We have two copies of the new DVD of The Visitor to give away. It's the story of a man who learns to live (and it seems, to drum) again, thanks to the soulful folk he finds squatting in his apartment. The director is Tom McCarthy, who also directed The Station Agent. Critics liked it; … Continue reading Better Living through Rhythm
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Jean-Marie Who? Part 2
The UK web magazine The First Post is one of the first out of the gate trying to answer the question Who the heck just won the Nobel Prize for Literature? (A: Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio) They managed to uncover a " a Le Clezio expert from Birmingham University," one Beatrice Damamme-Gilbert. She gives thumbnail … Continue reading Jean-Marie Who? Part 2
Not With a Bang
The Nobel has been a contentious subject in literary circles in the US of late. Horace Engdahl, permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy (which awards the Nobels) said, "The U.S. is too isolated, too insular. They don't translate enough and don't really participate in the big dialogue of literature. That ignorance is restraining." American writers … Continue reading Not With a Bang
Musings from Magers and Quinn 