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It's the 14th of July and I cannot but celebrate, with a few French poems, Bastille Day. Yesterday I saw the common press conference...

We read for different reasons. We read because we “must”, to find out information, out of curiosity, but I would like to believe that a ...

June is here, (and almost gone) school is over and what can be better than one of my favorite challenges...? The Japanese Literature Chal...

All those who enter Damien Hirst's latest exhibition in Venice, you'd better believe it!  Damien Hirst is one of the most fam...

My God my God, why hast thou forsaken me?  Why would a good God allow evil to exist in the world? The silence we encounter while reading t...

I am (almost) speechless when my former students and current (best) friends get inspired and write about my favorite writers (after I nag...

Wipe your hand across your mouth, and laugh;  The worlds revolve like ancient women  Gathering fuel in vacant lots. (Preludes) I ha...

“A person never knows their own true face. Everybody thinks that the phoney, posed social mask they wear is their real face.”   Lik...

No, this blog is not dead, it has simply enjoyed some time off, away from the madding crowds and deeply immersed into some serious readin...

It took me two years from wanting to read this book, to actually getting it and finally finishing it. I do not know why because I quite...

T oday my favorite writer turns 57. Happy Birthday to you, Jeanette Winterson ! May you remain the same incredibly inspiring writer who ...

"I want to play. All I want is to play."  There is no such thing as too much Ethan Hawke on this blog :)  I am still i...

"Don't waste your love on somebody who doesn't value it." How I love a good live performance, especially if I get...

"Every woman is the architect of her own fortune."  Celebrating August as the month dedicated to Women in Translation , I ha...

Tony, from Tony's Reading List reminded me that August is the month for Women in Translation and since I am quite eager to read...

' Il y a un instant, entre la quinzième et la seizième gorgée de champagne, où tout homme est un aristocrate ' On my way to r...

I decided to watch another Sion Sono movie and this time, I got more than I would have wished for. I was aware that the Japanese direct...