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WILD WOMEN, WILD MEN
They hadn’t anticipated having their pants pulled around their ankles.
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OPEN MOUTHED
The artist finds commonality while articulating that which is unsayable—giving pleasure as they do so.
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CARROT JUICE
She always feeds me first while her own food grows cold.
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THE ART OF FICTION NO. 265
Hanif Kureishi - The Paris Review
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Hanif @ Substack London Live Festive Readings, St. James Church, Clerkenwell.
Hanif reads reads from sections of Shattered, before reflecting on some questions from Farrah Storr - Substack's Head of Partnerships, UK & Europe.
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SEVENTY FOR THE FIRST TIME
I envy my younger self. There he is, getting off a plane in London, back from L.A and the Oscars, sun-tanned and confident, flush for the first time in…
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An Exclusive Evening of Readings and Togetherness
December 16th - Clerkenwell, London
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ADVENTURES IN THE HOSPITAL, AGAIN.
This place, which cannot be knocked down or renovated, is a ghost-ship, and on it drifts, our country embodied, into decay.
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HOW TO BEAT YOUR DAD
I’ve always thought of myself as an ideal example: decadence and discipline. (Some answers to your questions at the bottom).
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THE KUREISHI CHRONICLES
THE KUREISHI CHRONICLES
Dispatches from my hospital bed. Writing on writing; sex and drugs and music, TV shows and writers I admire, my memories, among other matters.
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