I have little memory of what I read as a child. The children’s classics never much appealed to me, either then or now. My lasting memories of literature begin with what I read as a teenager. It was only when I discovered contemporary literature—contemporary, for me, being of the 1980s and 1990s—that my reading life … Continue reading Haroun and the Sea of Stories by Salman Rushdie
Author: Sunil Amrith
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Browsing in a bookshop over the summer, my eyes were drawn to the bright pink cover of a small Faber book, what art does: an unfinished theory. It is a collaboration between electronic musician Brian Eno and artist Bette A. It has the form of a picture book—playful with fonts and layout, interspersed with sketches. … Continue reading Thoughts and questions about art
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