I hadn’t read much of surrealist poet Tomas Tranströmer until recently when a revived interest in Poetry (thank you Blandine Longre and Paul Stubs) had me engaging with my google search bar and my ‘great contemporary poets’ generic feed. I’m glad I read some, because he won the Nobel Prize for Literature today (anyone who […]
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Feelings and why you may not have any.
posted by lisathatcher
I have been in therapy lately, and this is the world’s worst kept secret. Ok… not only lately. I’m one of those people who needed a fair bit of analysis in my life. (I just wrote lie for life – the recognition of Freudian slips is one of the disagreeable side effects of too much […]
On Being a Good Reader.
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I am a good reader. I say I am a good reader, not because I read a lot. I did complete a speed reading course. I can speed read something, get “a deep gist”, say I’ve read it and understand that to be the case. I read plenty of books and articles this way, and […]
Why I love Miller and hate Hemingway, or how I pick and choose my misogynists.
posted by lisathatcher
Ok, so I can feminist it up with the best of them. I’ve been down most of the paths: Intellectual antidisestablishmentarianism media whore with Germaine Greer; ultra pissed-off-ed-ness with Susan Brown-Miller and Alanis Morissette (ok, I may never have been THAT shitty); chemistry studies with Mary Daly to try to develop synthetic sperm; Übermensch intelligent […]
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Submissions
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I am happy to review the following: Please email all review requests to: sendlisamessage(at)gmail(dot)com Books – Literary style, I prefer not to review genre. I have to allocate time carefully, and genre (romance, horror, sci-fi, detective, bizzarro etc) is not my strong suit, as I do not normally read these kinds of books. I am […]
About Lisa
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Lisa Thatcher Lisa Thatcher is a novelist, short story writer and reviewer. Lisa is a member of the Australian Film Critics Association and the Australian Society of Authors. Short stories have been published in The Black Herald Press, Le Zaparorgue, and The Indie Reader. Lisa has written music reviews for Dusted Magazine and Slant Magazine. She […]
Contact Lisa
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To contact Lisa regarding anything to do with this blog, please mail: sendlisamessage@gmail.com or lisathatcher3@gmail.com
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