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Monthly Archives: October 2011
Magpie Monday
Happy Hallowe’en! Here are some shiny things that caught my eye recently: ♦ Why not celebrate Hallowe’en with some old-fashioned horror-film viewing? If you need suggestions, my friend Andy sent me a link to Slant Magazine‘s list of The 25 … Continue reading
Posted in Magpie Monday
Tagged Andrew Bell, Cameron Cook, costumes, Earthsea, Elizabeth Hand, Eustace Tilley, Hallowe'en poetry, Hellboy, horror films, J*RYU, Jo Walton, Kate Bernheimer, Magritte, Michael Jackson, Podcastle, poetry, Science Fiction Poetry Association, SFPA, Son of Man, Steven Price, Stranger Factory, Tehanu, Tenar, The New Yorker, Thriller, Ursula K. Le Guin, Will Ludwigsen, World Fantasy Awards
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Star*Line 34.3
My poem “Sealskins” appears in the July-September 2011 issue of Star*Line, the Journal of the Science Fiction Poetry Association. Check it out!
Posted in Poetry
Tagged Science Fiction Poetry Association, SFPA, Star*Line
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Catherynne M. Valente’s The Orphan Tales, Vol. 1
I realized, after I had begun reading Catherynne M. Valente‘s The Orphan’s Tales Volume 1: In the Night Garden (Bantam Spectra, 2006; all quotations are taken from this edition), that discussing both volumes of The Orphan’s Tales might be a … Continue reading
Posted in About Writing, Criticism & Reviews
Tagged Catherynne M. Valente, In the Night Garden, The Orphan's Tales
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Magpie Monday
Here are some shiny things that caught my eye recently: ♦ This week’s recommendation for All Hallow’s Read is Dark Dance by Tanith Lee. The first in a trilogy, Dark Dance is a fine gothic piece, and Lee’s elegant and … Continue reading
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Tagged 5:46 a.m., All Hallow's Read, Avanaut, book trailers, Brice Tillet, China Miéville, Colson Whitehead, Dark Dance, Earthsea, Ginnfer Goodwin, Harry Potter, Indiana Jones, Jabberwocky, Jennifer Morrison, Jo Walton, Josh Dallas, Lana Parrilla, Mari Ness, Olivier Campagne, Once Upon a Time, Paris, Robert Carlyle, Star Wars, Tanith Lee, The Farthest Shore, The Thorn and the Blossom, Theodora Goss, Ursula K. Le Guin, Vivien Balzi
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Zoran Zivkovic’s Twelve Collections & The Teashop
Zoran Zivkovic was another new author to me, and I’m happy to have discovered him. His Twelve Collections and The Teashop, translated from the original Serbian by Alice Copple-Tosic (PS Publishing, 2007; all quotations are taken from this text), not … Continue reading
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