasy is of Susan Sontag’s essay, ‘On Style’. Style is the unique manifestation of human will, the form of which is most clearly…
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Life in Limbo – ‘Waiting for Godot’
The play Waiting for Godot by Irish playwright Sameul Beckett is an absurdist piece of drama in which the main characters, Vladimir and Estragon, are condemned…
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Living & Not Living in the Age of Experience – ‘Missing Out: In Praise of the Unlived Life’
Stuffication is a book about the burden of material ownership. The author, James Wallman, examines the history and coming twilight of the material age before…
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Book Lover and Proud
Reading is like living thousands of lives and those who do not read have only experienced one life.
A Tumblr blogger, booklover, is a promoter for this ancient form of static travel. Keeping true to tradition she saturates her day with an unending turning of pages, real parchment if she’s lucky, entering into amazing worlds full of beauty. She shares what it is about literature that draws her to it, the importance of reading, and how technology will never kill the importance of the book.
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