“Such is the life of man. A few joys, quickly obliterated by unforgettable sorrows. “There is no need to tell the children so.”
~ Marcel Pagnol, In My Mother’s Castle (courtesy of Bruce Bawer)
Her ringtone? Don’t Start Now. It’s hard to think of a better song for the coronavirus lockdown regulations than one which literally says “don’t show up, don’t come out”.
The hiccup shows that no matter how much someone wants to destroy Sydney’s live music and nightlife scenes, nobody can resist Dua’s infectious bops.
Stay Tunes ...
The ascendancy of expertise has done great harm, MacIntyre argues. It gets in the way of practical judgment based on the hierarchy of goods that establish for us the ends of action. Overstating the capacities of experts promotes the performative sensationalism that characterizes so much of modern political and social life.
~ Marcel Pagnol, In My Mother’s Castle (courtesy of Bruce Bawer)
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The First Quarantine Poem To (Sorry) Go Viral
The poem is made up (artfully) of lines from corporate emails. One stanza:
“Feeling Fiesta today? Happy Taco Tuesday!
Calories don’t count during a pandemic
Grocers report flour shortages as more people are baking than ever!
As you know, many people are struggling.” – The Guardian (UK)
“Feeling Fiesta today? Happy Taco Tuesday!
Calories don’t count during a pandemic
Grocers report flour shortages as more people are baking than ever!
As you know, many people are struggling.” – The Guardian (UK)
State premiers have been giving daily coronavirus press conferences
since god-knows-when, and they’re starting to feel a bit repetitive.
But at NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian’s Saturday press conference, her phone went off and it was a very brief moment of joy for Dua Lipa stans around the state.Her ringtone? Don’t Start Now. It’s hard to think of a better song for the coronavirus lockdown regulations than one which literally says “don’t show up, don’t come out”.
The hiccup shows that no matter how much someone wants to destroy Sydney’s live music and nightlife scenes, nobody can resist Dua’s infectious bops.
Stay Tunes ...
The ascendancy of expertise has done great harm, MacIntyre argues. It gets in the way of practical judgment based on the hierarchy of goods that establish for us the ends of action. Overstating the capacities of experts promotes the performative sensationalism that characterizes so much of modern political and social life.
At the Asymptote blog Julia Sherwood has a Q & A with Rosie Goldsmith and West Camel of and about the European Literature Network, whose: "mission is to help promote international literature among a broader audience of England and to support other groups working in this area", in Riveting Reviews: An interview with the European Literature Network.
They talk a lot about the ELN magazine, The Riveter, generally devoted to one language, country, or theme -- and always worth a look.
How The Last Pandemic Crept Into Literature
Elizabeth Outka: “I have spent the last five years writing a book about how the sensory and affective climate of the 1918-1919 influenza pandemic infuses interwar literature, often in ways we have not recognized. My new awareness of the traces of that pandemic shifts my perception of this one, as if the sights and sounds from a century ago have re-emerged, becoming timely in ways I both feared and never wanted.” – The Paris Review
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