Benny The Blue Whale - A novel written with AI and the authors interrogation of its processes Marc Nash 2023-12-29 | An in-depth review of Andy Stanton's 'descent into story, language and the madness of ChatGPT' in his book "Benny The Blue Whale'.What AI can and caan't do, it's limits, its (programmed) biases, how novels work, organic language versus programmed language remixing and whether a novel produced by Chat GPT could pass the Turing test.
Friday Reads end of September Marc Nash 2024-09-26 | Books discussed:Intro 0:00Anton Hur "Toward Eternity"Dag Solstad "Professor Andersen's Night" 8:24Thomas Bernhard "Walking" 18:12Sergio Chejfec "My Two Worlds" 25:41Maria Gabriela Llansol "The Geography Of Rebels" 31:18Kate Atkinson "Death At Sign Of The Rook" 34:52Victoria Chang "With My Back to The World" 40:44Hervé Guibert "To The Friend Who Did Not Save My Life" 43:04Kate Briggs "This Little Art" 49:25Other Books mentionedOlaf Stapledon "First And Last Men"Paul Auster "The New Yourk Trilogy"Gert Jonke "Geometric Regional Novel"Anna Burns "Milkman" youtube.com/watch?v=qAbiupvREjEVictoria Chang "Obit" youtu.be/d9fkTjija4YVictoria Chang "The Trees Witness Everything" youtu.be/wgy3kq9vFbYKate Briggs "The Long Form" youtube.com/watch?v=hpS93vd5b20Thomas Bernhard "Wittgenstein's Nephew" youtube.com/watch?v=cQnYbmfC02c&t=1340s
Recent Reads end of August Marc Nash 2024-08-29 | 5 novels, 5 poetry collections from the last fortnight or so's reading, including my favourite novel and my favourite poetry collection read this year so far. A great reading period. Books discussed Intro 0:00"The Tyranny of Flies" Elaine Vilar Madruga"Before The Feast" Sasa Stanisic"The Time Of The Flies" "Claudia Pineiro"Foot, Dog, Snow" Claudio Morandini"Audacity" Ryan Chapman"Bluff" Danez Smith"Stereo(Type)" Jonah Mixon-Webster"Look: Poems" Solmaz Sharif"Spoon River Anthology" Edgar Lee Masters"A World Where News Travelled Slowly" Lavinia GreenlawOther books mentioned:"Where You Come From" Sasa Stanisic youtube.com/watch?v=JihYW2O0PA8"Elena Knows" Claudia Pineiro youtube.com/watch?v=EPi92T2euqA"Riots I Have Known" Ryan Chapman youtube.com/watch?v=ax4kXxPdbMI"Wild Houses" Colin Barrett youtu.be/thSX4UwxSew*In addition to book reviewing, I'm also a published author. My latest novel is “The Death Of The Author (In Triplicate)” - Demystifying the mystery novel; demythologising the myth of the tortured artist. Crime scene reconstruction meets literary scene deconstructionAvailable direct from the publisher Corona\Samizdat coronasamizdat.com/index.php?id_product=89&rewrite=the-death-of-the-author-in-triplicate-marc-nash&controller=productFor my content to give you an idea of the novel - sulcicollective.blogspot.com/2023/02/the-death-of-author-in-triplicate.html
Recent Reads Mid August Marc Nash 2024-08-15 | Books discussed:Intro 0:00"Passing Time" Michel Butor 0:45"Mammoth" Eva Baltasar 7:43"Samarkand" Amin Maalouf 11:17"Wild Houses" Colin Barrett 17:48"The Vast Extent" Olivia Greenlaw 22:43Other books mentioned:"Boulder" Eva Baltasar youtu.be/noxOafowK0o"The Disoriented" Amin Maalouf youtube.com/watch?v=Zobm-0QRSjo"Photo, Phylo, Proto, Nitro" Melissa McCarthy youtube.com/watch?v=qyG9J_xHFVE"Spent" Lara Pawson youtu.be/CrU3no080lg
Recent Reads - End Of July Marc Nash 2024-08-02 | Books discussed:Intro 0:00"The American Lady In A Chinese Hat" - Carole Maso 1:09"The Devil Thinks I'm Pretty" - Charlene Elsby 3:36"Parade" --Rachel Cusk 8:51"The Longcut" - Emily Hall 19:03"Napalm In The Heart" - Pol Gausch 25:26Other Books Mentioned:"Ava" Carole Maso youtu.be/wgy3kq9vFbY"Outline" Rachel Cusk youtube.com/watch?v=GLZKT4Q4eJA"Death Is Hard Work" Khaled Khalifa youtube.com/watch?v=ax4kXxPdbMI&t=1315s"Affect" Charlene Elsby youtube.com/watch?v=QzOw2EDow7I&t=1s"An Eye For An Eye For An Eye" UK amazon.co.uk/Eye-Marc-Nash-ebook/dp/B00FIP9TEU/ref=sr_1_7?crid=385Y7TEF2UHBX&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.GsjdWK0D_WdnWmmMupQTeVYLTTP14KqmPUAjE35WmNbd9DohLEp5Dt2CihPg4VFXWbQgSO4wrBU0kjT89YKbgVMpwPcdja_HoCYjrT8kTgjzZ0G9wY1CMtm1SlPxUwiiYyfwMMHai_l9-Lp-5L124A.5Xde8IpHg4ibCToJc18ib0w0yZIjKF5goS4YT8xEzbk&dib_tag=se&keywords=marc+nash&qid=1722554124&s=digital-text&sprefix=marc+nash%2Cdigital-text%2C75&sr=1-7"Pink Slime" Fernanda Trias youtube.com/watch?v=kP_hexlxov4&t=2s. US amazon.com/Eye-Marc-Nash-ebook/dp/B00FIP9TEU/ref=sr_1_1?crid=17ZVE0B0X08Z2&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.MIEUbWj-BryDXWbV43LB4A.9MvuHtr8wqJga4g4Y9n_m27EyswwSCjUveJyNbP-kJc&dib_tag=se&keywords=marc+nash+An+eye+for+an+eye+for+an+eye&qid=1722554419&s=digital-text&sprefix=marc+nash+an+eye+for+an+eye+for+an+eye%2Cdigital-text%2C142&sr=1-1
Writing Characters Based On Real Life People Marc Nash 2024-07-19 | A question writers get asked often, is whether their characters are based on real people they know? I give my take on this in a short discussion video and talk about two novels (not mine) where this is expressly the case.Other videos mentionedMy top 50 books of all time youtube.com/watch?v=2HDiaqpLInY&t=19sSally Rooney "Conversations With friends" youtube.com/watch?v=eF1MalnSZBI&t=2sJasper Gibson "Octopus Man" youtube.com/watch?v=2yvNwP0Gqwk&t=2s*My books are available from AmazonUK amazon.co.uk/stores/Marc-Nash/author/B005K1KSOC?ref=ap_rdr&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=trueUS amazon.com/stores/Marc-Nash/author/B005K1KSOC?ref=ap_rdr&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=trueor my latest novel "The Death Of The Author (In Triplicate)" is available direct from the publishers Corona\Samizdat coronasamizdat.com/index.php?id_product=89&rewrite=the-death-of-the-author-in-triplicate-marc-nash&controller=product
Friday Reads Mid-July Marc Nash 2024-07-12 | Books discussed:Intro 0:00Carole Maso "Ava" 1:08David Markson "The Ballad Of Dingus Magee" 6:36Harry Miller "Meet Me At The Rascal" 9:05 Tim O'Brien "America Fantastica" 14:53Isabella Hammad "Enter Ghost" 20:03Victoria Chang "The Trees Witness Everything" 24:44Other videos mentioned:Sally Rooney "Conversations With Friends" youtube.com/watch?v=eF1MalnSZBIVictoria Chang "Obit" youtu.be/d9fkTjija4YDavid Markson "Springer's Progress" youtube.com/watch?v=noxOafowK0o&t=1300sTim O'Brien "In The Lake Of The Woods" youtube.com/watch?v=WNn3jSR23ZQ&t=6s*As well as being a book reviewer, I am an author. My latest novel "Death Of The Author (In Triplicate)" is available direct from the publishers Corona\Samizdat coronasamizdat.com/index.php?id_product=89&rewrite=the-death-of-the-author-in-triplicate-marc-nash&controller=productor for my previous books, go to AmazonThank you.
Mid-Year Review Marc Nash 2024-07-07 | Six months into 2024, I summarise the first half of my reading year. With reading stats and anticipated reads of the next six months.Other books mentionedPoupeh Missaghi "Trans(re)lating House One youtube.com/watch?v=qyG9J_xHFVEEva Baltasar "Boulder" youtube.com/watch?v=noxOafowK0o&t=48sJavier Marais "The Infatuations" youtube.com/watch?v=ch1qoLGIWns&t=687sSergio De La Pava "The Lost Empress" youtube.com/watch?v=1l31FczrNhY
(Half-baked) Conversations With (Grudging) Friends by Sally Rooney - full review Marc Nash 2024-07-05 | A full, frank and in-depth review of Sally Rooney's debut novel.Other videos mentionedPlease Please Please Booktube, Can Anyone Help (why I have to read Conversations With friends). youtube.com/watch?v=XZuCenb0OfYBookish's review ( we buddy read this) youtube.com/watch?v=aJt8d53-K1w&t=911s
My Favourite 50 Books Marc Nash 2024-06-27 | I talk about my top 50 books which surprised me in how different they are one from another.
Recent Reads - mid June Marc Nash 2024-06-20 | Books discussed:Intro 0:00Victoria Chang "Obit" (poetry) 2:05Canisla Lubrin "The Dyzgraphxst" (poetry) 5:27Giorgio Manganelli - "Centuria" 8:11Lee Klein "Like It Matters" 10:33Jennifer Croft "The Extinction Of Irena Rey" 18:44Freidrich Durrenmatt "The Assignment" 25:52Fredrico Garcia Lorca - "Two Plays" 28:22Elias Canetti "The Book Against Death" 30:28Andrew O'Hagan "The Secret Life: Three True Stories" 35:17Other books mentionedAnnie Ernaux "I Remain In Darkness". youtube.com/watch?v=79Tne_6NU6g* In addition to reviewing books, I'm also a published author. Check out my Amazon page or my latest book "Death Of The Author (In Triplicate)" available direct from the publishers Corona\Samizdatcoronasamizdat.com/index.php?id_product=89&rewrite=the-death-of-the-author-in-triplicate-marc-nash&controller=product
Please, Please Please Booktube, Anyone want to Buddyread Rooney with me? Marc Nash 2024-06-18 | An appeal to anyone watching, if you'd like to hold my hand through a buddy read for a book I have no yen to read but feel I must, please leave a comment down below.The book is Sally Rooney's "Conversations With Friends"
Friday Reads - End Of May Marc Nash 2024-05-24 | Books discussed:Intro 0:00Selva Almada “Not A River” 2:04Marguerite Duras “The Ravishing Of Lol Stein” 4:42Joyelle McSwweeney “Toxicon & Arachne” 7:13Joyelle McSweeney “Death Styles” 8:41JL Borges “The Aleph” 9:56Vladimir Sorokin “Blue Lard” 11:15Denis Johnson “Nobody Move” 15:38Effie Black “In Defence of The Act” 19:49Viktor Frankl “Man’s Search For Meaning” 24:33Other books mentionedAna Paula Maia "Saga Of Brutes" youtu.be/CrU3no080lgAna Paula Maia "Of Cattle And Men" youtube.com/watch?v=kP_hexlxov4&t=2s
Recent Reads end of April Marc Nash 2024-04-28 | Books discussed:Intro 0:00"Saga Of Brutes" Ana Paula Maia 1:55"The Sleepwalkers" Scarlett Thomas 4:24"Spent Light" Lara Pawson 10:49"Most of It" Mary Ruefle 16:18"Pure Colour" Sheila Heti 17:20"Aphasia" Javier Mario Cardenas 19:14"The Ghost Writer" Philip Roth 20:41"Orlando" Virginia Woolf 25:46"Love Me Tender" Constance Debré 27:56"In Praise Of Shadows" Jun'Ichiro Tanzaki 32:26"Doppelganger" Naomi Klein 35:05Other books mentioned"Of Cattle & Men" Ana Paula Maia youtube.com/watch?v=kP_hexlxov4&t=2s"Our Tragic Universe" Scarlett Thomas youtu.be/N8ldF72HZy0"The Lost Children Archive" Valeria Luiselli youtube.com/watch?v=asizdWPtukA
Recent Reads - End of March Marc Nash 2024-04-05 | Books discussedIntro 0:00"The Night Alphabet" by Joelle Taylor. 0:46"A Book, Untitled" by Shushan Avagyan 7:10"Headshot" by Rita Bullwinkle. 15:14"The Plotinus" by Rikki Ducornet 17:02"Long Way Down" by Jason Reynolds 20:30Other books. channels mentioned"C*nto" by Joelle Taylor youtube.com/watch?v=x0xuKsZGHHcLeaf By Leaf Booktube Channel youtube.com/@LeafbyLeaf
Recent Reads Including my March Of The Mammoths Marc Nash 2024-03-12 | Books discussed:Intro 0:00"It Lasts Forever Then It's Over" Anne de Marcken 1:28"Strangers I Know" Claudia Durastanti 2:20"The Silver Bone" Andrey Kurkov 6:39"Next Episode" Hubert Aquin 7:39"Ha! A Self-Murder Mystery" Gprdon Sheppard 11:23Other books mentioned:Charlene Elsby "Affect" youtube.com/watch?v=QzOw2EDow7I"Jimi Hendrix Live In Lviv" Andrey Kurkov youtu.be/Yp9xzlN5MLUSteve Tomasula "Ascension" youtube.com/watch?v=XtVqjpYNT5M&t=142sSteve Tomasula "The Book Of Portraiture" youtube.com/watch?v=L4YDvpspnrAOther channel mentionedLeaf By Leaf youtube.com/@UCZAGMLh7Gh38MjmHeHDTnzw My Book "Not In My Name" (Kindle only) amazon.co.uk/Not-My-Name-Marc-Nash-ebook/dp/B005J5XCRO/ref=sr_1_16?crid=37BUTHU44IZ45&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.qCyO_WaVYT1giiUr6oqXoGHDiMSbTZG15j2J0lS8jFrgChdrBces6eoM7pnKakOGXOkPGMNEWvRP2sYWRvlBZDil4NTclufVvgPBTW31YmCMo_YFKHEq-ug_73bBvqfD1hNXwczv-3JS7kTOFWYpURkLGlM13ogufY30hmGSjPh9a2Y7fIqNQcfn8HpG_EyyLVkqErVM4R2PK2UEMUHIYVzGz9PjkDIzUF97FCVrK_E.02LCMWRgwKSmgukQmidl1zpBpIIjuCXI8a49eg7FKuA&dib_tag=se&keywords=marc+nash&qid=1710239859&s=digital-text&sprefix=marc+nash%2Cdigital-text%2C84&sr=1-16-catcorr
Recent Reads end of February Marc Nash 2024-02-28 | Books discussed:Intro 0:00Jonathan Lethem “Brooklyn Crime Novel”Perceval Everett “Suder” 12:45Antonio Lobo Antunes “The Natural Order Of Things” 17:38Andrey Platanov “The Foundation Pit” 22:37Stephanie LaCava “The Superrationals” 22:47Donald Antrim “The Verificationist”. 28:27Victoria Kenneficke “Egg/Shell” (poetry) 30:42Other books mentionedJon Fosse "A Shining" youtube.com/watch?v=oOLoCnesNG0&t=6sVictoria Kenneficke "Eat Or We Both Starve" youtu.be/b6ogfPwWSt8Perceval Everett "The Trees" youtube.com/watch?v=RS9rDYxnsdI
Fosse review teaser #shorts Marc Nash 2024-02-18 | You can view the full discussion video here youtube.com/watch?v=oOLoCnesNG0
Jon Fosse A Shining Marc Nash 2024-02-18 | I discuss at length Jon Fosse's new, very short (37 pages) novella "A Shining" which I had though might represent a way into his work for me, having never previously read him. I was wrong...
Recent Reads - Mid-February Marc Nash 2024-02-13 | Books discussed:Intro 0:00Anne Carson “Wrong Norma” 0:54Sebastian Martinez Daniell “Two Sherpas” 3:53Catherine Lacey “The Answers” 7:56Nicholas Moseley “The Hesperides Tree” 13:24Rivka Galchen “Atmospheric Disturbances” 17:41Dave Harris “Patricide” (poetry). 25:09Scott McKendry “Gub” (poetry) 28:41Other books mentionedAnne Carson "Nox" youtu.be/0LpMwPLnb3sCatherine Lacey "Biography of X" youtube.com/watch?v=cQnYbmfC02c
Recent Reads - End of January Marc Nash 2024-01-30 | Books discussedIntro 0:00"The Long Form" Kate Briggs 1:07"The Love Of Singular Men" Victor Heringer 11:47"The Belan Deck" Matt Bucher 14:37"Anxious Pleasures" Lance Olsen 20:50"Austral" Carlos Fonseca 24:39"Dry Cleaning" Trevor Mark Thomas 35:35"Near Distance" Hanna Stoltenberg 40:54Other books mentioned"To Write As If Already Dead" Kate Zambreno "Always Crashing In The Same Car" Lance Olsen"A,B&E" Marc Nash (kindle only) amazon.co.uk/B-Marc-Nash-ebook/dp/B005JUPS0I/ref=sr_1_10?crid=N7FIZ4X39SAT&keywords=marc+nash&qid=1706555937&s=digital-text&sprefix=%2Cdigital-text%2C208&sr=1-10-catcorr
Books - Material Object, Idealist Content Marc Nash 2024-01-19 | A discussion of what we mean by the noun 'book'. How it works, what its operating system is, how it skates both poles of the materialism/idealism divide beloved of phenomenology and how my novel "The Death Of The Author (In Triplicate)" explores all of this.Available direct from the publisher Corona\Samizdat coronasamizdat.com/index.php?id_product=89&rewrite=the-death-of-the-author-in-triplicate-marc-nash&controller=product
Recent Reads Early January Marc Nash 2024-01-16 | Books discussed:Intro 0:00"Verdigris" - Michele Mari 1:23A controlled rant about Classical Music 7:00"Concerto For A Sentence" - Emiliya Dvoryanova 13:33"Pink Slime" - Fernanda Trias 17:20"Madrid Will Be Their Tomb" - Elizabeth Duvall 21:30"Of Cattle And Men" - Ana Paula Maia 26:32"Blackouts" - Justin Torres 29:19Other books mentioned"Old Rendering Plant" - Wolfgang Hilbig youtube.com/watch?v=W4dqu_4dIa0"The New Life" - Tom Crewe youtube.com/watch?v=X4bjjnHG_n8*In addition to being a book reviewer, I am also an author and my latest published book is "The Death Of The Author (In Triplicate)" available direct from the publishers Corona/Samizdat coronasamizdat.com/index.php?id_product=89&rewrite=the-death-of-the-author-in-triplicate-marc-nash&controller=productFor more about the content of the book sulcicollective.blogspot.com/2023/02/the-death-of-author-in-triplicate.html
Words discovered through reading Marc Nash 2024-01-09 | I love words and I collect them. The best source of discovering new words unfamiliar to you, are from reading books. I am one of those readers who WILL break off from reading to note down a new word and its meaning, or more accurately, I cut and paste dictionary entries for the word in a community discussion thread on Goodreads. That community is no longer active, so by continuing to post new words, I've effectively created a record of my discovered words which i can always go back and refer to.Here I share some of those words, their meanings etymological origins. And also whether I've managed to incorporate them into my own fiction writing.Other things mentioned:Eric Karl Anderson "2024 Reading Resolutions" youtube.com/watch?v=dlTBVizg7Xs"The Death Of The Author (In Triplicate)" Available direct from the publisher @coronasamizdat coronasamizdat.com/index.php?id_product=89&rewrite=the-death-of-the-author-in-triplicate-marc-nash&controller=productShort video on the 'real life' author behind the fictional author youtu.be/8SWO0MfMp9IMy review of "XX" by Rhian Hughes youtube.com/watch?v=tNM6CwkD2-8&t=818s 13:35 minutes in
My Top Reads Of 2023 Marc Nash 2024-01-01 | Presenting my top reads of the year and my reading stats.Books mentioned: (the links are all time-stamped so you can jump straight to the relevant book)Andy Stanton "Benny The Blue Whale" youtube.com/watch?v=YLzqsNpFCZA&t=85sAnne Carson "Nox" youtu.be/0LpMwPLnb3sClaudia Rankine "Don't Let Me Be Lonely" youtu.be/iu2ghzTSguQVictoria Kennefick "Eat Or We Starve" youtu.be/b6ogfPwWSt8Jacquleine Crooks "Fire Rush" youtu.be/ojKfjxI1QnkKate Zembreno "Write As Though Dead" youtu.be/VNlGuyztpfICatherine Lacy "Biography of X" youtube.com/watch?v=cQnYbmfC02cMark O'Connell "A Thread Of Violence" youtu.be/HPL1tFwCLyILance Olsen "Always Crashing In The Same Car" youtube.com/watch?v=HPL1tFwCLyIMichael Winkler "Grimmish" youtu.be/GL6XOULknPoMartin MacInnes "Ascension" youtu.be/3LHwODDZTo4Magda Carneci "Fem" youtu.be/5CvQCRTYviEBenjamin Labatut "The Maniac" youtu.be/pwpxZFnBvVQDanielle Memoire "Public Reading Followed By Discussion" youtu.be/8UzA7ooWYsgRichard Milward "Man-Eating Typewriter" youtu.be/rRE-MREDnnYClaire Kilroy "Soldier, Sailor" youtu.be/HPL1tFwCLyIAmelie Smith "Thread Ripper" youtu.be/ojKfjxI1QnkMathias Enard "The Annual Banquet Of The Gravediggers' Guild" youtube.com/watch?v=Zobm-0QRSjoPoupeh Misshagi "Trans(re)lating House One" youtube.com/watch?v=qyG9J_xHFVELars Horn "Voice Of The Fish" youtube.com/watch?v=PXEzqvXfj34Melissa McCarthy "Photo, Phyto, Proto, Nitro" youtube.com/watch?v=qyG9J_xHFVEWorst books of the year:Jaroslav Kalfar "A Brief History Of Living Forever" youtu.be/6xLFCrq7YZkMaya Binyam "Hangman" youtube.com/watch?v=qyG9J_xHFVE*Thank you for all the support and views in 2023.Another book I mentioned in the review was my own "Three Dreams In The Key Of G" available on Amazon / Bookshop.org
Last recent reads of 2023 Marc Nash 2023-12-20 | Books discussedIntro 0:00"Orbital" Samantha Harvey 1:25"Isdal" Suzannah Dickey 6:15"The Distant Sound" Gert Jonke 8:58"Eleven Prague Corpses" Kirill Kobrin 13:06"To Write As If Already Dead" Kate Zambreno 16:35"The Currency Of Paper" Alex Kovacs 21:53Other books mentioned"The 7th Function Of Language" Laurent Binet youtube.com/watch?v=A2L2l7cH8aY"Penance" Eliza Clark youtu.be/VpS84NWfBrM"Dear Thief" Samantha Harvey youtube.com/watch?v=Bcx1SSAP_RY&t=12sSamantha Harvey "The Shapeless Unease" youtube.com/watch?v=DTSySAL3C5w"The Death Of The Author (In Triplicate)" youtu.be/8SWO0MfMp9"To The Friend Who id Not Save My Life" Hervé Guibert
Recent Reads - end of November Marc Nash 2023-12-01 | Some real clunkers in this round up, including the worst novel I've read in 2023. And a discussion of comedy in novels, as a jumping off point for the first book discussed:Intro 0:00Discussion of comedy in novels 1:48"Saint Sebastian's Abyss" by Mark Haber 10:00"Hangman" by Maya Binyam 17:08"Trans(re)lating House One" by Poupeh Misshagi 23:25"The Yellow Arrow" by Victor Pelevin 29:10"Photo, Phyto, Proto, Nitro" by Melissa McCarthy 31:36Other books mentioned:"Outline" by Rachel Cusk youtube.com/watch?v=GLZKT4Q4eJA&t=4s"The Hall Of The Singing Caryatids" by Victor Pelevin youtube.com/watch?v=hbgPSpUWgLE"Life Of Pi" by Yann Martel"Wittgenstein's Nephew" by Thomas Bernhard youtube.com/watch?v=cQnYbmfC02cMy favourite comic novels (not in any particular order)"Karoo" - Steve Tesich"I Hate The Internet" Jarett Kobek"Springer's Progress" David Markson"S.N.U.F.F" by Victor Pelevin"The Great American Novel" Phillip Roth"A Fraction Of The Whole" Steve Toltz"The Trees" Percival Everett (the first half of it anyway)"The Thought Gang" Tibor Fischer"Riots I Have Known" Ryan Chapman"A Naked Singularity" Sergio de la Pava"The 7th Function Of Language" Laurent Binet"Insurrecto" Gina Apostol"Standing Heavy" Gauz"the First Bad Man" Miranda July*In addition to reviewing books, I am also an author. My latest novel "Death of The Author (In Triplicate)", part crime scene reconstruction, part literary scene deconstruction, is available from the publishers Corona\Samizdat coronasamizdat.com/index.php?id_product=89&rewrite=the-death-of-the-author-in-triplicate-marc-nash&controller=productFor more content around the book such as videos and quote cards sulcicollective.blogspot.com/2023/02/the-death-of-author-in-triplicate.html
Recent Reads - end of October Marc Nash 2023-11-03 | Books discussed:Intro 0:00"I Who Have Never Known A Man" - Jacqueline Harpman 0:43"Penance" - Eliza Clark 7:06"Care Of Wooden Floors" - Will Wiles 16:05"A Green Equinox" - Elizabeth Mavor 21:48"100 Chinese Poems" curated by Kenneth Rexroth 28:28Other books mentioned"Plume" - Will Wiles youtube.com/watch?v=vHhgrMAUaF0"The Way inn" - Will Wiles youtu.be/iu2ghzTSguQ"In Cold Blood" - Truman Capote"The Water Cure" -Sophie Mackintosh
Recent Reads Mid October Marc Nash 2023-10-15 | Books discussedIntro 0:00Counternarratives by John Keene 0:27The Annual Banquet Of The Gravediggers Guild by Mathias Enard 6:24Disoriented by Amin Maalouf 13:41*In addition to reviewing books, I am also an author. My latest novel "Death of The Author (In Triplicate)", part crime scene reconstruction, part literary scene deconstruction, is available from the publishers Corona\Samizdat coronasamizdat.com/index.php?id_product=89&rewrite=the-death-of-the-author-in-triplicate-marc-nash&controller=productFor more content around the book such as videos and quote cards sulcicollective.blogspot.com/2023/02/the-death-of-author-in-triplicate.html
Recent Reads 24th Sept Marc Nash 2023-09-24 | Books discussed:Intro 0:00"La Tercera" by Gina Apostol 1:26"The Maniac" By Benjamin Labatut 8:28"Shame" by Annie Ernaux 15:14"The Malady of Death" by Marguerite Duras 19:14"Destroy She Said" by Marguerite Duras 20:36"Sleepless" by Marie Darrieussecq 21:56"Pig Tales" by Marie Darrieussecq 23:45Other books mentioned"Insurrecto" by Gina Apostol youtu.be/N2DcHorLgoI"The Revolution According to Raymundo Mata" by Gina Apostol youtu.be/o4loxfWTK8c 5:05"When we Cease To Understand The World" by Benjamin Labatut youtube.com/watch?v=Odo_3cBiPmE 8:00*In addition to reviewing books, I am also an author. My latest novel "Death of The Author (In Triplicate)", part crime scene reconstruction, part literary scene deconstruction, is available from the publishers Corona\Samizdatcoronasamizdat.com/index.php?id_product=89&rewrite=the-death-of-the-author-in-triplicate-marc-nash&controller=product
Recent Reads Early September Marc Nash 2023-09-10 | Books discussedIntro 0:00"Is Mother Dead?" by Vigdis Hjorth"Memories Of My Father Watching TV" by Curtis White"Census" by Jesse Ball"Donovan's Brain" by Curt Siodmak"Clothes, Clothes, Clothes, Music, Music, Music, Boys,Boys Boys, " by Viv AlbertineOther books mentioned"An Idea Of Home" by Curtis White youtu.be/rRE-MREDnnY 9:30"69 Exhibition Road" by Dorothy Max Prior youtube.com/watch?v=iu2ghzTSguQ&t=2s 22:55"A Cure For Suicide" by Jesse Ball youtube.com/watch?v=lVIwHpi5dSE&t=4s*I am also a published author and my latest novel "The Death Of The Author (In Triplicate)" is out now from the publisher Corona/Samizdat coronasamizdat.com/index.php?id_product=89&rewrite=the-death-of-the-author-in-triplicate-marc-nash&controller=productFor more content on the book visit my website
Friday Reads late August Marc Nash 2023-08-25 | Books discussedIntro 0:00"Skin Elegies" Lance Olsen 0:37"Leeches" David Albahari 3:52"An Idea Of Home" Curtis White 9:30"The Embassy Of Cambodia" Zadie Smith 12:55"Man-Eating Typewriter" Richard Milward 16:38Other books mentioned"Red Heaven" Lance Olsen youtu.be/b6ogfPwWSt8"Lacking Character" Curtis White youtube.com/watch?v=1baeNXE0DUo&t=3s*I am also a published author and my latest novel "The Death Of The Author (In Triplicate)" is out now from the publisher Corona\Samizdat coronasamizdat.com/index.php?id_product=89&rewrite=the-death-of-the-author-in-triplicate-marc-nash&controller=product
Recent Reads mid-August Marc Nash 2023-08-13 | Books discussed:Intro 0:00"Always Crashing In The Same Car" Lance Olsen 0:52"Revenge Of The Translator" Brice Matthieussent 7:12"Soldier Sailor" Claire Kilroy 11:16Cain Named The Animals" Shane McCrae. 13:12"Hackenfeller's Ape" Brigid Brophy 14:14"I Am God" Giacamo Sartori 16:42"A Thread Of Violence" Mark O'Connell 19:30Other books mentioned"Red Heaven" Lance Olsen youtu.be/b6ogfPwWSt8"Biography of X" Catherine Lacey youtube.com/watch?v=cQnYbmfC02c"Trust" Hernan Diaz youtube.com/watch?v=KmiBVROAFo4"Three Dreams In The Key Of G" Marc Nash youtube.com/watch?v=lObVZK-3S7k&t=1s"Transit" Brigid Brophy youtu.be/8UzA7ooWYsg
Recent Reads late July Marc Nash 2023-07-23 | Books discussed:Intro 0:00Catherine Lacey "The Biography Of X" 0:45Lawrie Moore "I Am Homeless If This In Not My Home" 12:04Claudia Pineiro "A Little Luck" 16:50Zadie Smith "Intimations" (essays) 19:17Thomas Bernhard "Wittgenstein's Nephew" 22:20Other books mentionedClaudia Pineiro "Elena Knows" youtube.com/watch?v=EPi92T2euqA 3:06Hernan Diaz "Trust" youtube.com/watch?v=KmiBVROAFo4 2:38Thomas Bernhard "Correction" youtube.com/watch?v=zOzEmlDckYY 3:33*I am also a published author and my latest novel "The Death Of The Author (In Triplicate)" is out now from the publisher coronasamizdat.com/index.php?id_product=89&rewrite=the-death-of-the-author-in-triplicate-marc-nash&controller=product
Recent Reads 9th July Marc Nash 2023-07-09 | Books discussed:Intro 0:00"My Red Heaven" Lance Olsen 0:55"Talismano" Adelwahab Meddeb 7:14"Imaginary Qualities Of Actual Things" Gilbert Sorrentino 11:06"Unidentified Man At Left Of Photo" Jeff Bursey 15:07"Eat Or We Both Starve" Victoria Kenneficke (poetry) 24:12"Inventory" Dionne Brand (Poetry) 27:06Other videos mentioned:Paper Bird - "My Red Heaven" youtube.com/watch?v=O2yFHpgqPpwEric Karl Anderson "The Biography of X" youtube.com/watch?v=qnOm_GDlyB8&t=36s"Epitaph For A Tramp /Epitaph For A Deadbeat" youtu.be/oQCrbhY68BI 9:11"When We Cease To Understand The World" Benjamin Labatut youtube.com/watch?v=Odo_3cBiPmE 7:00*If you want to compare & contrast mine and Jeff Bursey's approach to realism and fiction, you can pick up both out books from the same publisher Corona\Samizdat coronasamizdat.com/index.php?id_category=10&controller=category
6 Month Reading Review Marc Nash 2023-07-01 | A review of the first half year of my reading, including stats breakdown of the type of books and my top 5 books so far and the most disappointing reads to date. Also a couple of books to get to in the second half of the year.Books mentioned (full reviews in the links)"A Brief History Of Living Forever" Jaroslav Kalfar youtu.be/6xLFCrq7YZk"Kairos" Jenny Erpenbeck youtu.be/8UzA7ooWYsg"Fire Rush" Jaqueline Crooks youtu.be/ojKfjxI1Qnk"Grimmish" Michael Winkler youtu.be/GL6XOULknPo"Fem" Magda Carneci youtu.be/5CvQCRTYviE"Threadripper" Amelie Smith youtu.be/ojKfjxI1Qnk"Vox" Anne Carson youtu.be/0LpMwPLnb3s* I am also a published author and my latest novel "The Death Of The Author (In Triplicate)" is out now from the publisher Corona\Samizdat coronasamizdat.com/index.php?id_product=89&rewrite=the-death-of-the-author-in-triplicate-marc-nash&controller=productFor more information and content on the book, you can visit my website sulcicollective.blogspot.com/2023/02/the-death-of-author-in-triplicate.htmlpage
Friday Reads mid June Marc Nash 2023-06-23 | Books discussed:Intro 0:00Brigid Brophy "Transit"Rene Belletto "Dying"Danielle Memoire "Public Reading Followed By Discussion"Eric Chevillard "The Author And Me"Jenny Erpenbeck "Kairos"Lee Thompson "Apastoral"*I am also a published author and my latest novel "The Death Of The Author (In Triplicate)" is out now from the publisher Corona\Samizdat coronasamizdat.com/index.php?id_product=89&rewrite=the-death-of-the-author-in-triplicate-marc-nash&controller=productFor more information and content on the book, you can visit my website page sulcicollective.blogspot.com/2023/02/the-death-of-author-in-triplicate.html
How Do I Choose Books? Marc Nash 2023-06-16 | A question I' asked a lot is how do I know I'd like an author or a book I've not come across before? Well, I'm never sucke(re)d in by the cover, but a title can always pique my interest. A word, or a theme or idea suggested by the title is the first point of call. Here I recount a recent browse through one publisher's backlist, writing down 16 of the titles that most reached out to me and only then did I read up their blurbs to whittle the list down to 7 books which I then ordered. A process that began simply from their titles.The publishers in question was Dalkey Archive, who mainly reprint books that they feel need to still be in print and read. A lot of books in translation.Beating Around The Books Booktube channel youtube.com/@beatingaroundthebooksOther videos mentioned:Don't Buy A Book On its Cover youtube.com/watch?v=VDfvp5cR8sk&list=PLlDkd9_8tUE0yo23Bjtzcj-TXbUuzkwvJ&index=6Zabor - The Book Of Psalms by Kamel Daoud youtube.com/watch?v=rKnYozENwA0Transcript - Heimrad Backer youtube.com/watch?v=6M0U_G8Yw5c&t=12s. 9mins 21 secs inThe System Of Vienna - Gert Jonke youtube.com/watch?v=9R-fP0nJgVI 6mins in.
The Edge Of Reading Tag - what is reading? #TagTuesday Marc Nash 2023-06-13 | Original video - Grix Etc youtube.com/watch?v=-Qla0rgzxco&t=63sI was tagged by Brian at Bookish youtube.com/watch?v=uwRNdCks1XQ&t=8sPrompts -Give me your own definition of reading or use mine: Reading is the act of interpretation of symbols that systematically put together in a certain sequence, allow the reader to extract meaning from them in an active form of creation that can develop into complex narratives. -Given your chosen definition, are reading and interpretation the same thing? If not, In what do they differ? -Are there any practices that you consider reading but that would fit that or other definitions of reading? -Is there an ideal reading experience for you? What is it? Is there a book that represents it? -If there is such thing as an ideal reading experience, it follows that there is a scale of value to reading. What is at the bottom?-Is there a book on that bottom that you love or enjoyed as much as those on the top? -Is reading as the art of associating symbols and creating meaning out of them, a predecessor of language, or does it come after as a consequence of those languages? -Is everything that can be read/with meaning a language?-Mention a few languages that defy the conventional conception of what a language is. Could a book be written in any of those languages? -If you could boundlessly read/understand the meaning in one of those languages. Which one would it be? Why? *My novel "Three Dreams In The Key Of G" explicitly examines how we acquire language as children and how we are only taught to write long after we have mastered words and know their meanings as a retrospective act.UK amazon.co.uk/Three-Dreams-Key-Marc-Nash/dp/1911585169/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2AUQRGJ8IWCCI&keywords=three+dreams+in+the+key+of+g&qid=1686571875&s=books&sprefix=three+dreams+in+the+key+of+g%2Cstripbooks%2C94&sr=1-1US.amazon.com/Three-Keys-Dream-G/dp/1911585169/ref=sr_1_1?crid=TGWTRQKAXLR2&keywords=three+dreams+in+the+key+of+g&qid=1686571922&s=books&sprefix=three+dreams+in+the+key+of+g%2Cstripbooks-intl-ship%2C173&sr=1-1Other book mentioned Linda Grant - "The Story Of The Forest" youtube.com/watch?v=3LHwODDZTo4
Recent Reads early June Marc Nash 2023-06-09 | Books discussed:Intro 0:00"In Ascension" - Martin MacInnes 0:35"The Story Of The Forest" Linda Grant 11:24"The Glamour" Christopher Priest 20:35"Funeral Music For Freemasons" Lars Gustafsson 25:23Other boos mentioned"Infinite Ground" Martin MacInnes youtube.com/watch?v=BHqUFKtwhDQ&t=23s 7:39*I am also a published author and my latest novel "The Death Of The Author (In Triplicate)" is out now from the publisher coronasamizdat.com/index.php?id_product=89&rewrite=the-death-of-the-author-in-triplicate-marc-nash&controller=productFor more information and content on the book, you can visit my website page sulcicollective.blogspot.com/2023/02/the-death-of-author-in-triplicate.html.
Kafka Special - Two non-fiction books about the great man Marc Nash 2023-06-05 | Books discussed:Intro 0:00"Conversations With Kafka" - Gustav Janouch 0:45"Is That Kafka? 99 Finds" - Reiner Stach. 10:57 Other videos:All Things Franz Kafka youtube.com/watch?v=zZ3a8etp8mU&t=1s"He: The Shorter Writings Of Franz Kafka" youtube.com/watch?v=N46AhGIP4Ws&t=25s 16:20"Letters To Milena" youtube.com/watch?v=N46AhGIP4Ws&t=25s 17:59"The Lost Writings Of Franz Kafka" youtube.com/watch?v=S8aUxHj7zn0 12:33
Friday Reads end of May Marc Nash 2023-05-27 | Booka discussed:Intro 0:00"The Way Inn" by Will Wiles 0:50"Small World" by Caleb Azumah Nelson 8:22"Don't Let Me Be Lonely" by Claudia Rankine 16:22"The Portrait Of A Man" by Georges Perec 20:24"69 Exhibition Road" by Dorothy Max Prior (non-fiction) 22:55Other books mentioned:"Plume" by Will Wiles youtube.com/watch?v=vHhgrMAUaF0"W Or A Memory Of Childhood" by Georges Perec youtube.com/watch?v=yyxK_Gf2wss"Citizen" by Claudia Rankine youtube.com/watch?v=sfylTNlWxto&t=4s*I am also a published author and my latest novel "The Death Of The Author (In Triplicate)" is out now from the publisher Corona\Samizdat coronasamizdat.com/index.php?id_product=89&rewrite=the-death-of-the-author-in-triplicate-marc-nash&controller=productFor more information and content on the book, you can visit my website page sulcicollective.blogspot.com/2023/02/the-death-of-author-in-triplicate.html
Friday Reads Marc Nash 2023-05-19 | Books discussed:Intro 0:00"Grimmish" by Michael Winkler 0:48"The Cyberiad" by Stanislau Lem 19:44"Venom" by Saneh Sangsuk 17:55"All The Living And The Dead" by Hayley Campbell 19:38Other books discussed:"HHhH" by Laurent Binet youtube.com/watch?v=t0Q_EebfweU"The Face On The Cutting Room Floor" by Cameron McCabe youtube.com/watch?v=ldkVPCSrQs0&t=510s"The Death Of The Author (In Triplicate)" by Marc Nash youtu.be/8SWO0MfMp9I
Recent Reads Early May Marc Nash 2023-05-10 | Books discussed:Intro 0:00"Here Goes Nothing" by Steve Toltz. 1:00"Greek Lessons" by Han Kang 5:21"A Heart So White" by Javier Marias 11:11"Timequake" by Kurt Vonnegut Jnr 18:01"The Jewish Son" by Daniel Guebel 18:34"Moving Kings" by Joshua Cohen. 23:24Discussion of Jewish American authors 27:24Other books mentioned:"Breakfast of Champions" Kurt Vonnegut Jnr youtu.be/Yp9xzlN5MLU 25:43"The Infatuations" Javier Marias youtube.com/watch?v=ch1qoLGIWns 11:27*I am also a published author and my latest novel "The Death Of The Author (In Triplicate)" is out now from the publisher Corona\Samizdat coronasamizdat.com/index.php?id_product=89&rewrite=the-death-of-the-author-in-triplicate-marc-nash&controller=productFor more information and content on the book, you can visit my website page sulcicollective.blogspot.com/2023/02/the-death-of-author-in-triplicate.html
Recent Reads - end of April Marc Nash 2023-05-01 | Books discussed:Intro 0:00"Jimi Hendrix Live In Lviv" - Andry Kurkov 1:33"Em" - Kim Thuy 5:51"Black Butterflies" - Priscilla Morris 9:13Interlude - Literary North London 12:46"I'm A Fan" - Sheena Patel 15:24"Breakfast Of Champions" - Kurt Vonnegut 25:43"Bandit Country" - James Conor Patterson 29:00Other videos mentionedBooks I'm Not Reading's Booktube channel youtube.com/@UCVKWtZJ7Rl6WitFb2jcnlnQ My Neck Of The Woods tag youtube.com/watch?v=kbrGzLE_t6EI am also a published author and my latest novel "The Death Of The Author (In Triplicate)" is out now from the publisher Corona\Samizdat coronasamizdat.com/index.php?id_product=89&rewrite=the-death-of-the-author-in-triplicate-marc-nash&controller=productFor more information and content on the book, you can visit my website page sulcicollective.blogspot.com/2023/02/the-death-of-author-in-triplicate.html
Recent Reads April 23rd Marc Nash 2023-04-23 | Books discussed:Intro 0:00"Voice Of The Fish" Lars Horn (Non-Fiction) 1:16"Shy" Max Porter 4:55"The Seven Madmen / The Flamethrowers" by Roberto Arlt 8:25"Was It For This?" Hannah Sullivan (Poetry) 19:06"The Illustrated Woman" Helen Mort (Poetry) 22:10"Poems About My Psychiatrist" Andrej Kotanski (Poetry) 25:09Other relevant content:My blog post on the Grenfell Tower fire sulcicollective.blogspot.com/2017/06/the-grenfell-tower-fire.html"Lanny" Max Porter 0:34* * * *I am also a published author and my latest novel "The Death Of The Author (In Triplicate)" is out now from the publisher Corona\Samizdat coronasamizdat.com/index.php?id_product=89&rewrite=the-death-of-the-author-in-triplicate-marc-nash&controller=productFor more information and content on the book, you can visit my website page sulcicollective.blogspot.com/2023/02/the-death-of-author-in-triplicate.htmlThe riff on tattoos and piercings is in my debut novel on Kindle "A,B&E" amazon.co.uk/B-Marc-Nash-ebook/dp/B005JUPS0I/ref=sr_1_7?qid=1682266228&refinements=p_27%3AMarc+Nash&s=digital-text&sr=1-7&text=Marc+Nash. (UK)amazon.com/B-Marc-Nash-ebook/dp/B005JUPS0I/ref=sr_1_16?qid=1682266293&refinements=p_27%3AMarc+Nash&s=books&sr=1-16&text=Marc+Nash. (USA)
Recent Reads 10th April Marc Nash 2023-04-11 | Books discussed:Intro 0:00"Fem" by Magda Carneci 0:48"The Birthday Party" by Laurent Mauvignier 15:12"Wrinkles" by Charles Simmons 22:13Other books mentioned:"Blinding" by Mircea Cartarescu youtu.be/GE5Ae8XDvmQ* * * *I am also a published author and my latest novel "The Death Of The Author (In Triplicate)" is out now from the publisher Corona\Samizdat coronasamizdat.com/index.php?id_product=89&rewrite=the-death-of-the-author-in-triplicate-marc-nash&controller=productFor more information and content on the book, you can visit my website page sulcicollective.blogspot.com/2023/02/the-death-of-author-in-triplicate.html
If Book Titles Were Album Titles, Whats the Genre? Marc Nash 2023-04-06 | Just a light video ahead of the Easter holidays. I've gone along my bookcases (a cheeky book tour in all but name) and picked out some book titles that would make good music album titles and try and decide what the genre would be. Play along, disagree with my selections, have a bit of fun with it.Other videos mentioned:"Fire Rush" by Jacqueline Crooks review youtu.be/ojKfjxI1Qnk 7:45RIP Dubravka Ugresic, my review of her novel "Fox" youtube.com/watch?v=0-satKqmQsA&t=14sThe Punk Rock Books Tag youtube.com/watch?v=7T-gIrkK6oU&t=1sThe Hip-Hop Books Tag youtube.com/watch?v=svFOeiNXEVQ&t=3s* * * *I am also a published author and my latest novel "The Death Of The Author (In Triplicate)" is out now from the publisher Corona\Samizdat coronasamizdat.com/index.php?id_product=89&rewrite=the-death-of-the-author-in-triplicate-marc-nash&controller=productFor more information and content on the book, you can visit my website page sulcicollective.blogspot.com/2023/02/the-death-of-author-in-triplicate.html
Recent Reads - end of March Marc Nash 2023-04-03 | Books discussed:Intro 0:00"A Brief History Of Living Forever" by Jaroslav Kalfar. 0:32"The Perelin Decline" by Pae Veo 13:08"Shriek: An Afterword" by Jeff Vandemeer. 19:50"Living Through Fiction" by Annie Dillard 24:22Other videos mentioned:"Spaceman Of Bohemia" by Jaroslav Kalfar youtube.com/watch?v=OlwSnIept8Q"City Of Saints & Madmen" by Jeff Vandmeer youtube.com/watch?v=JdntHX819ao&t=26s. 7:52Leaf By Leaf on "Living Through Fiction" by Annie Dillard youtube.com/watch?v=-iIaCPHWvJ4Pae Veo's Booktube Channel - (Pae) Attention! youtube.com/@attention5638* * * *I am also a published author and my latest novel "The Death Of The Author (In Triplicate)" is out now from the publisher Corona\Samizdat coronasamizdat.com/index.php?id_product=89&rewrite=the-death-of-the-author-in-triplicate-marc-nash&controller=productFor more information and content on the book, you can visit my website page sulcicollective.blogspot.com/2023/02/the-death-of-author-in-triplicate.html
The New Life by Tom Crewe Marc Nash 2023-03-26 | A full review of 2023 debut novel by Tom Crewe, set in 1890s Britain about the debate and activism for legalising homosexuality, which became hijacked and indelibly stamped by the Oscar Wilde court case.Based on real historical events and personalities, an important work on a subject that doesn't get presented in university history (I know, my degree is in History and though I studied that period, there was not even a mention). Other book mentioned:Neil Bartlett "Who Was That Man?"
