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Worlds 2014

Nostalgia

August 26, 2014 by nathan

I like to be inside my head where I can manipulate the world and move things and events so that I have a sense of control.

IS ‘NOSTALGIA’ A BROMIDE?

August 26, 2014 by nathan

I can’t find a good word to say for nostalgia … and if I detected it in my own work, I’d know that something had gone severely awry. I’d need to set fire to it.

Nostalgia and its Discontents

August 26, 2014 by nathan

This piece is featured from this year’s Worlds festival. Also on site, from the provocations we have: Akhil Sharma’s ‘Nostalgia’, James Scudamore’s ‘The Ecstasy of Impossibility’, and Denise Riley’s ‘Is Nostalgia a Bromide?’. Finally, as a special treat, we have Bae Su-Ah’s meditation on the experience of translating W. G. Sebald into Korean, ‘After Sebald […]

The Ecstasy Of Impossibility: A Provocation

August 26, 2014 by nathan

When I look back on the intensity of my early reading experience, I envy myself.

After Sebald – a tribute

June 19, 2014 by New Writing

Bae Su-Ah on the educational experience of translating the work of W. G. Sebald.

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