Serdar Yegulalp's Blog, page 41
May 9, 2022
Inhuman Affections
Why would we find it easier to feel sympathy for a cartoon animal than another human being?
May 8, 2022
"Your Dreams Will Never Love You Back"
Our dreams will never love us back precisely because they are our dreams. Only you and I can love each other, and we cannot afford to let anything else usurp that responsibility.
May 7, 2022
Picking Up The Broken Pieces
The problems with multi-installment works are worse than we think.
May 6, 2022
The Little Guys Have It Hardest
On indies avoiding the mistakes of mainstream publishing, 2022 edition.
May 5, 2022
But Of Course You Have Heroes
Maybe one should not have heroes, I once said, if only because they are mortal and have feet of clay and will inevitably disappoint you. But I know I have them.
May 4, 2022
On The Noting Of Some Turning Words
How an entire story can pivot on a single sentence, and lead to a new world in the head.
April 27, 2022
My Inner Eye
On being a writer as an extension of being an artist who plays with images, rather than words.
April 26, 2022
Leaving The Nest
When a Tweeter considers exiting.
April 24, 2022
What Is To Be Done, And All That
On the meaning of "self-care" in a burning world.
April 23, 2022
Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles
Chantal Akerman's singular masterwork observes three days in the life of a Belgian widow with a precision and unblinking patience that becomes all-encompassing.
