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I-Land is where memories and experiences turn into short stories, personal journal entries and narration in first person, part memoir, part fiction, exploring topics such as the relation between humans and the societies they live in.

21st July, 2020
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Father And Son: Make It Better

It’s funny how the people who grow up with this song often end up becoming the figures against whom they rebelled. Children who had a […]

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19th July, 2020
I-Land

Joan Didion’s The White Album: Like Fine Medicine

A few pages in and I put the book aside and think about what I’ve read for hours, maybe days […]

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10th July, 2020
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Risk And The Daily Horror News

Metal fans know that this band used to be called Faithful Breath. I think I knew this when I was sixteen, then […]

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29th June, 2020
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Introverts, Lockdowns, And The Sanctity Of Private Space

When introverts say they were made for the lockdown and that they wish the world would stay in lockdown forever, take it with a pinch […]

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27th October, 2019
I-Land

The Torrents Of Spring: Young And Restless

Let Hemingway’s young and restless spirit, his pre-persona satire take you on a delightful journey. I did on a warm summer day in London and it made […]

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27th March, 2019
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The Dirt: Mötley Crüe’s Memoir Adaptation Hits The Screens

Having read The Dirt, I would agree with Rolling Stone’s assessment that the film adaptation doesn’t do the book justice. The book was an outstanding […]

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19th August, 2018
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Roused By Fear Of A Blank Planet

This album was responsible for lifting me from the dumps eleven years ago — rough, depressive, sharp as nails […]

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4th August, 2018
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Claiming One’s Destiny

‘That the Indians were you!’ […]

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31st July, 2018
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On Writing And Cutting: Don’t Get Too Comfortable

The text reads well. Still, I cut it. Thick black strikethrough lines from end to end — then started a new draft on the […]

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24th July, 2018
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Attica’s Wildfire Tragedy

As Attica burns — and the minds of everyone are with the dead, the injured and the displaced — one wonders if the arsonists (it’s […]

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