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Love, ghosts, and other stories: diaspora dramaturgies

A few months back, I was invited by Maddy Costa and the Dramaturg’s Network to speak on a panel about “Diaspora Dramaturgies”. I still don’t really know what that term means (and perhaps it’s intentionally open) but I always trust an invitation from Maddy, so I said yes, and found myself on a panel with… Read more »

Something Ending

The story of a song from A MILLION TINY GLITCHES   A Million Tiny Glitches by Sleepdogs   When my brother Mike died in 2012 he did so in a dramatic way very much out of keeping with his calm and unflappable personality. An astoundingly rare condition took him away in the blink of an… Read more »

The Modern Spirit

  We don’t see the ghosts we used to. Because of course the cities are brighter than they once were, they cast a glow over the countryside, the nights are full of cars and noise. The skies above us are bereft of whirling shades, they thin out to airlessness, then stars, then galaxies etc –… Read more »