Shop assistant: Who’s that? Me: Albert Camus. SA: Who? Me: He’s a philosopher. SA: What? Me: A philosopher. *shop assistant stares blankly* Me: He’s a writer. SA: Oh. Does he write poetry? Me: No. SA: What does he write? Me: Philosophy, fiction. *very long pause* SA: Ha,ha, I’m such an airhead!
Monthly Archives: September 2009
Mo Zhi Hong’s The Year of the Shanghai Shark
September 29, 2009 – 7:59 am
Penguin New Zealand 2008 9780143008934 The Year of the Shanghai Sharkcharts a series of encounters, tales and incidents in one year of a boy’s life in Dalian, China. His immediate existence is determined by his Uncle, who possesses many big books and conducts dubious business, his best friends Po Fan and Xiao Wang, plus basketball, fast food [...]
Now
September 26, 2009 – 2:03 pm
Inviting the self out. Stuck inside. Curled up in cultures. Taken away and taken back by what I don’t know. And then what I know. What I can’t grasp because of stuckness. Knowing about Mohezin Tejani’s experience of Pink Floyd in 1973. But never having seen Uganda, India, Nepal, Thailand… Having seen the Grand Canyon but [...]
Dan Brown’s The Lost Symbol goes well with cheap wine, corn chips and reading into the morning
September 23, 2009 – 7:54 am
The most blockbustery blockbuster of the year found its way into my lap and with curiosity piqued (and a break needed from festival preparations) I indulged in one solid reading session – cover to cover – and was mainly intrigued, despite a few small snags. In The Lost Symbol, Harvard Professor Robert Langdon is called [...]
Hello busy lady, what have you been up to? Festivals!
September 16, 2009 – 9:04 pm
Madness, and much excitement. In October I am off to the National Young Writers Festival and the Ubud Writers and Readers Festival, back to back – seven panels. And the past month has been one of changes and revelations – but more on those in time. Now, I would like to tell you what I [...]
Guest review: Rhys Tate on Mary Richardson’s Truckers
September 15, 2009 – 7:56 am
Truckers Mary Richardson Mark Batty Publisher June 2009 (USA) (Also available in Aus) 9780979966682 Reviewed by Rhys Tate. A few months ago, as an ex-truckie and sometime poet, I was invited to submit some lines to Sydney outfit Red Room and their collection of trucker poetry, a pairing even I find incongruous. My poem was [...]
Longing and the Aftermath of Something
September 12, 2009 – 8:32 pm
Recorded during the event ‘See What I’m Talking About’, Overload Poetry Festival 2009. Response to Andrew Watson’s photograph (in background). Video by my lovely sister Sonja Meyer. Here’s a review of the whole event by Simonne Michelle Wells on the Overland blog.
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I’m about to embark on an adventure to two festivals – the National Young Writers Festival, and the Ubud Writers and Readers Festival. I want to learn something, many things. And, of course, I want to enjoy every moment. I’ll try and blog when I get a chance, though I’m not sure what the internet [...]