false 1130946 3 <div><div><div><b>For those interested in the connection between people and place, the best of the decade long collaboration between literary brat packer Will Self and gonzo illustrator Ralph Steadman.</b></div></div><div> </div><div>Opening with a dazzling new 20,000-word essay on walking from London to New York, <i>Psychogeography</i> is a collection of 50 short pieces written over the last four years, together with 50 four-color illustrations by Ralph Steadman. In <i>Psychogeography</i> Self and Steadman explore the relationship between psyche and place in the contemporary world. Self thinks most people have a &#8220;wind-screen-based virtuality&#8221; on long- and short-distance travel. We drive, take buses and trains, fly. To combat this compromised reality, Will Self walks, relating intimately to place, as pedestrians do. Ranging in subject from swimming the Ganges to motorcycling across the Australian outback, shopping in an Iowa mall to surfing a tsunami, <i>Psychogeography</i> is at once a map of our world and the psychoanalysis of the way we inhabit it. The pieces are serious, humorous, facetious, and rambunctious. Psychogeography, the study of the effects of geographical environment on the emotions and behavior of individuals, has captivated other writers including W. G. Sebald and Peter Ackroyd, but Self and Steadman have their own unique spin on how place shapes people and vice versa.</div></div> 596116 30 10 2007 Psychogeography: Disentangling the Modern Conundrum of Psyche and Place total:63|5:11|4:16|3:26|2:10|1:0| 63 217 179 26 4 0 false false Thu Jun 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat May 30 11:45:24 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 05 11:03:25 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Apr 13 10:40:32 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 01 21:37:03 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 09 17:21:06 -0700 2008
I read a conversation with Self and geneticist Spencer Wells whilst on a plane from JFK to LAX. Of course, being utterly dislocated at that moment, and mor...more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Mar 26 01:09:34 -0700 2008 Wed Mar 26 01:19:19 -0700 2008 Irrespective of his condescending manner at the book signing i attended, irrespective of the fact that he couldn't wait to get rid of me so that he could turn his attention to the willow of blondes in the queue behind me... but i digress.
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I have to admit I am a bit of a fan of Will selfs writing, and also of Debordian Psychogeographic exploits, and a huge fan of the illustrations of Ralph Steadman, who used to illust...more...]]> 0 0 false false Mon Feb 23 14:29:21 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 02 09:04:09 -0800 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Wed Nov 07 00:33:35 -0800 2007 Sun Dec 16 13:12:18 -0800 2007
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A delightful travelogue. Self is quick to point out that the idea of "psychogeography", of mapping the t...more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Sep 07 12:00:11 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 07 12:17:14 -0700 2008 more...]]> 0 0 false false Wed Feb 18 15:08:43 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 18 15:13:23 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Mon Sep 15 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Mar 30 05:56:09 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 30 05:57:23 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Jan 08 19:02:22 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 08 19:10:23 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue May 20 15:45:56 -0700 2008 Tue May 20 16:02:36 -0700 2008 2. He has a tendency to slip words into passages straddling arrogant-declaration and engaging-narrative forcing readers to take a stance befor...more...]]> 2 0 false false Tue Aug 04 12:12:35 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 04 12:13:16 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Sat May 31 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Feb 03 12:06:12 -0800 2008 Sat May 31 11:51:32 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Mar 04 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Feb 16 20:12:27 -0800 2008 Tue Mar 04 14:16:02 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Sep 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 22 11:48:19 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 14 14:00:38 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sat Dec 08 13:20:01 -0800 2007 Wed Dec 19 15:49:47 -0800 2007 The Independent and accompanied by Ralph Steadman's fantastically disturbed artwork, these 2-3 page pieces of travelling Gonzo are ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jul 20 01:35:22 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 20 01:35:38 -0700 2008 more...]]> 0 0 false false Sun May 04 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun May 04 17:56:38 -0700 2008 Mon May 05 04:07:22 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sat Nov 15 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Oct 24 15:09:20 -0700 2008 Tue Dec 09 08:53:23 -0800 2008