Matt Groening
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How not to annoy a poet
In the granite cliffs of the south coast of Guernsey is a particularly beautiful spot called Icârt Point. I proposed to Lorraine my wife there two years ago, and I have known and loved the place all my life. I have written poems about it, with two even having been set to music. When it comes my time to join…
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What I read in 2014: autobiography and other
Here are some more books I read in 2014. Autobiography 36 Views of Mount Fuji, Cathy N Davidson. My first book of the year, started on the plane back from Japan after a family holiday. Cathy N Davidson is an American Academic, and here describes three long stays in Japan and the cultural differences she found there.…
36 Views of Mount Fuji, A death in the family, Cathy N. Davidson, Elie Wiesel, Experience, Fictions, I know why the caged bird sings, Jorge Luis Borges, Karl Ove Knausgaard, Mark Ellen, Martin Amis, Matt Groening, Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Maya Angelou, Night, On Writing, Rock Stars Ate My Life, Stephen King, The Big Book of Hell, The World of Perception
Peter Kenny: a writer's notebook 