Fred Holland Day: Photographer, Aesthete, Trust-Fund Child, Pleasure-Seeker, Eccentric

This last June, after Sebastian Horsley died in Soho at the age of 47 from a heroin overdose, I began thinking about this genre of rich wastrel louches. We in the white, waking world are fascinated by stories of Edies and Huntington Hartfords who have it all and waste it all. Of Horsley, The Guardian… Continue reading Fred Holland Day: Photographer, Aesthete, Trust-Fund Child, Pleasure-Seeker, Eccentric

China Miéville: “The Scar” Opened the Top of My Head

I first encountered China Miéville via his stunning third novel, The Scar. What I find amazing about this interview with Miéville about his latest novel, Kraken, in The Onion’s AV Club is that The Scar isn’t mentioned at all.  Yet so many of the commenters echo my amazement with The Scar. Words like “stunning” are… Continue reading China Miéville: “The Scar” Opened the Top of My Head

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