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Lewis Hyde’s The Gift

Lewis Hyde’s The Gift

I’ve been reading Lewis Hyde’s scholarly study of gift economies and their relation to the artist, The Gift: Imagination and the Erotic Life of Property, and finding it utterly absorbing. Although this is not directly…

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Stories in Perfume

Stories in Perfume

I’m reading Chandler Burr’s The Perfect Scent: A Year Inside the Perfume Industry in Paris and New York and I’ve come across an image I love. Céline Ellena, the daughter of parfumeur Jean-Claude Ellena, is…

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Tim Bowling’s The Lost Coast

Tim Bowling’s The Lost Coast

I’m not sure if I’ll keep this blog up, but I’m finding Materfamilias Writes, my other home on the web, is getting a bit too cluttered. As well, I’m not sure how much my readers…

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Copyright

Unless otherwise stated, all words and photographs in this blog are my own. If you wish to use any of them, please give me credit for my work. And it should go without saying, but apparently needs to be said: Do not publish entire posts as your own. I will take the necessary action to stop such theft. Thanks.