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Hi there - I'm a lifelong bibliophile* of all types of fiction and nonfiction, a film fan (all genres and documentaries), an occasional reviewer (typically brief; rarely long), and a once-in-a-blue-moon story writer.

Every week, I also share essays, reviews and more by great writers from the literary media on Bluesky and Scoop.it’s content curation.

*The closest I ever got to paradise on earth was spending several years working as a book reviewer and editor for publishers and magazines - and having as many free books as I could manage. Bliss.

I love writing, but seem to spend more time thinking about it than sitting down to do it. If I wrote, say, as often as Donald Trump insulted people, I'd have more fiction published than Joyce Carol Oates
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bobbygw Reading helps. Take a long walk. Listening to music. One or more of a combo of those activities. Sooner or later, the block's gone and often the writi…moreReading helps. Take a long walk. Listening to music. One or more of a combo of those activities. Sooner or later, the block's gone and often the writing is better afterwards and I'm all the more grateful for getting back into the swing of things.(less)
bobbygw The joy of words, when they flow as I type. That's great. The feeling of it is terrific.…moreThe joy of words, when they flow as I type. That's great. The feeling of it is terrific.(less)
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You Should Come with Me Now: Stories of Ghosts by M. John Harrison

Full marks for Harrison’s imaginative power and steely intellect, which shine through in every story.

Book cover of M. John Harrison's story collection, You Should Come with Me Now: Stories of Ghosts.

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But now brace yourself, because he’s placed all that talent in the service of creating lifeless ghost stories – mind you, ghosts are, of course…yay. Ahem. – leaving us absolutely indifferent.

Worse, they are also relentlessly depre

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“In a sense, we are all crashing to our death from the top story of our birth ... and wondering with an immortal Alice at the patterns of the passing wall. This capacity to wonder at trifles - no matter the imminent peril - these asides of the spirit ... are the highest form of consciousness.”
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Noam Chomsky
“The mass media serve as a system for communicating messages and symbols to the general populace. It is their function to amuse, entertain, and inform, and to inculcate individuals with the values, beliefs, and codes of behavior that will integrate them into the institutional structures of the larger society. In a world of concentrated wealth and major conflicts of class interest, to fulfil this role requires systematic propaganda.”
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“It is the responsibility of intellectuals to speak the truth and expose lies.”
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“All over the place, from the popular culture to the propaganda system, there is constant pressure to make people feel that they are helpless, that the only role they can have is to ratify decisions and to consume.”
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“As all advocates of feminist politics know most people do not understand sexism or if they do they think it is not a problem. Masses of people think that feminism is always and only about women seeking to be equal to men. And a huge majority of these folks think feminism is anti-male. Their misunderstanding of feminist politics reflects the reality that most folks learn about feminism from patriarchal mass media.”
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