It’s not so easy writing about nothing.
So begins Patti Smith’s “M Train.”
These days I find it hardest to write about nothing, nothing with its absence of boundaries, direction, nothing that is everything that is the case.
A short review of the Signifying Rappers – a book David Foster Wallace co-wrote with his close friend, Mark Costello
If there is one person you want to teach you about giving up plastic, it’s the Head of Oceans at Greenpeace UK, Will McCallum.
I’m sure this book doesn’t need any more PR as I’ve heard about it many times before finally buying it. A close friend’s words ‘it is life-changing’ were the last straw that broke the camel’s back.
As Zadie Smith admits in the part of this book named That Crafty Feeling where she shares her writing experiences and advice, she was never a macro planner
Ladies, this is your day. Where I’m from (Kazakhstan) 8th of March, International Women’s Day, is a bank holiday, and so it should be everywhere. Flowers, presents, words of appreciation and best gift of all – some ‘me’ time, while men are handling the world for one day
“The Jews are undoubtedly a race, but not human” – Adolf Hitler If you thought comic books were for adolescents only and that serious people read prose which no pictures can seep into, try Maus. You are about to change your mind.
Don’t take the words for granted. It is a privilege superior to senses, for what is the worth of all the experiences in the world if you cannot share them?
How do you discover something you don’t know exists? – the question asked during Rebecca’s workshop sparked a book of 9 luminous essays in search of an answer.
According to Polina’s mom, there are three types of children you can get as a parent: the angels, the demons, and something in between she calls ‘donkeys’ for their stubbornness.