Alexander Bogdanov should not be forgotten and White’s new biography, “Red Hamlet”, will help rehabilitate one of the brightest from that star class of intellectuals and activists without whom the Russian Revolution could not continue to burn brightly in our political and cultural memory. Sean Sheehan He met […]
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African sisterhood
“Daughters of Africa” is an anthology of writing by women of African descent that appeared in 1992, edited by Margaret Busby. This was a time when the number of black women writers known to the literati could be counted on the fingers of one hand – so the more than […]
Reading therapy
The best books for sharing aloud with children too young to read are charged with therapeutic value for readers and listeners alike. Sean Sheehan It is not about building vocabulary, trying to accelerate the child’s developmental pace and prime the posture of their mind in order to give […]
Live, live, live
“Live; live; live”, the latest novel from Jonathan Buckley, plays eloquent witness to a liminal space, the boundary between the limits of rational thinking and the beginnings of occult mystification. Sean Sheehan It’s an intriguing borderland, one which does not make complete sense, lying as it does is […]
We need to talk about the Red Army Faction
In the movie “We need to talk about Kevin”, the motivation behind the murderous behaviour of the eponymous character remain mysterious, locked away in a private and poisonous pathology. His mother struggles to understand but does not turn her back on what took place. Sean Sheehan Coming to […]