We must never turn away from horror. One of the vital responsibilities of the artist is to bear witness to atrocities, disasters, and tragedies – to shine a light into the dark corners of human experience. But sometimes the way in which an artist approaches this great task is as important as the content ofContinue reading “All Quiet on the Modernist Front: David Jones’ In Parenthesis”
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A Letter to Virginia Woolf On To the Lighthouse
Dear Virginia, For a long while, I’ve wanted to write to you to express my admiration and sheer delight in your novel To the Lighthouse. It’s a beautiful book that always seems fresh each time I open it. I can think of no better definition of a classic, and I hope you’ll not mind if IContinue reading “A Letter to Virginia Woolf On To the Lighthouse“
Worlds Imagined 