My Government Means to Kill Me by Rasheed Newson (NYC)
Swimming in the Dark by Tomasz Jedrowski (Poland)
No Other World by Rahul Mehta (US, India)
The Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst (London)
Jobs for Girls With Artistic Flair by June Gervais (Long Island)
“As so often he had the feeling that an artistic disagreement, almost immaterial to the other person, was going to be the vehicle of something that mattered to him more than he could say.”
Nick knew he would never see the picture again, and found it hard to put it back on the table. It gleamed in the rainy light as an emblem of why he'd come here. It wasn't clear with Toby, any more than with Leo and Wani, if fantasy could hold back time, if this sleek second-year with his sportsman's legs and marvellous arse could still excite him when he knew the fat Toby of five years on. Well, not in the mind, perhaps, but in an image, a photo: it took a certain aesthetic nerve to fly in the face of the facts. He did something silly and solemn, and left on the glass the light, blurred imprint of his lips and the tip of his nose.
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Grāmatai sākoties, tās galvenais varonis Nick Guest ir jauns un par sevi ne pārlieku pašpārliecināts 20 gadīgs jauneklis, kurš nesen ievācies pie kursabiedra Tobija viņa vecāku un tēva politiķa Gerald Feddens mājās. Turklāt ne vienkārši uz kakla esošs viesis, bet pilna mēra īrnieks ar maksu (vismaz simbolisku). Vienīgais,…
I get my media recommendations the old fashioned way: by watching someone I follow on here go on an unhinged reblog spree of media related content until I eventually decide to go "alright, what's all this then"
"You can tell that there was a wealth of love that went into making this film so I hope people can take just a little bit of that love out with them." - Eugene Lee Yang | Go Behind The Animation for Nimona
The way Luz's thank you drawing got rejected by the person it was for when she thought she finally found someone who wouldn't make fun of her for her eccentric behavior, that she is worthless..and then the drawing does get recognized, that it's beautiful and why would it get thrown away. She was finally understood (I am in shambles help-)