Note to self to write books that can be sold in museum shops

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Book acquisition: yes, yes, I know: I have at least 40 volumes by Friedrich Dürrenmatt, but hear me out: collected essays, so there must be some strays that have eluded me; neat jacket-pocket-fitting size (1000 pages !); €2; and — his poems ! (There are like 6 poems 🙂 ..... )

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Li won a Pulitzer for her memoir about the suicides of her two sons. In her new novel, Music Against the Night, she writes about two young prodigies in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. n.pr/4zt9JD3

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So I can finally share the news that my story “The Stamp Shop” received a “Highly Commended” place in the Bridport Prize 2026, putting me into the final dozen of the anthology. (first two pages in first comment). Many thanks to all those people who supported me. bridportprize.org.uk/results/?srs...

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Guy who after the meal is over casually opens his pocket and releases a fully grown Egyptian plover bird which forces its head into his mouth in order to pick at food stuck between his teeth

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