Jean Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir
Ovablastic (Free subscription) | 29/11/2009
The power couple of french existentialism.
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Paris de Nuit
Phil Beard (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
In 1933 Brassaï published one of the greatest of all photo-books with the title Paris de Nuit . These Parisian postcards from a series published by Yvon (Féeries Nocturnes de Paris) are contemporary with Brassaï’s book. The image above shows Métro line 2 on its elevated trajectory overshadowed by the oppressive profile of Sacré-Coeur, a standing reproof to communards...
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An account of the few weekend hours I spent awake
What Would Phoebe Do (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
Yay! What felt like a bad cold on Tuesday, then definitively swinish (fevers, aches, the whole deal) by Thursday morning, has disappeared into nothing worse than a tendency to have a coughing fit every time I'm about to laugh. Once this subsides, it's vaccination time. But so far, recuperation activities have included: - Reading Simone de Beauvoir's postwar take on America . Her main complaints were...
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Son Objects to Moving Camus’s Remains
New York Times (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
President Nicolas Sarkozy wants to transfer the remains of the writer Albert Camus to one of the most hallowed burial places in France, but the plan has run into opposition from the Nobel laureate’s son.
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Camus’s Son Objects to Moving Father’s Remains
New York Times (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
President Nicolas Sarkozy wants to transfer the remains of the writer Albert Camus to one of the most hallowed burial places in France, but the plan has run into opposition from the Nobel laureate's son.
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Camus’s Son Snubs Sarkozy Honor
New York Times (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
President Nicolas Sarkozy wants to transfer the remains of the writer Albert Camus to one of the most hallowed burial places in France, but the plan has run into opposition from the Nobel laureate's son.
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Not the usual 9 to 5 (looking at the workstyles of creative people)
Boxing the Octopus (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
"Daily Routines" is an interesting little blog that examines the way creative people work. Simone de Beauvoir "I'm always in a hurry to get going, though in general I dislike starting the day. I first have tea and then, at about ten o'clock, I get under way and work until one. Then I see my friends and after that, at five o'clock, I go back to work and continue until nine. I have no...
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Mark Olmsted: Do We Want to Be Right, or Have Rights?
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
What makes civil unions at present unequal is not their separateness but the host of federal benefits conferred by marriage that even the best state domestic partnerships can't accord.
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Portraits of the Artist: The Work of Carl Köhler
The Millions (A Blog About Books) (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Köhler's subjects ranged from Michael Jackson to Charles Bukowski and his experimentation with many startlingly different techniques and media in his portraiture, as well as his often exquisite pairings of style and subject, give his work an arresting and distinctive expressiveness.
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I’m in! (Women Unbound Challenge)
Smithereens (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
I usually steer clear of challenges (because of the induced guilt when I abandon them midway), but I’m mellowing these days. They’re just too tempting. Danielle brought my attention towards the Women Unbound Challenge, hosted by Eva, Aarti and Care. The challenge’s ambition is to read a number of fiction and non-fiction books addressing feminist [...]
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Reissues: Three classic works from female writers
Metro.co.uk (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Book feature: Here are a trio of classic books from renowned women that have been re-relased and belong on every bookshelf.
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Nikolas Kozloff: Holding the Global North Responsible for Climate Change: What Would Lord Russell Do?
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
To truly be effective, climate change activists will have to gain support from more important geopolitical players in the region such as Brazil. If they fail to do so, critics may dismiss the tribunal as a partisan hatchet job on the United States, just like in Bertrand Russell's day.
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Koestler in the battle of the behemoths
3quarksdaily (Free subscription) | 14/11/2009
In a noble if melodramatic way, Koestler had once held a sort of dress rehearsal for suicide with Walter Benjamin, as both contemplated being taken alive by the Gestapo. (He kept the pills Benjamin gave him, while the latter swallowed...
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When I first saw this article about...
A Fugitive Phenomenon (Free subscription) | 14/11/2009
When I first saw this article about Publishers Weekly and its all-male-author Best Books of 2009 (ah yes, it's that time of year again), it took me a minute to work out the title: 'Why Weren't Any Women Invited to Publishers Weekly 's Weenie Roast?' I'd always thought 'wienie' as in 'wiener' as in 'frankfurter' was spelt with an 'ie' not an 'ee', and it's not clear whether 'weenie' is used here as...
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ny and coney island
infinite thØught (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
[Here are some photos from my recent trip to NY.] Part 1: Ground Zero, Wall Street, Battery Park and the Rockefeller Centre. The Caff under the hotel made it very clear they were not to be treated like the Starbucks next door. Not surprisingly, there are 9/11 memorials all over New York. Here is a particularly Catholic-looking one. These haunted New-people are waiting to enter the forthcoming buildings...