Despite struggling to produce full sentences, I have been spoiling myself with the wisdom of some literary giants lately. I attended an online literary discussion between Margaret Atwood and Joyce Carol Oates earlier this autumn, and just finished Alexander Chee’s brilliant essay collection How to Write an Autobiographical Novel. Herewith thoughts.
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There has been a lot of spilling the White House tea lately. And who doesn’t like tea!
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The Valentine’s of the Autumn is soon upon us – get ready to be sexy for Halloween! Somehow there’s an expectation to be sexy for all of these holidays nowadays, but hey, any excuse. (Will we ever get a break???) If a random website selling random stuff tells me this is the sexiest time of the year, who am I to contest any of it. Herewith how I’m intending to pass the sexy-time All Saints holiday that’s right around the corner.
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It’s funny how quickly it happens: a couple of fashion shows and red carpet events and things suddenly start looking up. After having been deprived of anything non-essential for over a year, the past weeks’ events almost feel excessive.
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It’s the New York Fashion Week, it’s the MET Gala tonight, it’s the new book releases, it’s people stepping out on the red carpet, it’s the awards, it’s the everything, and it feels so good.
Continue reading “September Sensory Overload”
Happy start of the New Year, which for me takes place in September. As friend put it, January New Year is merely a stocktaking. It’s all working from home and chasing people for overdue drinks in the balmy Brussels. Re-establishing routines and sort of planning for a life after a long while feels like wrapping self in tartan, which never fails to appear as the seasonal freshness come September.
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Kassandra Komplex 