tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327348657265652781.post6738054900106545699..comments2023-10-03T11:41:21.191+01:00Comments on The Truth About Lies: The Wrong MiracleJim Murdochhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12786388638146471193noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327348657265652781.post-45695335453694546092009-11-22T05:07:03.390+00:002009-11-22T05:07:03.390+00:00The quickest and cheapest way of ordering Living w...The quickest and cheapest way of ordering <i>Living with the Truth</i>, <b>Tasha</b>, is via the FV Books website. Here's a <a href="http://www.fvbooks.com/jmurdoch/index.htm" rel="nofollow">link</a>. There is also a special offer on where you can get both books. And here's a <a href="http://www.fvbooks.com/jmurdoch/jmurdoch3.htm" rel="nofollow">link</a> to that too. Both books are on Amazon.co.uk but it's an expensive way to go.<br /><br>Jim Murdochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786388638146471193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327348657265652781.post-1085337574988966712009-11-22T04:07:41.152+00:002009-11-22T04:07:41.152+00:00Jim,
I am so sorry for my mistake. I meant to say ...Jim,<br />I am so sorry for my mistake. I meant to say Living with the Truth, instead of The Truth About Lies.<br /><br />I'm sleep deprived at the moment, so it must have something to do with it. <br /><br />Again, I'm sorry.<br /><br />Tashatashabudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17707659728810975773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327348657265652781.post-88626492445841530032009-11-22T03:58:01.518+00:002009-11-22T03:58:01.518+00:00Hello Jim,
This is off-topic. I'm making my Ch...Hello Jim,<br />This is off-topic. I'm making my Christmas list. I liked Truth About Lies so much, I'd like to own a copy of Stranger Than Fiction. However, Amazon says that it's out of print! Please tell me that there will be more in time for Christmas. <br /><br />Tasha<br /><br />P.S.<br />Have a great day.tashabudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17707659728810975773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327348657265652781.post-85963542887122619972009-11-18T09:26:39.629+00:002009-11-18T09:26:39.629+00:00Hi Elisabeth, thanks for reading and commenting......Hi Elisabeth, thanks for reading and commenting...enjoyed your observations. : )<br /><br />Mairi, hi again, will check out your link...and yeah, Jim sure does the reading <br />part with thoroughness and humour too...a good combination. ; )<br /><br />Hi Art, thanks for stopping by and reading...can connect with surrealism and magic realism...<br />really pleased you saw those elements in the work...and nice to meet you, virtually-speaking : )<br /><br />Hi again, Mairi, I enjoyed that post on your Blog and thanks for linking to the review ...like I said on your Blog post, personally, and in general, I think that cultural allusions that the reader isn't familiar with don't necessarily put certain readers off nor put certain connections off limits, I like the freedom that reading between the lines can offer, it is sometimes not good to be too 'in the know' with certain references so that one can make one's own of things...but yes, I can see how a poem being too jam-packed with unfamiliar cultural allusions could make it hard work and be off-putting... thanks again for the conversation on this...and to Jim for hosting this review and initiating this conversation...<br /><br />regards,<br />LizLizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05990807765195683301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327348657265652781.post-20324898770402707532009-11-18T07:14:20.953+00:002009-11-18T07:14:20.953+00:00I sort of linked your review to the comment sectio...I sort of linked your review to the comment section of my most recent post on Secret Poems, except that it wouldn't make a proper link, just an address, as I had posted a difficult piece and was worried about the cultural allusions that many people wouldn't get. I added a couple of notes at the bottom of the work and that seemed to suffice. Those readers who commented seemed willing to take some trouble, but it's always a fine line, and a worrisome one. I suppose in the end you have to reconcile yourself to the fact that every poem won't appeal to every person. In fact very few poems will appeal to even one person. They really are hard work.Sheilahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11908332538776254864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327348657265652781.post-39192501242034142092009-11-18T01:56:44.079+00:002009-11-18T01:56:44.079+00:00Thank you for your comment, Mairi. I had actually ...Thank you for your comment, <b>Mairi</b>. I had actually come across your blog before. I'm not actually sure that I <i>am</i> the kind of audience poets dream of. I find I can't connect with far more poetry than I can. Liz was lucky. It's why you won't find many reviews of poetry books on my site. I find them very hard work even compared to the most involved of novels.<br /><br />And, <b>Art</b>, I can't say that the term magic realism jumps to my mind when I thing of Liz's poetry. It's been a while since I wrote this review but it seemed more grounded in reality than anything else, poetic metaphors aside. I do accept that we could use the expression, perhaps within parentheses, for a lot of poetry – my own included – where fantastic things happen as a matter of course but as a general rubber stamp, no.<br /><br>Jim Murdochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786388638146471193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327348657265652781.post-33757738606620808492009-11-17T07:56:40.173+00:002009-11-17T07:56:40.173+00:00I think a lot of folks have forgotten that a signi...I think a lot of folks have forgotten that a significant thread in the weave of Surrealism has always been magic realism. The magic realism herewithin is the real thing.Art Durkeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07463180236975988432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327348657265652781.post-30970492209271965352009-11-16T22:44:56.829+00:002009-11-16T22:44:56.829+00:00We had a series of posts over at Plumbline -http:/...We had a series of posts over at Plumbline -http://theplumblineschool.blogspot.com/ - awhile ago on the reader's responsibility and this review is a demonstration of what that means. You're obviously the audience poets dream of.Sheilahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11908332538776254864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327348657265652781.post-68769103150070578562009-11-16T18:32:35.670+00:002009-11-16T18:32:35.670+00:00I only publish my reviews in one other place, Kass...I only publish my reviews in one other place, <b>Kass</b>. Once a month I produce a review for the Canongate website which, a few weeks later, I reprint (and usually expand on) on my own site. And that's it. I'm glad the care I put into them shines through. I do try and do a good job.<br /><br /><b>Liz</b>, you're very welcome. I hope I did your collection justice.<br /><br />Thank you, <b>Rachel</b>, I'll be interested to read your take on the book.<br /><br />And, <b>Elisabeth</b>, yes, I get the whole communion vs confirmation thing a bit mixed up in my head but it's very hard I would imagine to write something that doesn't exclude some part of your potential readership; the world is a big place.<br /><br>Jim Murdochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786388638146471193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327348657265652781.post-78210489570377368972009-11-16T10:58:50.062+00:002009-11-16T10:58:50.062+00:00I'd have no problems with the Catholic allusio...I'd have no problems with the Catholic allusions in Liz's poetry, given my own upbringing. When I made my confirmation I wore turquoise shoes that stood out in the crowd of girls and boys parading up the aisle. <br /><br />I love the way you brong this book of poems alive, Jim, and for your introduction to the ordinary and everyday interpersed with the stuff of miracles.<br /><br />God bless the Irish, and Liz Gallagher for her wonderful poetry.Elisabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04015624747225433940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327348657265652781.post-67426874318456663012009-11-16T10:43:23.054+00:002009-11-16T10:43:23.054+00:00Some interesting observations. I've been readi...Some interesting observations. I've been reading this book too.<br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327348657265652781.post-25574316711740513442009-11-16T08:17:08.264+00:002009-11-16T08:17:08.264+00:00Hi Jim,
Thanks for the review...enjoyed the inclu...Hi Jim,<br /><br />Thanks for the review...enjoyed the inclusion of photos, especially the Brylcreem one..: ) <br />And I agree with Kass, the care and consideration is evident...thanks again for your time and effort. <br /><br />And Kass, great Brylcreem jingle too! : )Lizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05990807765195683301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327348657265652781.post-7884449067883757442009-11-16T05:03:15.942+00:002009-11-16T05:03:15.942+00:00Are your reviews published somewhere besides your ...Are your reviews published somewhere besides your blog? Your care and consideration are so evident in everything you write. I don't mind not knowing the references in Liz's poems that you've cited. 'Daz' is just fun to say....(in America, it was "Brylcreem, a little dab'll do ya." - with a catchy tune).Kasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05233330248952156754noreply@blogger.com