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Tag Archives: Jonathan Cape

The last day of our acquaintance – Sharon Olds’ Stag’s Leap

January 14, 2013

Titian – Venus and Adonis (detail) – (Photo credit: Wikipedia) In his Venus and Adonis, Shakespeare’s goddess attempts to seduce the …

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Living in a box – Sean Borodale’s Bee Journal

January 3, 2013

It began as an idle thrumbing, blending with the shiver of the branches. The path ahead looked the same as …

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All you need is love – Mark Doty’s Theories and Apparitions

October 28, 2012

My childhood soft toy, a blue waistcoated Peter Rabbit, is a mess. You might expect him to be threadbare after …

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Belfast Child – Leontia Flynn’s Drives

October 17, 2012

I was standing at the counter of a Belfast tourist office watching as a biro was waved over a map. …

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Kissing a Saint’s Stomach Lining – Adam Thorpe’s Voluntary

September 1, 2012

The strangest thing I’ve kissed is a section of stomach lining belonging to the Blessed Ralph Sherwin. He’s an old …

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The vibrator in the drawer – Leontia Flynn’s Profit and Loss

July 18, 2012

  Buy Profit and Loss from Cape Poetry There is something uncanny about houses. Especially other people’s and especially shared …

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