Year: 2025

  • On Searching for Equivalents

    On Searching for Equivalents

    I’ve spent the last few months weighing novels. I have measured sentences and traced the outlines of authorial styles. At first, it was a search for equivalents. I was picking up French books with the sole purpose of finding Francophone authors who reminded me of the English writers I held close—I was searching for familiarity…

  • January–February Fragments

    January–February Fragments

    Radiators The one I am looking at is by my desk. It has been painted over many times, but it’s been a while since someone thought to paint between each slot. It’s been painted various shades, or perhaps I’m just looking at coats of the same colour—was it once the murky yellow I see from…