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Summer reads: literary fiction
My 2016 summer reads settled into three sections: thrillers, literary fiction, and nonfiction. Here are thoughts on that literary…
September 19, 2016-
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Blog, WritingSummer reads: the thrillers
As part of summer reading, I line up a bunch of thrillers. Here are thoughts on this summer’s stack.…
September 17, 2016 -
Blog, WritingMy father’s grave, Rempstone
Rempstone moved its church some centuries ago. Its old graveyard remains behind scraggly hedges in the centre of a…
September 17, 2016 -
Blog, WritingOn my mother’s grave
My mother had a clear spell in her illness in which to discuss her funeral. She chose a service…
May 7, 2016 -
WritingOn saying husband
You know a man is straight because he tells you. It’s slipped into the first conversation – my wife,…
April 25, 2016 -
Blog, WritingOur gay weddings
Before the chance to get married, gay couples collected a range of anniversaries: the first meeting, the first date,…
April 18, 2016 -
Blog, WritingThe Zen master & the timber rattlesnake
September 2009 and I am staying in a Zen monastery in New York State. Its Abbot is dying, and…
April 17, 2016 -
Blog, WritingDeath on the River Lea
Hackney police tweeted an appeal: ‘“Jack SUSIANTA aged 17, missing from E5. Last seen wearing blue converse T-shirt, green…
April 16, 2016 -
Blog, WritingPhilip Larkin’s Grave
Julian Barnes agreed to come and talk to students at Hull about his book A Sense of an Ending…
March 15, 2016
