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Eileen Jones’s Cinematic Life

Interviews
Few film critics writing today are as educated, prolific, or funny as Dr. Eileen Jones. A co-host with Dr. Dolores McElroy of the weekly podcast Filmsuck and the author of hundreds of articles about film and TV, notably for the left-wing periodical Jacobin, she is the film critic par excellence of the “age of crap cinema”. One of the most...
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An Accidental Trip to Cuneo

Europe
I set off yesterday morning intending to visit one of the most amazing places on earth, the monastery of Sacra di San Michele. It...
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Girart de Vienne and Stack o’ Lee

Europe
It's August in Turin, and last week most people are still away for their summer vacation. The streets are ghostly quiet and there are...
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Wise Women’s Works

History
In 1946 the Torinese scientist and author Primo Levi was working at a paint factory in Avigliana. It was here that wrote the first...
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Insomnia by Gelato

Europe
Last night I couldn’t sleep until 5 am. I hope you can hear the outrage in that sentence. My insomnia was so dire that...
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Happy Camels at the Library

History
The other day we visited the local library to do some work in a cool, non-home space (this is always a good idea because...
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Très Grande Tchou-tchou to Torino

Europe
We arrived in Turin on Wednesday night after an eight-hour trip from Montpellier. Despite heavy luggage, two transfers and temperatures hovering around 33 degrees...
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A Last-Minute Visit to Avignon

Europe
Last Monday, our second-last day in Montpellier before going to Turin, we finally went to Avignon. It had pretty much been our whole reason...
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Heresy and Heatstroke in Carcassonne

Europe
One day… I met my brother-in-law, Guillaume Buscailh, on the way to my parish church. ‘Where are you going?’ asked Guillaume. ‘I am going...
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The Original All Black Spirit

Original Fiction
Friday night at The Dag’s Rattle. Julie Hale, Littleton’s new librarian, was sitting at the bar sharing a pint of ale with two elders...
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Thy Fair Imperfect Shade

Original Fiction
I was walking home from work at dawn (I'd been up all night scrubbing floors) trying to memorize a poem. It was one of...
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Braindamage, Dreams and ‘The Book’

Fiction
Visionary artist and creative powerhouse Andrea Signorelli is probably best known in his native Turin as the singer, songwriter, bass player and founding member...
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Interview on CLASH! podcast

Interviews
Today my interview with Carl Zha and Nate Myers from CLASH! podcast became available here. I was very happy and grateful to discuss my book,...
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