Reading Journal: Sat 4th July 2009  share 22 hours ago by Rob 07:30 - Started the day off with another short from Ox-Tales: Earth (Profile Books), and this story, Boys in Cars by Marti Leimbach, is another absolute cracker. The story is based on a single mother’s relationship with her autistic child, and it’s a story which turns out to be both tender and endea ... RobAroundBooks - robaroundbooks.com · Rank: 12,123 ·  78 references |
| This and That share 1 day ago by bourdaghs The plan on this 4th of July is to head downtown later to hear Booker T’s set at the Taste of Chicago. What could be more patriotic than wolfing down Chicago-style dogs while grooving to “Green Onions” on Independence Day? In the meanwhile, the brilliant Sheena Ringo has a new album out in Japan, Sa ... Sayonara Amerika, Sayonara ... - bourdaghs.com/blog |
| Start your week with Japanese literature, 16: the Edo Period -Theatre share 1 day ago by dracoena --- At last! THE COMEBACK OF LITERATURE! (Let´s see how long it lasts. Considering what I learned just yesterday that I had to do next...:( )) Ah, well. Let´s enjoy our holidays while they last. Last time I looked, we had already covered two important parts of the new Tokugawa era middle-class liter ... A Window on the East - dracoena.livejournal.com · 2 references |
| The Woman in the Dunes share 1 day ago by profmike In April I was at a conference on ‘The Fairy Tale after Angela Carter’ and I was fortunate enough to meet up with Marc Sebastian-Jones from Macclesfield who lives and works in Tokyo, teaching English at university. We talked at some length about Japanese literature, specifically about Murakami (both ... Profmike's Weblog - profmike.wordpress.com · 5 references |
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