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Nobody’s a Critic

August 17th, 2008

Morgan Meis in The Smart Set, Nobody’s a Critic. Or they’re at least terrified to be one: “Criticism isn’t powerful anymore. It doesn’t drive anything, it doesn’t define what is good and bad in culture. Surely this has mostly to do with all the changes in the media landscape over the last few decades. Basically, [...]

Tags: art · criticism · immanuel kant · literary critics · literature · philosophy

Ten things you need to know about Haruki Murakami

July 21st, 2008

Times, Ten things you need to know about Haruki Murakami. The key facts about the coolest writer in the world today: “Haruki Murakami is quite possibly the most successful and influential cult author in the world today. The 59-year-old sells millions of books in Japan. His fifth novel, Norwegian Wood, sold more than 3.5m copies [...]

Tags: haruki murakami · literature

Haruki Murakami hard at work on ‘horror’ novel

June 24th, 2008

ABC News, Haruki Murakami hard at work on ‘horror’ novel: “Internationally acclaimed novelist Haruki Murakami is working on an extremely lengthy novel, but is cherishing every moment. “Every day, I am sitting at my desk for five to six hours. I have been writing the novel for about one year and two months now,” he [...]

Tags: haruki murakami · literature

Trade was trade. Literature was another calling.

May 29th, 2008

The Observer, A thriller in ten chapters: “The Observer’s literary editor Robert McCrum stood down this month after more than 10 years in the job. And what a tumultuous 10 years. When he started it was a world of ‘cigarettes, coffee and strong drink’. But that has all changed – new writers, big money, the [...]

Tags: literature · publishing

The stronger my muscles got, the clearer my mind became.

March 6th, 2008

Der Spiegel, Spiegel Interview with Haruki Murakami: “SPIEGEL: Are you a better writer because you run? Murakami: Definitely. The stronger my muscles got, the clearer my mind became. I am convinced that artists who lead an unhealthy life burn out more quickly. Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison, Janis Joplin were the heroes of my youth — [...]

Tags: haruki murakami · literature · running

W.B.Yeats Reading His Own Verse

January 29th, 2008

‘Yeats made these recordings for the wireless in 1932, 1934 and the last on 28 October 1937 when he was 72. He died on January 28 1939. The photograph shows him sitting before the microphone in 1937.’ (YouTube) Via Smashingtelly.

Tags: literature · w.b. yeats

Haruki Murakami: What I Talk About When I Talk About Running

December 28th, 2007

1 mei 2008: Haruki Murakami, What I Talk About When I Talk About Running. (via) Zie voor een vroege bespreking Canuck in Asia, Harakui Murakami Talks to Himself While Running, but only in Japanese (So You Can’t Hear Him). En zie verder vooral ook Haruki Murakami Resources: Excorcising Ghosts.