The Prologue To The Constrained Novel: Hermes Baby! by Nik Smith
On a normal Sunday when I was 14, and still relatively normal too, a daydream descended while I sat bored to death slouched at the dining room table.
It was this:
That future, mature, well-balanced adult me would have a Kid. Not just any kid — The Kid.
A beautiful halo-soaked...
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Dyslexia & The Reading Room: In Manchester Central Library With Jules Styles At An Interactive Literary Event by Quarantine Theatre Company
As it’s National Dyslexia Week, here’s a blog from the Nikki Wordsmith archives that touches on this topic in a celebratory neurodivergent way with the help of professional dog walker Jules Styles....
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Carol by Patricia Highsmith
When I am dried up, a desert of words, feeling what I imagine it would be like to be an old woman in a time before any of the waves of feminism whetted her appetite for life, I always find myself reaching for a book called Carol. The copy...
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The 138th Kentucky Derby – The View from the Backside
In 2012, through the kind generosity of some American friends, I got to go to the Greatest Two Minutes in Sport – the Kentucky Derby...
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