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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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The Way of Socks

Original Fiction
“Thanatos, get out of my bedroom!” As soon as the shriek reached Thomasina Kirby in the living room where she was folding laundry, that good...
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The Guangzhou Bag Swap

Original Fiction
In hindsight, Sarah may have seen a handsome guy pulling a purple suitcase through the departures lounge that morning, but if she did, it...
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21 Approachable Publishers of Literary Fiction & Translation

Publishing
If there’s one group of people who have already perfected the art of ‘social distancing’, it’s publishers. Like the endangered Ribbon-tailed Astrapias of Papua...
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The Case of the Missing Shadow

Original Fiction
One-Eye woke up one day to discover his shadow had gone. He made some preliminary researches. First, he twisted around to bite his back,...
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Diane’s Dizzy Spell

Original Fiction
One year after the first one, she had another. She felt it coming on with a mixture of dread and almost impersonal fascination. How...
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A Night in Asylum

Original Fiction
I am a businessman who travels for work. I can’t give my name or that of my company because, should those particulars be discovered,...
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A Tiny Taste of Tokyo 2020

Asia
A lot of aspects of Japan’s culture appeal strongly to me. The beautiful Kanji script, wabi-sabi, the serene and sad painting and literature, the...
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Thailand Works

Asia
During our latest stay in Bangkok, we were lucky to meet some people willing to discuss the history of this region and to introduce...
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MaxPhht Bangkok

Asia
When we arrived in Bangkok, the first thing I noticed was that it would not be practical to run outside. The sky was a...
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Creators and Destroyers in Colombo’s National Museum

Asia
    After visiting the National Museum, I had a dream in which a mass murderer walked into a supermarket with an arsenal of antique Sri...
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Life in the Kandy Kingdom

Asia
Kandy sits on a hill in the central highlands of Sri Lanka, ensconced in dense jungle and a curve of the island’s great river...
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The Botanical Zoo at Peradeniya

Asia
We couldn’t stay in Kandy without visiting the Peradeniya Botanical Gardens, which is a shame because they're a good six kilometers from the city...
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