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by Maria Takolander Despite a lifetime of being exposed to American culture, the US remains resiliently strange to me. There

… read more On not being born to write

by Maria Takolander, We have a strange and contradictory fascination when it comes to other people’s lives. We care too

… read more The problem of privacy

by Maria Takolander, When I was a child I feared that I was the antichrist. I used to check for

… read more 666: The mark of the writer

by Maria Takolander The older I get the more I realise that I don’t know anything, and yet I know

… read more Better Homes and Gardens and the role of impropriety

A huge thanks to John Kinsella for his excellent posts last month. This month, our fabulous blogger is Maria Takolander.

… read more May monthly blogger – Maria Takolander!

by John Kinsella I’ve always loved ‘data’, though I am sceptical of how it is sourced and utilised. This re-engineered

… read more Uses of Knowledge/Data/Detail in Writing and Reading

by John Kinsella I possess two items from my childhood. Both are books. Somehow I have held on to these

… read more I’ll tell you a story

by John Kinsella, Writing Morpheus in my late teens went hand-in-hand with a fascination on my part for long, cumulative

… read more The Eternal Work-in-Progress