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“If not quite a platform, a play is certainly a plinth, a small eminence from which to address the world, hold forth about one’s concerns or the concerns of one’s characters. But not to preach. Writing a play I have never tried to hide the sound of my own voice. It hasn’t always been where an audience or a critic has thought to find it, and certainly not always in the mouth of the leading character. It’s often a divided voice or a dissenting one; two things (at lest) are being said and I am not always sure which one I agree with. But that is one reason I write plays: one can speak with a divided voice.” –Alan Bennett, excerpt from 2 October 2018 Diary entry, LRB 3 January 2019
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Category Archives: Favorite books
Was it a bear or a Russian or what?
Inspired by a recent review by Calmgrove, I dug around in the archives of one of my retired blogs to find what I wrote. Here’s my take, with only a couple of minor revisions. The Circus of Dr. Lao, Charles … Continue reading
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Literally challenged: cheating
Originally posted on Calmgrove:
Travel guides, music, children’s books, games and knickknacks In the 2015 Reading Challenge — complete at least fifty-two books from 52 categories — I find by the end of April that I’ve fallen a little behind. And it gets…
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Best Beloved Writers – thank you for all those books…!
Originally posted on Joan Aiken:
Always a favourite of course, her first and her last. There have been a spate of ‘Top Ten’ children’s book lists lately, voted for by readers and critics, but all seem to go for…
