At fifteen, I was obsessed with East of Eden . . .
Maud Newton, posting on newcritics, raises the spectre of a Nobel prize winning writer.

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To write down my ideas about the idea-based subjects in life that interest me - books, reading, writing, publishing, science and the web, in particular the social science & technology aspects of the web. Since starting blogging, I have connected with a small group of people who have overlapping interests, so [...]






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