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A reflection on old age and the mysterious artistic breakthroughs found therein, through a memoir combined with a series of explorations of various artists, including Beethoven, Titian, Jean Rhys, Leoš Janáček, Tagore, and Igor Stravinsky. Winter Light - Douglas J. Penick BOOK REVIEW (YouTube)

Good evening everyone, how goes? Currently editing the next Sexual Personae installment. Will post as soon as I can. Hope you have a very nice weekend. 1. Book to Read: Winter Light: On Late Life's Radiance by Douglas Penick (Paid Link) Douglas Penick, one of the translators of "A Terrace in Rome" b

Buy Books Here | Review Links Below Omitted Classics (All Paid Links): A Farewell to Arms - Ernest Hemingway The Oresteia by Aeschylus The Turn of the Screw - Henry James The Complete Poems of Hart Crane The Tropic of Cancer - Henry Miller Honorable Mentions (All Paid Links): Annihilation - Michel H

A beautiful short book about a 17th-century engraver of erotic Mezzotints whose face is destroyed by acid. Definitely for fans of 'An Episode in the Life of a Landscape Painter' by César Aira Terrasse à Rome (A Terrace in Rome) - Pascal Quignard BOOK REVIEW (YouTube)

Good afternoon everyone, the Heat has returned to Florida. Hope you're reading something terrific. Lots of great stuff coming your way, including a review of Pascal Quignard's 'A Terrace in Rome' (Paid Link), which I highly recommend, hopefully this weekend. Have a great weekend and thank you so muc

Seasons Greetings Ya'll, thanks so much for your continued support. Hope you're keeping warm if you're in Northern climates. 1. A recent recommendation from Kit Schluter: Pascal Quignard's 'A Terrace in Rome' (paid link) The story of a 17th-century engraver whose face is destroyed by acid thrown in