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Write a list, save your life

Write a list, save your life

I’ve recently come across this fascinating interview with Umberto Eco on the occasion of a new exhibition he has curated at the Louvre in Paris. The exhibition is about the nature of lists, poets who list things in their work, and painters who accumulate things...

Reading and revenge

In the latest issue of The Monthly, Kirsten Tranter writes about the novels of Stieg Larsson, whose Girl with the Dragon Tattoo has been recommended regularly to me by friends and family members with reliable taste. I clearly have commitment issues when it comes to...

New meanings for old words

Here are the winners in The Washington Post’s annual neologism contest. I am having trouble choosing a favourite from this witty bunch: Coffee (n.) the person upon whom one coughs.  Flabbergasted (adj.) appalled over how much weight you have gained.  Abdicate...

Absence and presence

Here’s a beautiful Pablo Neruda poem I heard for the first time this weekend at a friend’s literary gathering in Sydney. It’s an untitled work from the volume Absence and Presence, translated by Alastair Reid and featuring photographs by Luis Poirot,...
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