Archives for April 2009
Words per minute #15: Gornick on Letters
Levinson never knew the pleasures of unguarded speech, that extraordinary gift of the therapeutic culture. Alone at midnight with pen, ink and paper he achieved only the joy of the shaped sentence. That joy took him where spoken conversation could… continue reading »
Taliban to crowdsource mining operation
The Daily Times: SHANGLA: More than 70 Taliban attacked the famous Gojaro Kalay emerald mine in Shangla on Wednesday and took control of the mining operations… The Taliban took positions around the mine on Wednesday after the security guards fled.… continue reading »
Saturday night under the stars
As I sit on the terrace looking up at the night sky over the Mediterranean, what’s going through my head? 1. I don’t do demonstrations any more – I’ve been charged by horses, clubbed with batons, narrowly avoided a lungful… continue reading »
Bruce Sterling on the Design of the Balkans
I never realised that Bruce Sterling had married Jasmina Tesanovic and lived in Belgrade for a few years. Well done Bruce. In this talk, he reflects on what Balkan society can tell “us”, by which he means of course the… continue reading »
Balls to the British novel
Stoop: All of the rave reviews that often accompany your work tend to say that you’re a great “crime” writer, that you are rewriting the “crime” genre – crime this and crime that, basically. It’s not something I wholly agree… continue reading »
I believe in science!
Kim Stanley Robinson – smart guy, good writer, but where does this come from? First, we need to trust our science. We do this every time we fly in a jet or rush to the doctor in hope of relief… continue reading »