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February 28, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Art Garfunkel: What Is It All But Luminous

What Is It All But Luminous: Notes From An Underground Man Art Garfunkel Knopf; First Edition edition Something like starting from the beginning feels like the right thing to do… Do you remember that clip of Art Garfunkel talking absolute-fucking-balderdash between takes in the studio? For his memoir he’s essentially done the same thing. Why […]

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July 11, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Joan Didion: South and West

South and West: From a Notebook Joan Didion Knopf; First Edition edition “We tell ourselves stories in order to live”, Didion famously wrote. Here you could imagine a wag in her publisher’s office suggesting “We sell stories in order to make a living” – for this slim volume, this set of notes “from a notebook” […]

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June 29, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Dave Eggers: Your Fathers, Where Are They? And The Prophets, Do They Live Forever?

Your Fathers, Where Are They? And The Prophets, Do They Live Forever? Dave Eggers Knopf; Penguin Dave Eggers has released three novels in less than two years, he’s always seemed prolific but it’s foot-firmly-on-the-gas for the writer right now; he’s never seemed so inspired. In fact, his latest, Your Fathers, Where Are They? And The […]