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Rojak: Bloomsday edition.

Rojak is a regular collection of assorted links as well as a bulletin summarising the week (or thereabouts) on this blog. Happy Bloomsday, everybody! (And a Happy Father’s Day to all the dads too!)...

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Gordon Lish excerpt.

I’ll tell you one of the worst things in my life.  This is one of the worst things in my life—a day when the nanny said that I couldn’t come over and play but one when she went ahead and changed her...

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“When Someone Dies”.

When someone dies everything else is left behind: the mountains and the houses in some distant county, and that road that passes on Sundays over the wooden bridge before heading out of town. And the...

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On Oleg Pavlov.

Despite — or probably because of — his uniqueness, Pavlov has become one of Russia’s best-known authors, rooting himself in the satirical tradition of Gogol and Platonov. Bluntly dismissing the idea of...

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Kafka for kids.

Roth searched the Internet for translations of Kafka in the public domain, read the famous Muir versions, skimmed over the German for kicks (he doesn’t speak the language), and finally chose which...

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Interview with Tadeusz Różewicz.

Yes. For me, poetic creation was about action, not writing pretty verses. Not verses: facts. I created – it’s what I thought, it’s what I still think – certain facts. Not (more or less successful)...

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Omnivore: Translation.

Omnivore is a regular report on some of the things that I’ve been enjoying during the week (or thereabouts). I’ve started on Is That A Fish In Your Ear? by David Bellos. This is one of those weeks...

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Rojak: Utter failure.

Rojak is a regular collection of assorted links as well as a bulletin summarising the week (or thereabouts) on this blog. Assorted A while ago, I was recommending Sebastião Salgado’s Genesis. This...

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Monday Master.

Good morning. It’s a slow and lazy Monday morning. Singapore appears to finally be out of the haze. Here is a tiny bit of Jonny Greenwood’s soundtrack for The Master. [via YouTube] The film is out on...

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Bobby Bland dies.

Bobby Bland has died at the age of 83. [via Pitchfork] Below you can see him performing “Members Only”. [via YouTube] d

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Translating humour.

So—if I’m Groucho—would I be inclined to remove obstacles to international comprehension? Would I understand how to pivot a joke from English to French, or—if I were Bassem—from Egyptian Arabic to...

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ILO ILO in Singapore theatres soon.

Anthony Chen’s prize-winning ILO ILO has been picked up by Golden Village and will soon be showing in Singapore theatres. [via YouTube] It opens 29 August. [Official website] d

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Friday music.

Here is “Jama ko”, from the album of the same name by Bassekou Kouyate and Ngoni ba. [via YouTube] d

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Omnivore: Something’s fishy.

Omnivore is a regular report on some of the things that I’ve been enjoying during the week (or thereabouts). Finished up with David Bellos’s Is That a Fish in Your Ear?, and will move on to something...

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Rojak: Dance Apocalyptic.

Rojak is a regular collection of assorted links as well as a bulletin summarising the week (or thereabouts) on this blog. Assorted Richard Matheson has died. [via The New York Times] Hopscotch/Rayuela...

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Edition Additions: #437.

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Archipelago Books’ new website.

Archipelago Books has a new website. Read about all the features here. If you hurry to the shop, you can actually use a discount coupon (LAUNCH2013) to get a 50% discount on your order. I think it’s...

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Frisk Frugt.

Here is some great music from Frisk Frugt. [via YouTube] d

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Bangkok Experimental Film Festival 6.

If you’re in Singapore and have yet to make plans for the weekend, do consider dropping by for a screening or two at the Bangkok Experimental Film Festival. It’s going to be at Future Perfect Singapore...

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Yes yes yes.

There is an excerpt from Micheline Aharonian Marcom’s A Brief History of Yes over at Numéro Cinq. I believe I have the book on my wishlist, if I’ve not already pre/ordered it. [via Numéro Cinq] d

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