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Earth Hour 2012: Pictures from Around the World
By Sarah Jost On Saturday, 6,525 cities and towns in 150 countries and territories participated in the sixth annual Earth Hour, turning out their lights for one hour at 8:30pm local time. Organised by the World Wildlife Fund to raise … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Holidays, Politics & Global Issues, Sarah
Tagged earth hour, Earth hour 2012, hong kong, islamabad, kuala lumpur, london, malaysia, moscow, pakistan, paris, pictures, shanghai, sydney, world wildlife fund
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That’s What He Said
If you are lucky enough to have lived in Paris as a young man, then wherever you go for the rest of your life it stays with you, for Paris is a moveable feast. – Ernest Hemingway
Posted in Literature, Margaret, That's What They Said
Tagged A Moveable Feast, ernest hemingway, paris
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A Personal Reading Year in Review, Part Two
By Geo Ong You didn’t think I was done, did you? There’s more. In addition to the categories I’ve covered last week, here are some more reading trends to share with you. The Travelling Writer Travel literature is a mainstay … Continue reading
Posted in Geo, Literature, Travel
Tagged a field guide to getting lost, a walk in the woods, bbc, Bill Bryson, books, bruce chatwin, eadweard muybridge, edmund white, geoff nicholson, gertrude stein, helene hanff, in patagonia, Jack Kerouac, notes on a dirty island, paris, paris france, reading, rebecca solnit, river of shadows, satori in paris, the duchess of bloomsbury street, the flaneur, the lost art of walking, travel literature
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Reading and Loving and Hating and Loving Gertrude Stein
by Geo Ong I was first introduced to Gertrude Stein at a bistro on the Rue de Fleurus in 1927. Just kidding. I was first introduced to Gertrude Stein in a fiction writing workshop about three years ago. We read … Continue reading
Book People: James Laughlin and New Directions
by Geo Ong James Laughlin had aspirations to be a great poet. A friend of his, a man by the name of Ezra Pound, told him as only a friend (or a critic) could: ‘You’re never going to be any … Continue reading
Posted in Art & Money, Geo, Literature, Travel
Tagged books, dorothy pound, Ezra Pound, fiction, gertrude stein, independent publishing, james joyce, james laughlin, new directions, new york city, paris, poetry, poets, publishing, publishing companies, rapallo, tennessee williams, the way it wasn't, thomas merton, writers
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Would Your Mind Follow Your Feet If They Wander?
Words and images by Geo Ong In the introductory chapter of his book Parisians: An Adventure History of Paris, Graham Robb recounts his time as a younger man in the City of Light: ‘I came to know Paris well enough … Continue reading
Posted in Geo, Literature, Travel
Tagged brest, France, french, graham robb, Jack Kerouac, paris, parisians, safety, satori in paris, tourists, walking
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Intimacy in Art: Portraits by Egon Schiele
By Sarah Jost I bought a postcard of this portrait from the Centre Pompidou in Paris a few years ago and it has been a most treasured possession since, following me from Los Angeles to Chicago to London to Vermont. … Continue reading
Contemporary Profiles: Terrence Malick
By Geo Ong It’s a bit odd to call Terrence Malick a contemporary artist. After all, his debut feature film Badlands was released in 1973. In terms of career span, Malick’s productivity rate is a bit comparable to Thomas Pynchon, … Continue reading
Observing the Obscure: Romare Bearden
By Geo Ong In honour of Black History Month, join me in observing and celebrating the work of Romare Bearden. Though not a household name (unless your household is really cool), Bearden was an influential artist and major figure of … Continue reading →