Listen "A longing for transcendence with a certain style"
Episode Synopsis
A collection of fictional writings that break the traditional rules of storytelling leads us into a consideration of how writing might be used for magical purposes.The book, this episode, is: John Foxx, The Quiet Man: Short Stories by John Foxx (London: Rocket 88 Books, 2020).See also: Mark Fisher, Ghosts of My Life: Writings on Depression, Hauntology and Lost Futures (Winchester, UK: Zero Books, 2014).Listen to John Foxx reading his story “The Marvellous Notebook” (among others) at: https://tinyurl.com/yr46a2y6 (bandcamp.com, accessed January 2025).To support the podcast, buy me a coffee at https://ko-fi.com/oeith or https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dbarfordG. Or you could send me a lovely book from https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/1IQ3BVWY3L5L5?ref_=wl_share. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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