Tag: fiction
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Antonio Muñoz Molina and the Meaning of a Chickpea
“An extract from Brett Hetherington’s ‘Slow Travels in Unsung Spain’ exploring the childhood home of Antonio Muñoz Molina.“ From the Madrid Review: “Today, a free to read extract from the acclaimed travel memoir, ‘Slow Travels in Unsung Spain’ by @Brett Hetherington. Travelling to the Andalusian town of Úbeda, Brett sets out to discover whether the…
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“The Snowflake Effect: How the Self-Esteem Movement Ruined a Generation”
Just reading the contents page, I had the feeling this could be a good read and I wasn’t disappointed. In this punchy little book, Trey Willis makes logical, well-researched and largely convincing arguments for why his own Generation Y is essentially selfish, especially when compared to previous generations of North Americans. He looks at popular…
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Short video of a short story: What’s it like being a piece of furniture?
The boy ran his slim fingers along the chest of drawers. His eyes passed across the garish green lacquered wood. The world of things. He wanted to be this thing. To have objects put inside him, to stay there. The boy was entering a different world by being here with an adult thing like this.…
