Alan Parker
@englishsettlement.bsky.social
Bleak, impersonal, and tragicomic episodes of life, often coupled with black comedy and literary nonsense.
Proudly a Memorial Device ANT
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Well meaning people have a nibble round his edges; www.backlisted.fm/episodes/60-...
60. Denis Johnson - Jesus' Son — Backlisted
John and Andy welcome authors Chris Power and Erica Wagner to the Backlisted podcast to discuss the multiple interlocking stories in Jesus' Son by Denis Johnson, including the phantasmagoric '...
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August 24, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Well meaning people have a nibble round his edges; www.backlisted.fm/episodes/60-...
He is, with the slight exception of Thom Jones, the only writer I can think of whose magic puts you THERE.
Jesus’ Son is not to be toyed with. Risky, like day drinking Stella in a flat roof pub in Hull.
Jesus’ Son is not to be toyed with. Risky, like day drinking Stella in a flat roof pub in Hull.
August 24, 2025 at 10:37 AM
He is, with the slight exception of Thom Jones, the only writer I can think of whose magic puts you THERE.
Jesus’ Son is not to be toyed with. Risky, like day drinking Stella in a flat roof pub in Hull.
Jesus’ Son is not to be toyed with. Risky, like day drinking Stella in a flat roof pub in Hull.
Denis J the great unacknowledged writer of our age. Never what one expects. Raw and wild. The images he conjures stay forever. I humbly suggest The Largesse of the Sea Maiden as a gateway, after which you are on your own. Good luck out there.
August 24, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Denis J the great unacknowledged writer of our age. Never what one expects. Raw and wild. The images he conjures stay forever. I humbly suggest The Largesse of the Sea Maiden as a gateway, after which you are on your own. Good luck out there.
It was easy; you stuck to your word.
August 24, 2025 at 10:11 AM
It was easy; you stuck to your word.
The Belle of Toton.
I’m from nearby, and her voice, that pure drop, slays me.
I’m from nearby, and her voice, that pure drop, slays me.
August 20, 2025 at 7:12 PM
The Belle of Toton.
I’m from nearby, and her voice, that pure drop, slays me.
I’m from nearby, and her voice, that pure drop, slays me.
My Art professor told me he visited Nolde, who told him that in the war he painted watercolours in a secret drawer hidden in his kitchen table and when the gestapo visited to ensure he was obeying the rules of his house arrest he would see them driving up to his farm and slam the drawer shut!
August 19, 2025 at 4:09 PM
My Art professor told me he visited Nolde, who told him that in the war he painted watercolours in a secret drawer hidden in his kitchen table and when the gestapo visited to ensure he was obeying the rules of his house arrest he would see them driving up to his farm and slam the drawer shut!
The one he did of a September sunrise not too shabby (Ferens, Hull)
July 28, 2025 at 8:18 PM
The one he did of a September sunrise not too shabby (Ferens, Hull)
Wow!
He has the same kind of wild energy as Peter Freuchen.
A brilliant piece 🙏
He has the same kind of wild energy as Peter Freuchen.
A brilliant piece 🙏
July 28, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Wow!
He has the same kind of wild energy as Peter Freuchen.
A brilliant piece 🙏
He has the same kind of wild energy as Peter Freuchen.
A brilliant piece 🙏
Heartily agree - @lauracummingart.bsky.social on song, and I’d say Sport is better than anywhere else.
July 14, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Heartily agree - @lauracummingart.bsky.social on song, and I’d say Sport is better than anywhere else.
Switched to tins of pilchards and mine is now in rude health.
July 13, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Switched to tins of pilchards and mine is now in rude health.