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Aloud and proud: The new Performance Poetry
Performance poetry conjures up images of po-faced writers declaiming depressing verse. Could a young collective bring some humour to the spoken word? Holly Williams takes a masterclass
Inside Features
On the agenda: Nat Finkelstein; Aerosol Arabic; Babylon; jeggings; Alan Fletcher
Sunday, 17 January 2010
The odd one out: In a world of positive thinking, the one person not smiling is Barbara Ehrenreich
Sunday, 17 January 2010
Don't worry, be happy? Look where that got us. The author of 'Smile or Die' tells Lena Corner that it is the very ideology of unfounded optimism that has caused so many of our current woes, from the collapse of the economy to war in Iraq
Forgotten Authors No.46: Gary Indiana
Sunday, 17 January 2010
Some authors are less forgotten than ignored. Gary Indiana is an author whom it is more convenient to overlook. He belongs to a special breed of American urban writers who take cool pleasure in dissecting the lives of the rich and ugly, and is possibly the most jaded chronicler of them all. On a good day, he makes Bret Easton Ellis look like Enid Blyton, yet many, myself included, think he might already have written the Great American Novel(s).
Quantum theory via 40-tonne trucks: How science writing became popular
Sunday, 17 January 2010
Wave-particle duality may sound complicated – but the basics of quantum theory can be explained by matchboxes and trucks, says Marcus Chown. As can the surge in popularity of science writing...
The Diary: Leos Janacek; Edward Hall; Simon Kernick; Phillip Pullman
Friday, 15 January 2010
The long goodbye: What do Antonia Fraser's diaries of life with Harold Pinter add to the marital memoir?
Friday, 15 January 2010
Behind the celebrity froth of Fraser's diaries lies a tougher book about living and loving through adversity.
Lemony Snicket: Send your questions
Monday, 11 January 2010
We're giving you the chance to send your questions to the famous and mysterious author of “A Series of Unfortunate Events”.
25 years on, Hull honours Larkin with tourist trail
Monday, 11 January 2010
Jonathan Brown: Despite his gloomy persona and meticulous chronicling of life’s dark corners, popularity lives on.
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