Other Things Going On
I'm aware that it's over a year since I posted anything to this blog. The explanation has a lot…
White Tears US Tour: Spring 2017
During March and April, I'll be in various cities, reading from and talking about White Tears. Hope to see…
Slavoj Žižek on the Refugee Crisis, with Hari Kunzru
Žižek's new book is said to be 'his most focused and urgent yet'. I wasn't so sure about that…
The Obama Legacy (2016)
Expectations were sky high when Barack Obama was elected president in 2008. As his term draws to a close,…
Trump and the End of Politics (2016)
We see this man who looks as if he has been sculpted out of a block of Gouda cheese,…
Thus Bad Begins (2016)
"This is familiar territory for Marias, both in its forensic examination of the grey areas of personal morality, and…
Penguin Worlds Science Fiction
I have written new introductions to classic Science Fiction work by Joanna Russ, John Christopher and Vernor Vinge, to…
The Moonstone - Sjón (2016)
The subtitle of the Icelandic writer Sjón's jewel-like novella is 'the boy who never was'. Known to English-speaking readers…
