1. You are worth keeping like the ticket stub for this museum. You are worth remembering like the catastrophe I am trying to understand. 2. I tell you about my school. Between the green glow of the exit light and the echoing sounds of Oh Tannenbaum, Oh Tannenbaum I look for families in the … Continue reading Notes for Somebody in Berlin: a poem by Bel Schenk
Nathan Shepherdson's Literary Space – Emerging Writers' Festival special #4
Nathan Shepherdson says... I don't really have a particular place to write. I've lived at the Glass House Mountains since 1991. It's about one hour north of Brisbane. It is farming community (parts semi-rural/residential) with a collection of small national parks. The main crops are strawberries, pineapples, macadamias, avocados and custard apples. (Pineapples used to … Continue reading Nathan Shepherdson's Literary Space – Emerging Writers' Festival special #4
Feeling a little drawn…
http://www.xtranormal.com/players/jwplayer.swfhttp://www.xtranormal.com/players/embedded-xnl-stats.swf N.B. I chose a British accent simply because the Australian one could not pronounce some of the words. And cheers to Overland and Meanjin for bringing this site to my attention. Now, to some links for the week... Happy Mother's Day! My Mum is amazing and I love her to bits, but for something … Continue reading Feeling a little drawn…
LiteraryMinded turns two
Happy 2nd birthday to LiteraryMinded! Two years! I was going to link to the very first review but to tell you the truth I find it clumsy, and my writing a little too presumptuous and bold. But this is a good thing because the cringe shows I have come quite a ways since that virgin … Continue reading LiteraryMinded turns two
Philipp Meyer's American Rust
A&U 2009, 9781741756838 (Aus, US/Kindle) The fundamental thread, through Philipp Meyer's brilliant American Rust, is mistakes and failures, and how they come about through choice, instinct or luck. In the novel, each of the characters comes up against choices large and small, and the reader is not only witness to the outcomes of their decisions, … Continue reading Philipp Meyer's American Rust
Stu Hatton's Literary Space – Emerging Writers' Festival Special #3
Stu Hatton says... Where do I write? Pretty much everywhere. Quite often I'll be sitting in the study in our apartment. Desk, computer, chaotic piles of paper, the to-do list that never gets done. This is where 'serious' writing and editing happens. But I try to get away from the computer as much as I … Continue reading Stu Hatton's Literary Space – Emerging Writers' Festival Special #3
The Independent Type + other bobs
'Ello Guvna! * Yesterday I checked out The Independent Type exhibition at the State Library of Victoria. If you're a word-nerd you will probably enjoy it as much as I did. Highlights were Marcus Clarke's notebook (c. 1853) where I could make out the line 'A great deal of middling intellect'; Henry Handel Richardson's gorgeous … Continue reading The Independent Type + other bobs
One to watch: Jon Bauer
We all know Miss LiteraryMinded likes to read. Sometimes I come across writers in journals, anthologies and online that I know I'll continue to watch. Every now and then I'll throw them a few open-ended questions about their writing and themselves, in order to introduce them to you. Jon Bauer http://www.jonbauerwriter.com On process... There are so … Continue reading One to watch: Jon Bauer
Stephanie Convery's Literary Space – Emerging Writers' Festival special #2
Stephanie Convery says... The picture you see of my study was taken standing at the window looking in. It's on the detached side of a semi-detached terrace, and the window looks out onto a fence, a gate, a tiny path, a garden bed full of succulents and a lot of sky. It lets in the … Continue reading Stephanie Convery's Literary Space – Emerging Writers' Festival special #2
And the winner is…
The winner of the LiteraryMinded April haiku comp is Damon Young, with this beauty combining history, philosophy and a glimpse of the ordinary: Heidegger on the 3.10 Lilydale express. Ekphanestaton. The 'uncommon/unusual' word, ekphanestaton, that Damon has used comes from Heidegger's philosophy. Here's a page featuring it on Google Books. Perhaps Damon could shed more light … Continue reading And the winner is…
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