Writerly New Year’s Resolutions for 2015: 1.Read Every History Sceptically, Not Just ‘Outsider’ Histories, Bearing in Mind the Ancient Provenance of Propaganda and Pure Old Wishful Thinking 2. Write, and Challenge Others to Write, More Realistic Histories… and 3. Write the Wildest, Most Daring Speculations, in pursuit of ways through these Interesting Times So, for…
Month: December 2014
Voice and Heart, and Giants Among Us
“These poets who are so arrogant as to learn their own work by heart!” It was pointed at me, in the sort of insider-voice just loud enough to be overheard, but not so bold as to invite direct response. I didn’t need to respond anyhow, i’d said my piece. Out loud. Full voice. The way…
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