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‘Edgelands’ by Farley & Symmons Roberts

Book review: ‘Edgelands’ by Paul Farley & Michael Symmons Roberts

Journeys into England's true wilderness.

Published 25-Aug-2014
Filed under: Uncategorised Genres: Culture, Nature Writing Tags: reviews
‘After Nature’ by WG Sebald

Book review: ‘After Nature’ by W.G. Sebald

Three long-form poems, best read as prose.

Published 14-Mar-2014
Filed under: Uncategorised Genres: Poetry, Sebaldian Tags: reviews, sebald
‘The Ongoing Moment’ by Geoff Dyer

Book review: ‘The Ongoing Moment’ by Geoff Dyer

A book about photography.

Published 06-Dec-2013
Filed under: Uncategorised Genres: Culture Tags: photography, reviews
‘Just Kids’ by Patti Smith

Book review: ‘Just Kids’ by Patti Smith

Patti Smith and Robert Mapplethorpe and their lives together.

Published 06-Dec-2013
Filed under: Uncategorised Genres: Biography/Memoir, Culture Tags: patti smith, reviews
‘Across the Land and the Water’ by W.G. Sebald

Book review: ‘Across the Land and the Water’ by W.G. Sebald

Selected poems, 1964–2001.

Published 11-Mar-2013
Filed under: Uncategorised Genres: Poetry, Sebaldian Tags: reviews, sebald
‘Reality Hunger’ by David Shields

Book review: ‘Reality Hunger’ by David Shields

A manifesto.

Published 27-Oct-2012
Filed under: Uncategorised Genres: Culture Tags: reviews
‘Sightlines’ by Kathleen Jamie

Book review: ‘Sightlines’ by Kathleen Jamie

A second volume of superb ‘nature writing’.

Published 23-Sep-2012
Filed under: Uncategorised Genres: Nature Writing Tags: reviews
‘Findings’ by Kathleen Jamie

Book review: ‘Findings’ by Kathleen Jamie

Nature writing from the other side of the fence.

Published 23-Sep-2012
Filed under: Uncategorised Genres: Nature Writing Tags: reviews
‘Speak, Memory’ by Vladimir Nabokov

Book review: ‘Speak, Memory’ by Vladimir Nabokov

An autobiography revisited.

Published 22-Sep-2012
Filed under: Uncategorised Genres: Biography/Memoir Tags: reviews
‘Deep Country’ by Neil Ansell

Book review: ‘Deep Country’ by Neil Ansell

Five years in the Welsh hills.

Published 11-Aug-2012
Filed under: Uncategorised Genres: Nature Writing Tags: reviews

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