NYC on Thursday to see Lynda Barry and Maira Kalman and today I’m off to Connecticut for the final party at the Aloha Alcohula. So, in haste with the hope of more later: My route: drive down to Poughkeepsie, Metro North to Grand Central, arriving after everyone’s already stopped waltzing. Then off to the Met…
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BitchBuzz: Why are People So Desperate to be Writers?
My column (in haste: NYC bound!): Why are People so Desperate to be a Writers? Everybody’s a writer or wants to be. At least that’s what the internet tells me. There are all kinds of ways to help writers or writer wannabes. For example there is the persistent Twitter spam telling you that writers are…
Friday’s Forgotten Books: Lord Malquist & Mr Moon
Although a bit late in the day (just got home this afternoon and had to spend some time soothing Kipper’s complaints about being abandoned for a whole day and a half), I wanted to try to get back in the habit of writing up a “forgotten” book for Patti’s round-up of titles. “Let it be…
Happy Birthday, Peter Cook!
Whether he’s discussing the Great Train Robbery, giving the jury instructions or singing in his inimitable style, I adore him.
Keeping it Peel
Legendary DJ John Peel died on this day just six years ago. He could be curmudgeonly and peculiar in his tastes, but he had a profound effect on the musical tastes of people around the world, so I’ve joined in the effort toward Keeping it Peel — passing on the legacy by sharing some of…
Moonlight, Lace and Mayhem — and Me!
I’m guest blogger over at Moonlight, Lace and Mayhem today. Stop by and say hi and read what I have to say about… football?! Yep, it’s true (and why there’s a picture of Mesut Özil here). No, I didn’t have a choice, it was just their theme for the month. While I’m not much of…
Interview with a Broad
I am interviewed by Jane Hunter over the Broad Universe blog on LiveJournal. Here’s a little snippet: What one book would you save from a burning fire, and why? The original Beowulf manuscript. The book changed my life and opened up my head and vastly improved my writing . I cried when I got to…
Unikirja Book Trailer
Here’s my new video, featuring the beautiful music of Ulla Suokko, whom I’ll be celebrating this week over at The Women’s League of Ale Drinkers, part of the month long festival of creative women. I’m trying to focus the rhetoric of these trailers on opening up the sometimes obscure titles of my books to give…
Review: Lucky Him
Oh, Mr Amis… This picture shows up in both Lucky Him and in the Letters of Philip Larkin. It just makes me laugh. The goofy expression of someone caught by surprise and making a funny face to cover it up. The two of them, Amis and Larkin, were close friends and correspondents, as I’ve mentioned…
BitchBuzz: Girl Band Movies
My latest column for BitchBuzz gathers up some suggestions for girl group films. They were on my mind because I’m eagerly awaiting the seemingly endlessly delayed opening of The Runaways tomorrow: If you’re still waiting for The Runaways to come along to your neighbourhood and rock your world, there are a few other films you…