Berfrois

Autobiography

‘Autobiography of a Brown Buffalo’ by Oscar ‘Zeta’ Acosta

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‘Autobiography of a Brown Buffalo’ by Oscar ‘Zeta’ Acosta

Paul Johnathan on Édouard Louis

Paul Johnathan on Édouard Louis

What Obama Saw in the Fabulous Five

What Obama Saw in the Fabulous Five

‘Autobiographic Sketches’ by Thomas De Quincey

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‘Autobiographic Sketches’ by Thomas De Quincey

‘William Wilson’ by Edgar Allan Poe

Classic short story:

‘William Wilson’ by Edgar Allan Poe

Is the Pied Piper of R&B having a laugh?

Is the Pied Piper of R&B having a laugh?

‘The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin’

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‘The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin’

Fathers on Wax

Fathers on Wax

Discount him 30% for embroidery

Discount him 30% for embroidery

‘Life’ by Keith Richards

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‘Life’ by Keith Richards

Whiplash quick, atmospheric, Georges Simenon’s are usually the skinniest books on the shelf…

‘The art of making excerpts (ars excerpendi) was an essential scholarly technique.’

Turning 100 this year, will Dorothea Tanning get the celebration she deserves?

Brutalist concrete of old Yugoslavia
Photo essay: Brutalist concrete of old Yugoslavia
‘Birth/Place’ by Pia Ghosh Roy
Poem: ‘Birth/Place’ by Pia Ghosh Roy
‘Grey Tropic’ by Fernando Sdrigotti and Martin Dean
Book excerpt: ‘Grey Tropic’ by Fernando Sdrigotti and Martin Dean
‘Irwin Allen vs. the Lion Tamer’ by Jennifer L. Knox
Poem: ‘Irwin Allen vs. the Lion Tamer’ by Jennifer L. Knox
Drinking in Poetry
Podcast: Drinking in Poetry
‘Politics’ by W. B. Yeats
Poem: ‘Politics’ by W. B. Yeats