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Kathryn Scanlan
Based on transcribed interviews with a former racehorse trainer from Iowa, Kick the Latch is a stunning work of fiction that investigates form, authenticity and idiosyncratic speech. This is an…
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The Dominant Animal is a powerful and much-anticipated first collection. “No mercy’, says one of Scanlan’s characters, and that is how it feels to encounter these stories. Morbid humour, tender…
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Flash fiction stories from a visionary young writer –
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About one woman’s fine, hard life at the racetrack, Kick the Latch-with its ruthless concision and artful mysteries-is lightning in a bottle
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This work was inspired by a diary kept by Cora E. Lacy from 1968 to 1972 –Copyright page.
A photographic encyclopedia of Western female hairstyles across the ages
In The Hunt, London-based French photographer Celine Bodin (born 1990) creates a concise survey of female hairstyles across various periods…
An artist’s book of fungal portraiture
London-based Dutch artist Magali Reus (born 1981) presents a series of close-up photographs of mushrooms against backdrops of colorful vintage t-shirts, all set within…
Visual art and its fascination with animals (in the form of pets, zoo animals, farm animals, stuffed animals, along with projections of wildness) prepare the ground to reflect on the…
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