Rhys Tranter

Rhys Tranter • Writer based in Cardiff, Wales

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The Struggling Artist at 86

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Women Writing About the Wild: 25 Essential Authors

Includes Susan Fenimore Cooper, Gene Stratton-Porter, Mary Austin, Karen Blixen-Isak Dinesen, Nan Shepherd, Rachel Carson, Ann Haymond Zwinger, Diane Ackerman, Terry Tempest Williams, Camille T. Dungy, and more. — Outside Online

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Is It Right to Publish A Posthumous Work?

“Many conversations about posthumous publishing center around this question: Which is more important when considering whether to release a work, particularly an incomplete one, posthumously—authorial intent or obligation to the reader? More often than not, the latter wins the day.”

— Adin Dobkin, The Daily, The Paris Review

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The Poetic Voice of Szilárd Borbély’s Debut Novel, The Dispossessed

“The Dispossessed, Szilárd Borbély’s first novel, was published in Hungary in 2013, just a year before he took his own life. Its reception was exalted, the scope of its success overwhelming and somewhat unexpected. Until then, Borbély had been primarily known as a poet, whose voice stood starkly apart from the literary mainstream’s travesties, veneration of subjectivity, and l’art pour l’art…

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What Makes Knausgaard's My Struggle Compulsively Readable? "There was something extraordinary about the experience of reading My Struggle. I was absorbed. Transfixed. I identified.

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How Famous Writers Organize Their Books: Susan Sontag, Samuel Pepys, Erica Jong, and more Includes Susan Sontag, Hanya Yanagihara, Georges Perec, Samuel Pepys, Brian Evenson, Erica Jong, and more — Literary Hub

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In a short piece for The Guardian, writer Kristina Olsson discusses her decision to walk across England on foot

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William James Starter Kit

John Williams (New York Times) shares his admiration for the American philosopher and psychologist, and includes a ‘starter kit’ of recommended works 

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"Christopher John Müller has translated Christian Dries‘s short online biography of modern philosopher, Günther Anders. Müller, who has been interviewed on this site, is becoming one of the most prominent scholars and translators focussing on Anders’ life and legacy." (via The Life of Günther Anders: A Philosopher of the 20th Century)

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(via Kierkegaard: In The Modern Era, Have We Forgotten What It Means to Exist?)

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An extract from the popular tale, available to read in full from Project Gutenberg

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"You know, I listen to the radio a lot and there’s a guy that comes on and says, 'Have a good day today and enjoy.' I hate the word 'enjoy.' Because to me life is not about enjoyment or, in other words, getting for yourself. That’s not why we’re here. The reason of life, to me, is all about giving. Giving is what gives me happiness. Making somebody else happy is the greatest thing you can do." — Sonny Rollins on Life and Legacy

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“[Oliver Sacks​‘s] case studies illustrated how [...] a stable, cogent narrative of reality crucial to the mind and its construction of the self" — Oliver Sacks: Understanding the Self Through Narrative

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From an undated entry in the Swiss philosopher's journals

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An extract from the American monk's personal journal

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“Six months ago today, I decided to change my life. I wanted to find a sense of peace and happiness in myself, and to live by my conviction that to enact social, cultural, and political change, it is essential that I change myself. I started following a healthy and balanced diet, stopped drinking alcohol, and began exercising regularly; I left an academic career to pursue my vocation as a writer; and I committed myself to getting more involved in my local community. Since that decision, I have attained a healthy bodyweight (having shed fifty-three pounds), am volunteering with local organisations, and write for my own enjoyment. I accept that meaningful change requires ongoing action and sacrifice, and I continue to be humbled by an awareness of my weaknesses and limitations. I am grateful for the understanding of my family and friends, and for their continued enthusiasm and support. I feel that I have found my peace, and I am happier than I have ever been."

(via Credo II: A State Of Life That Calls For Another Way Of Living)

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Patti Smith’s Favourite Books Open Culture has shared a list of American writer, musician, and photographer Patti Smith's favourite books.