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Journal Excerpts 1997–1999
Lydia Davis
‘gormandizing, gluttonous, lickerish, guttling’
Excerpts from Lydia Davis’s diary.
Once a Dancer
Diana Evans
‘What happens to a dancer when they stop dancing?’
Diana Evans on dancing and writing.
We’re Not Really Strangers
Sama Beydoun
‘The people I’ve photographed made Beirut liveable.’
Sama Beydoun photographs the nightlife of Beirut.
Great North Wood
James Berrington
‘One of the things that keeps drawing me back is the wide variety of birds.’
James Berrington photographs the fragments of a London woodland.
Things That Dream
Brian Dillon
‘Kate Bush’s “Running Up That Hill” might well be the greatest record to feature the Linn drum sound.’
Brian Dillon on the legacy of drum machines.
TonyInterruptor
Nicola Barker
‘Insofar as value for money is relevant to art, that audience – an attentive audience, a great audience – were determined to get it.’
Fiction by Nicola Barker.
Two Poems
Mary Jean Chan
‘Can I be myself now? I ask / my parents in a dream.’
Two poems from Mary Jean Chan’s collection Bright Fear.
Three Poems
Elvis Bego
‘you notice / that some of these men / are full of passionate music / while others pain your ears’
Poetry by Elvis Bego.
Notes on Craft
Natasha Calder
‘What strikes me most, though, is how writers and climbers share an appetite for failure.’
Natasha Calder on bouldering.
Oceans Away From My Homeland
Agnes Chew
‘At the entrance to the gynaecology clinic, I ring the bell.’
Fiction by Agnes Chew.
Lech, Prince and the Nice Things
Rue Baldry
‘I spend the afternoon scarifying ceilings. My neck and shoulders are killing me by the time I leave.’
Fiction by Rue Baldry.