https://robertnathan.wordpress.com/2013/11/29/review-burial-rites-by-hannah-kent/https://robertnathan.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/burial-rites.jpegBurial Rites by Hannah KentThank to Little, Brown for a review copy.2013-12-20T12:10:05+00:00monthlyhttps://robertnathan.wordpress.com/2013/11/08/the-method-of-writing-plan-plan-plan-or-back-the-fuck-off/2013-11-23T00:35:29+00:00monthlyhttps://robertnathan.wordpress.com/about/https://robertnathan.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/dsc_0135.jpgRobert Nathan2013-10-24T18:28:27+00:00weekly0.6https://robertnathan.wordpress.com/2013/10/17/review-americanah-by-chimamanda-ngozi-adichie/https://robertnathan.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/review-americanah-by-chimamanda-ngozi-adichie.pngreview - americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieThanks to Knopf for a review copy of Americanah.2013-10-17T20:17:29+00:00monthlyhttps://robertnathan.wordpress.com/2013/09/24/how-to-read-a-book-a-students-guide-to-non-fiction/2013-09-25T00:44:42+00:00monthlyhttps://robertnathan.wordpress.com/2013/09/21/review-and-the-mountains-echoed-by-khaled-hosseini/https://robertnathan.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/and-the-mountains-echoed.jpgAnd the Mountains Echoed by Khaled HosseiniThanks to Penguin for a review copy of Khaled Hosseini's 'And the Mountains Echoed.'2013-09-21T18:48:37+00:00monthlyhttps://robertnathan.wordpress.com/2013/07/30/review-caught-by-lisa-moore/https://robertnathan.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/caught.jpegCaught by Lisa MooreCaught by Lisa Moore. House of Anansi, 2013. $29.95. ISBN 9780887842450. Thanks to Anansi for a review copy of this work.2013-07-30T20:37:59+00:00monthlyhttps://robertnathan.wordpress.com/2013/07/29/review-we-need-new-names-by-noviolet-bulawayo/https://robertnathan.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/we-need-new-names.jpgWe Need New NamesNoViolet Bulawayo. We Need New Names. Little, Brown, 2013. $25.00 US. ISBN 9780316230810. (Thanks to Little, Brown for a review copy of this book.)2013-07-30T00:40:47+00:00monthlyhttps://robertnathan.wordpress.com/2013/07/24/99-styles-later/https://robertnathan.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc_0183-nef.jpgWildflowers in Olympic National Park2013-07-31T08:11:29+00:00monthlyhttps://robertnathan.wordpress.com/2012/09/22/review-dw-wilsons-once-you-break-a-knuckle/2013-07-12T18:56:13+00:00monthlyhttps://robertnathan.wordpress.com/2013/05/27/review-tenth-of-december-by-george-saunders/https://robertnathan.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/10th-december.jpegTenth of December by George Saunders review2013-05-27T21:16:53+00:00monthlyhttps://robertnathan.wordpress.com/2013/03/04/style-no-75-anagrams/https://robertnathan.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/dsc_0299.jpgOn the road near Ouélessébougou, MaliMy endirf Hamidou Guino, on the odar nera Ouéllessébougou, Mali.2013-05-21T19:42:20+00:00monthlyhttps://robertnathan.wordpress.com/2013/05/15/style-no-93-kung-fu/https://robertnathan.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/dsc_0070.jpgLadakh MountainsThe valley of the Yak Cheese Masters.2013-05-21T19:33:40+00:00monthlyhttps://robertnathan.wordpress.com/2013/05/21/exercises-in-style-no-99-love-story/https://robertnathan.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/dsc_0526.jpgBeautiful woman in flowersAlthough the street was full of dust and metal, it looked just like this.2013-06-14T05:53:37+00:00monthlyhttps://robertnathan.wordpress.com/2013/05/21/exercises-in-style-no-98-fantasy/https://robertnathan.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/dsc_0091.jpgHome made jars of dill pickles with chilisThe dill pickle is the centaur's snack of choice.2013-05-21T19:09:04+00:00monthlyhttps://robertnathan.wordpress.com/2013/05/21/exercises-in-style-no-97-post-apocalyptic/https://robertnathan.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/dsc_0073.jpgLadakh northern highwayThe ash grey world of the Time After.2013-05-21T18:14:43+00:00monthlyhttps://robertnathan.wordpress.com/2013/05/16/exercises-in-style-no-96-hardboiled/https://robertnathan.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/dsc_0487.jpgTailor in Punjabi Basti, Delhi, IndiaThey called him Khan The Tailor and he was known in the neighbourhood for looking the other way.2013-05-16T20:30:34+00:00monthlyhttps://robertnathan.wordpress.com/2013/05/16/exercises-in-style-no-95-sci-fi/https://robertnathan.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/dsc_0018.jpgSea Cidery, Victoria BCThe planet of the Balthonians looks much like this piece of Earth-fruit.2013-05-16T18:29:16+00:00monthlyhttps://robertnathan.wordpress.com/2013/05/15/exercises-in-style-no-94-western/https://robertnathan.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/dsc_0016-1.jpgMalahat View, near Victoria, BCThe well where we buried that donkey-riding bastard was just down the valley there, yes it was.2013-05-16T05:56:24+00:00monthlyhttps://robertnathan.wordpress.com/2013/05/15/style-no-92-nature-show/https://robertnathan.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/dsc_0152.jpgCoffee Bush, IndiaThe species is known to consume these stimulating berries like their life depended on it.2013-05-15T22:14:31+00:00monthlyhttps://robertnathan.wordpress.com/2013/05/14/review-love-and-the-mess-were-in-by-stephen-marche/https://robertnathan.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/3211a-blog9781554471072spread51copy.jpg3211a-blog9781554471072spread51copyhttps://robertnathan.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/love.jpgLove and the Mess We're In by Stephen MarcheThanks to Gaspereau Press for a review copy of "Love and the Mess We're In," Stephen Marche's experimental work of concrete fiction.2013-05-14T07:25:04+00:00monthlyhttps://robertnathan.wordpress.com/2013/05/09/review-ninja-1000-years-of-the-shadow-warrior-by-john-man/https://robertnathan.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/20130509-134124.jpg20130509-134124.jpg2013-05-10T00:37:52+00:00monthlyhttps://robertnathan.wordpress.com/2013/05/01/style-no-91-text/https://robertnathan.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/nepal-man.jpgNepal Manthe knowng man lol2013-05-01T18:57:57+00:00monthlyhttps://robertnathan.wordpress.com/2013/03/27/review-bone-and-bread-by-saleema-nawaz/https://robertnathan.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/bone-and-bread-saleema-nawaz.jpgBone and Bread by Saleema NawazSaleema Nawaz. 'Bone and Bread'. House of Anansi Press, 2013. $22.95. 448 pp.2013-04-30T21:58:58+00:00monthlyhttps://robertnathan.wordpress.com/2013/04/30/style-no-90-action-movie/https://robertnathan.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/dsc_0004.jpgMattressThis mattress later found its way into the dumpster, and may have saved grandma's life.2013-04-30T21:33:09+00:00monthlyhttps://robertnathan.wordpress.com/2013/04/29/style-no-89-porn-shoot/https://robertnathan.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/dsc_0473.jpgKanwar Yatra Pilgrims, Rishikesh, IndiaThe cable guys.2013-04-29T21:05:24+00:00monthlyhttps://robertnathan.wordpress.com/2013/04/27/style-no-88-ninja/https://robertnathan.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/dsc_0221.jpgWetsuit NinjaGenerally ninjas can only be seen by infrared.2013-04-27T23:57:34+00:00monthlyhttps://robertnathan.wordpress.com/2013/04/24/style-no-87-brunch/https://robertnathan.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/dsc_0048.jpgSpanish Chocolate Chestnut FlanThe chocolate.2013-04-25T08:13:36+00:00monthlyhttps://robertnathan.wordpress.com/2013/04/12/exercices-in-style-no-86-mix-ups/https://robertnathan.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/dsc_0018.jpgSpanish orange flanA bess frunch of flanish span.2013-04-12T19:17:42+00:00monthlyhttps://robertnathan.wordpress.com/2013/04/10/style-no-85-lipogram/https://robertnathan.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/dsc_0236.jpgCherai Beach, near Kochi, Kerala, IndiaA bit of surf and sand on a hot day in India. (Just outside Kochi, 2012).2013-04-12T18:09:21+00:00monthlyhttps://robertnathan.wordpress.com/2013/04/09/review-nw-by-zadie-smith/https://robertnathan.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/zadie-smith-nw.jpegZadie Smith NWNW by Zadie Smith. 2012. $32. 294 pp. (Thanks to Hamish Hamilton for a review copy of this work.) 2013-04-10T17:17:35+00:00monthlyhttps://robertnathan.wordpress.com/2013/04/06/review-siege-13-by-tamas-dobozy/https://robertnathan.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/siege-13-by-tamas-dobozy.jpegSiege 13 by Tamas DobozySiege 13 by Tamas Dobozy. 339 pp. $22.95. (Thanks to Thomas Allen for a review copy of this work.)2013-04-07T23:42:20+00:00monthlyhttps://robertnathan.wordpress.com/2013/04/03/exercises-in-style-no-84-depressed/https://robertnathan.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/dsc_0001.jpgParisian stairsLike life itself, this stairway spirals ever down toward an insouciant bed of thorns. Yay for existence.2013-04-04T00:14:40+00:00monthlyhttps://robertnathan.wordpress.com/2013/04/01/exercises-in-style-no-83-tanka/https://robertnathan.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/dsc_05931.jpgDSC_0593https://robertnathan.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/dsc_0593.jpgMalian BoyA bright-eyed boy smiles, Bites lip, irises glinting In the day's warm light, His cheeks recall mother's meals, His brows trace dreams scratched in sand.2013-04-02T05:04:36+00:00monthlyhttps://robertnathan.wordpress.com/2013/03/30/style-no-82-definitional/https://robertnathan.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/dsc_0037.jpgMushroom in Pacific Rim National Park, near TofinoA fleshy, spore-bearing fruiting body of a fungus pushing up through the forest floor near Tofino.2013-04-03T01:31:36+00:00monthlyhttps://robertnathan.wordpress.com/2013/03/28/style-no-81-mathematical/https://robertnathan.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/dsc_0007.jpgDSC_0007If the man's bag (B) weighs 5 kilos and he's already hungry, which is why he's on his way to Nizamuddin (N) for lunch, calculate how many grams of beef korma (K) he will need to ingest in order to be pleasantly sated.2013-03-28T18:56:34+00:00monthlyhttps://robertnathan.wordpress.com/2013/03/26/review-ghana-must-go-by-taiye-selasi/https://robertnathan.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/ghana-must-go.jpegGhana Must Go by Taiye Selasi - Review2013-03-26T17:50:57+00:00monthlyhttps://robertnathan.wordpress.com/2013/03/10/style-no-80-latinisms/https://robertnathan.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/dsc_0173.jpgDoor Section at VersaillesImago stupendum.2013-03-10T22:00:37+00:00monthlyhttps://robertnathan.wordpress.com/2013/03/10/style-no-79-ode/https://robertnathan.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/dsc_0386.jpgDonkey Eating in MaliO donkey in thine glory! As you scour the dust for hearty snacks, a frisson of happiness quivers through my very soul.2013-03-10T21:23:06+00:00monthlyhttps://robertnathan.wordpress.com/2013/03/09/style-no-78-permutations/https://robertnathan.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/dsc_0382.jpgGoats in a Village in MaliGoats a clicked in this 2012 village Malian.2013-03-09T07:07:54+00:00monthlyhttps://robertnathan.wordpress.com/2013/03/06/style-no-77-memo/https://robertnathan.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/dsc_0078.jpgBackwaters of Kerala, IndiaEmployees coming in on Saturdays will be asked to enter via the footbridge. (Clicked this in Kerala, 2012).2013-03-06T19:34:52+00:00monthlyhttps://robertnathan.wordpress.com/2013/03/05/style-no-76-telegraphic/https://robertnathan.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/dsc_0030.jpgStained Glass, Lille Cathedral, FranceRENDEZVOUS AT WINDOW FULL MOON STOP BRING BRIEFCASE WEAR MOUSTACHE STOP2013-03-05T20:06:28+00:00monthlyhttps://robertnathan.wordpress.com/2013/03/03/style-no-74-syncope/https://robertnathan.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/dsc_0247.jpgThe road to Kati, outside Bamako, Mali.The dusroad ouside Kati, nofarfm Bamako, Mali. Clithisn 2012.2013-03-03T21:44:35+00:00monthlyhttps://robertnathan.wordpress.com/2013/03/01/style-no-73-apocope/https://robertnathan.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/dsc_0470.jpgLime Water Seller, Rishikesh, IndiaLi wat sell in Rishike, Ind. Cli thi in 2012.2013-03-02T02:02:59+00:00monthlyhttps://robertnathan.wordpress.com/2013/02/27/style-no-72-apheresis/https://robertnathan.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/dsc_0004.jpgA Cooper's Hawk, Victoria, BC, CanadaA gle ding on one leg mong the ches of a tree.2013-02-27T21:02:45+00:00monthlyhttps://robertnathan.wordpress.com/2013/02/26/review-threads-of-the-heart-by-carole-martinez/2013-02-27T04:44:51+00:00monthlyhttps://robertnathan.wordpress.com/2013/02/22/style-no-71-nature/https://robertnathan.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/dsc_0326.jpgMangy dog in Kerala, IndiaAdjacent to the orange-breasted whistleblower we also found a canus lupis familiaris licking his lips over a fallen leaf.2013-02-22T22:52:47+00:00monthlyhttps://robertnathan.wordpress.com/2013/02/18/style-no-70-statistical/https://robertnathan.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/dsc_0034.jpgSpanish pork-stuffed roasted tomatoesOn average, this configuration of stuffed tomatoes is to be adopted by those roasting at 375 degrees.2013-02-19T04:04:28+00:00monthlyhttps://robertnathan.wordpress.com/2013/02/13/style-no-69-drugged/https://robertnathan.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/dsc_0047.jpgSpawning Salmon, Goldstream Park, near Victoria, BC, CanadaAlthough he sustained serious injuries, the salmon did eventually carry the match.2013-02-13T20:38:09+00:00monthlyhttps://robertnathan.wordpress.com/2013/02/07/style-no-68-incompetent/2013-02-08T00:38:34+00:00monthlyhttps://robertnathan.wordpress.com/2013/02/06/style-no-67-zoological/https://robertnathan.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/dsc_0286.jpgMalabar Giant Squirrel, Periyar, Kerala, IndiaA Malabar Giant Squirrel. Periyar National Park, Kerala, India (2011).2013-02-06T20:00:06+00:00monthlyhttps://robertnathan.wordpress.com/2013/02/05/style-no-66-gastronomical/https://robertnathan.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/dsc_0163.jpgCheese Shop in AmsterdamA cheesy photo from Amsterdam.2013-02-07T23:25:59+00:00monthlyhttps://robertnathan.wordpress.com/2012/12/18/review-419-by-will-ferguson/https://robertnathan.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/419.jpg419 by Will FergusonWill Ferguson's Giller-winning novel about Nigerian email scams.2013-01-30T20:05:54+00:00monthlyhttps://robertnathan.wordpress.com/2013/01/29/style-no-65-insulting/2013-01-30T01:33:49+00:00monthlyhttps://robertnathan.wordpress.com/2013/01/27/style-no-64-medical/https://robertnathan.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/img_0024.jpgSnail Shell, Nova Scotia, CanadaThis benign growth was removed from the headscarf of the adult female patient.2013-01-28T03:52:32+00:00monthlyhttps://robertnathan.wordpress.com/2013/01/27/style-no-63-botanical/https://robertnathan.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/dsc_0093.jpgBird and flowers in Periyar National Park, KeralaPeriyar National Park, Kerala, India. Clicked this in 2011.2013-01-28T02:10:38+00:00monthlyhttps://robertnathan.wordpress.com/2013/01/19/review-dr-brinkleys-tower-by-robert-hough/2013-01-26T00:49:51+00:00monthlyhttps://robertnathan.wordpress.com/2013/01/24/style-no-62-opposite-exercices-de-style/https://robertnathan.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/dsc_0495.jpgFruit Cart in Punjabi Basti, Delhi, IndiaA young boy with an exposed neck walks behind an empty meat cart. Delhi, India, 2012.2013-01-24T17:56:21+00:00monthlyhttps://robertnathan.wordpress.com/2013/01/22/style-no-61-proper-nouns/https://robertnathan.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/dsc_0401.jpgTibetan Prayer Flags in Tso Pema, IndiaLungta blowing at Tso Pema, Himachal Pradesh, India (2012).2013-04-26T05:39:11+00:00monthlyhttps://robertnathan.wordpress.com/2013/01/20/style-no-60-in-front-in-back/2013-01-20T22:31:46+00:00monthlyhttps://robertnathan.wordpress.com/2013/01/19/style-no-59-parts-of-speech/https://robertnathan.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/dsc_0157.jpgGowlland Tod Park, Victoria BCNouns: Gowlland Tod Park, Victoria, BC.2013-01-20T01:44:16+00:00monthlyhttps://robertnathan.wordpress.com/2013/01/17/style-no-58-access-to-information-request/https://robertnathan.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/dsc_0121.jpgClouds in the Blue SkySatellite imagery of [redacted]. Clicked this in [redacted].2013-01-18T04:51:23+00:00monthlyhttps://robertnathan.wordpress.com/2013/01/14/style-no-57-free-verse/2013-01-15T05:19:30+00:00monthlyhttps://robertnathan.wordpress.com/2013/01/13/style-no-56-haiku/https://robertnathan.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/dsc_0068.jpgHorse Statue in Parishttps://robertnathan.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/img_0153.jpgDoor in Agra Fort, IndiaDoor in Agra Fort, Clicked this in India back in Two thousand and ten.https://robertnathan.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/img_00111.jpgTaj Mahal, Agra, IndiaTaj Mahal Sits Sky Ignores.2013-01-14T00:57:05+00:00monthlyhttps://robertnathan.wordpress.com/2013/01/11/style-no-55-reactionary/https://robertnathan.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/dsc_0014.jpgCommunist Party of India (Marxist) Monument, KeralaIt's those scurrilous communists, I tell you. Building their little red monuments everywhere. Dissipating the youth! Kerala, 2011.2013-01-14T01:12:01+00:00monthlyhttps://robertnathan.wordpress.com/2013/01/09/style-no-54-sound/https://robertnathan.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/img_0195.jpgFrench Fries & Mayonnaise, BelgiumThe sound of Belgium: a guttural squirt of mayonnaise on a crunchy bed of fries.2013-01-09T19:51:32+00:00monthlyhttps://robertnathan.wordpress.com/2012/12/24/style-no-41-zombie/https://robertnathan.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/dsc_0314.jpgZombie Apocalypse SurvivorThis is an example of a being who would maintain a cool head in the event of a Zompocalypse. We could all learn something from him.2013-01-09T19:16:27+00:00monthlyhttps://robertnathan.wordpress.com/2013/01/09/style-no-53-sight/https://robertnathan.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/dsc_0152.jpgArchitecture in Bruges, BelgiumThe friend's gaze toward the distant crowd might be visually embodied by the colours of these houses in Bruges, Belgium (2011). 2013-01-09T19:07:04+00:00monthlyhttps://robertnathan.wordpress.com/2013/01/08/style-no-52-touch/https://robertnathan.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/nepal-blog-photo.jpgKathmandu Rickshaw Driver, NepalA rough, breezy nap on the streets of Kathmandu, Nepal (2010).2013-01-09T01:54:51+00:00monthlyhttps://robertnathan.wordpress.com/2013/01/05/style-no-51-taste/https://robertnathan.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/dsc_0004.jpgLille, FranceLille, with hints of cinnamon and roast egg, is one of France's tastiest cities.2013-01-05T22:53:30+00:00monthlyhttps://robertnathan.wordpress.com/2012/12/30/review-the-world-by-bill-gaston/https://robertnathan.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/bill-gaston-the-world.jpgBill Gaston The World2013-01-04T19:59:37+00:00monthlyhttps://robertnathan.wordpress.com/2013/01/04/style-no-50-smell/https://robertnathan.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/nepal-photo-for-blog.jpgGuavas and Girls in Kathmandu, NepalAnd the scent of guavas and women carried equally on the humid afternoon air like a perfume. Clicked this in Kathmandu, Nepal in 2010.2013-01-04T19:45:32+00:00monthlyhttps://robertnathan.wordpress.com/2013/01/03/style-no-49-sonnet/https://robertnathan.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/img_2300.jpgStonehenge2013-01-03T22:09:22+00:00monthlyhttps://robertnathan.wordpress.com/2013/01/02/style-no-48-izzle/https://robertnathan.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/dsc_0523.jpgYoung boy in Bandiagara, Mali.A young bizzle sitting on a lizzle. Clicked this in Bandiagizzle (Mali), in two-thousand elizzle.2013-01-02T21:10:46+00:00monthlyhttps://robertnathan.wordpress.com/2013/01/01/style-no-47-provocative/https://robertnathan.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/dsc_0171.jpgMetro in ParisWell, what did you think it was? A tunnel to the centre of the earth? (Clicked this in Paris, 2011.)2013-01-01T21:01:32+00:00monthlyhttps://robertnathan.wordpress.com/2012/12/31/style-no-46-clumsy/https://robertnathan.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/dsc_0134.jpgMontmartre at NightMontmartre at night. Or should I say something more interesting? Something like 'The blood of Montmartre's glowing establishments spilling forth into the darkness of its cobbled lanes'? Or is that a bit too much? Well, either way I clicked this in Paris in 2011.2012-12-31T18:46:21+00:00monthlyhttps://robertnathan.wordpress.com/2012/12/30/style-no-45-apostrophe/https://robertnathan.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/dsc_0477.jpgO Chinese Moto-Cart (Mali)O how you art blue and wheelèd in thine glory. Clicked this in Mali, 2011.2013-01-04T19:48:23+00:00monthlyhttps://robertnathan.wordpress.com/2012/12/29/style-no-44-philosophical/https://robertnathan.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/dsc_0052.jpgUnder the gate of Lille, FranceConventionally this inside one of the gates of Lille, France. But in ultimate philosophical terms, it's just a photograph.2012-12-29T22:33:20+00:00monthlyhttps://robertnathan.wordpress.com/2012/12/27/style-no-43-ghostly/https://robertnathan.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/dsc_0282.jpgKerala Fisherman, IndiaAfter the ghostly incident I was in need of repose and took crosslegged to a beachside log. (Kerala, India, 2011).2012-12-28T00:05:14+00:00monthlyhttps://robertnathan.wordpress.com/2012/12/25/style-no-42-alliteration/https://robertnathan.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/dsc_0107.jpgVishnu mural, Kerala, IndiaPainted deity towering toward two cots together in a hotel. Took it in 2011, Varkala Beach (Kerala, India).2012-12-26T03:25:44+00:00monthlyhttps://robertnathan.wordpress.com/2012/12/18/style-no-40-comedy/https://robertnathan.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/dsc_0468.jpgKanwar Yatra in Rishikesh, IndiaORANGE MAN: Whatever, that isn't even a real play. PINK WOMAN: Oh come on.2012-12-18T20:39:21+00:00monthlyhttps://robertnathan.wordpress.com/2012/12/16/style-no-39-interrogation/https://robertnathan.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/img_0042.jpgQutb Minar, Delhi, IndiaThe interrogation room is located atop the Qutb Minar, Delhi, on the Yellow Line just one stop past the mall.2012-12-17T05:24:45+00:00monthlyhttps://robertnathan.wordpress.com/2012/12/01/style-no-38-vernacular/https://robertnathan.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/dsc_0296.jpgChildren in Oulessebougou, MaliChillin'. Clicked this in Ouellessebougou, Mali (2012).2012-12-02T00:41:19+00:00monthlyhttps://robertnathan.wordpress.com/2012/11/24/style-no-37-bombastic/https://robertnathan.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/dsc_0058.jpgOld man in Jew Town, Kochi, Kerala (India)A man as old as time enswirled as if by the succulent meringues of a thousand eggs hobbles toward his home as green as all the world's pistachio ice cream had been unctuously massaged into its slate-flat walls by the impetuous gods of nuts and dairy. Clicked this in Jew Town, Kochi, Kerala (India) in 2011.2012-11-24T07:11:45+00:00monthlyhttps://robertnathan.wordpress.com/2012/11/15/review-i-am-an-executioner-by-rajesh-parameswaran/2012-11-15T18:29:58+00:00monthlyhttps://robertnathan.wordpress.com/2012/11/14/style-no-36-so/https://robertnathan.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/dsc_0084.jpgBelgian Waffle With ChocolateSo, you should go to Belgium so you can survive on a diet of pure waffle. Clicked this in Brussels, 2011.2012-11-15T05:50:16+00:00monthlyhttps://robertnathan.wordpress.com/2012/11/04/style-no-35-exclamations/https://robertnathan.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/dsc_0018.jpgSeagull in salmon run, Goldstream, BCHello! Look at me! I'm standing! In a river! On a dead fish!2012-11-06T20:23:39+00:00monthlyhttps://robertnathan.wordpress.com/2012/10/29/review-the-chemistry-of-tears-by-peter-carey/2012-10-30T17:58:27+00:00monthlyhttps://robertnathan.wordpress.com/2012/10/24/style-no-34-me/https://robertnathan.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/strathcona-1.jpegStrathcona Provincial Park, BC, CanadaMe, I like this kind of place. Clicked this in Strathcona Provincial Park in 2012.2012-10-26T02:50:19+00:00monthlyhttps://robertnathan.wordpress.com/2012/10/20/style-no-33-polyptoton/https://robertnathan.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/dsc_0004.jpgOld Man's BeardOld Man's Beard, also known as Old Person's Personal Beard. Clicked this in Tofino, 2012.2012-10-21T19:55:51+00:00monthlyhttps://robertnathan.wordpress.com/2012/10/17/style-no-32-alexandrines/https://robertnathan.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/dsc_00091.jpgDSC_0009https://robertnathan.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/dsc_0009.jpgPacific Rim National Park, CanadaThis is a picture of a bunch of leaves greener than the hearts of a gang of thieves.2012-10-18T08:58:19+00:00monthlyhttps://robertnathan.wordpress.com/2012/10/12/style-no-31-ransom/https://robertnathan.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/dsc_0193.jpgGypsies in Ghent, BelgiumPut one billion in unmarked coins into my hat if you ever want to know if these gypsies were really photographed in Ghent in 2011.2012-10-12T18:46:15+00:00monthlyhttps://robertnathan.wordpress.com/2012/10/03/style-no-30-espionage/https://robertnathan.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/dsc_0005-1.jpgFlowers2012-10-04T00:05:12+00:00monthlyhttps://robertnathan.wordpress.com/2012/10/01/style-no-29-recipe/https://robertnathan.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/dsc_0005.jpgApples at Sea Cidery, Victoria, BC, Canada2012-10-03T00:19:46+00:00monthlyhttps://robertnathan.wordpress.com/2012/09/30/style-no-28-gangsta/https://robertnathan.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0077.jpgDonjon de Vincennes, Paris, FranceYo dog, there was like this mad fly dungeon being all like 'What's up sky, you my bitch now,' and I was like, dog, Paris is the bomb, for real. Clicked this shit at Vincennes in 2011, yo.2012-09-30T18:11:51+00:00monthlyhttps://robertnathan.wordpress.com/2012/09/30/review-the-sisters-brothers-by-patrick-dewitt/2012-09-30T17:23:21+00:00monthlyhttps://robertnathan.wordpress.com/2012/09/27/style-no-27-ignorance/https://robertnathan.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0069.jpgParis Sword StatueWas it a statue or a real man? Yeah, one of the two, probably. None of my business, when it comes down to it. Did I click this in Paris in 2011? Might've been there. But how am I supposed to remember? Look, I've taken a lot of pictures, what can I say.2012-09-27T18:32:12+00:00monthlyhttps://robertnathan.wordpress.com/2012/09/26/style-no-26-insistence/https://robertnathan.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_00211.jpgNizamuddin Dargah, Delhi, India2012-09-27T16:31:36+00:00monthlyhttps://robertnathan.wordpress.com/2012/09/25/style-no-25-logical-analysis/https://robertnathan.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0021.jpgPineapple workers in Munnar, Kerala, IndiaA truck. A pineapple. A pineapple truck. It's the scene. A worker. A fruit crate. A worker hauling a fruit crate. It's the activity. Munnar, Kerala (India). 2011. Munnar, Kerala (India), in 2011. It's the time. 2012-09-26T04:10:47+00:00monthlyhttps://robertnathan.wordpress.com/2012/09/24/style-no-24-onomatopoeia/https://robertnathan.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0401.jpgBoy in Klela, Sikasso, Mali (Africa)A young boy looks on as, eee-ohh, a donkey passes in the background. Clicked this near Sikasso, Mali (2012).2012-09-24T17:58:57+00:00monthlyhttps://robertnathan.wordpress.com/2012/09/23/style-no-23-priere-dinserer/https://robertnathan.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0816.jpgChicago skyscraperMs. Scrodchild's Chicago penthouse. Clicked this in August 2010.2012-09-26T15:27:29+00:00monthlyhttps://robertnathan.wordpress.com/2012/09/15/style-no-15-another-subjectivity/https://robertnathan.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/img_2009.jpgPunting in Cambridge, EnglandSome say Cambridge is a lovely place to study. If you're a townie, you might fancy it a nice place to be a garbage man, or an electrician. And if you're visiting from out of the country, you might wish simply to sip sherry and the King's College dining hall. Clicked this in January 2011, Cambridge (England).2012-09-23T05:51:56+00:00monthlyhttps://robertnathan.wordpress.com/2012/09/22/style-no-22-to-whom-it-may-concern/https://robertnathan.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0034.jpgAmsterdam canalTo Whom It May Concern, I feel it is my duty to inform you that the Dutch have confected an elaborate system of canals of which the authorities should take note. In the interest of public order, I photographed this example in 2011.2012-09-22T21:50:26+00:00monthlyhttps://robertnathan.wordpress.com/2012/09/20/style-no-20-distinction/https://robertnathan.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0428.jpgCows in Rishikesh, IndiaCows in Rishikesh, India (and not boughs of green refresh Cynthia). 2012-09-22T21:49:25+00:00monthlyhttps://robertnathan.wordpress.com/2012/09/21/style-no-21-homeoteleuton/https://robertnathan.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0449.jpgChildren in Kléla, Sikasso, MaliA picture with a mixture of youngstures and donkures (Mali 2012).2012-09-22T21:48:58+00:00monthlyhttps://robertnathan.wordpress.com/2012/09/07/style-no-7-dreaming-creative-writing-oulipo-amsterdam/https://robertnathan.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0055.jpgSwans In the Red Light District (De Wallen), AmsterdamAnd I dreamt of red lights, and white swans on water of deepest black...2012-09-22T21:43:18+00:00monthlyhttps://robertnathan.wordpress.com/2012/08/31/exercising-some-style-writing-raymond-queneau/https://robertnathan.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0438.jpgWhistles in RishikeshKanwar Yatra pilgrims oranged-out in Rishikesh. Clicked this in July 2012.2012-09-22T21:42:12+00:00monthlyhttps://robertnathan.wordpress.com/2012/09/03/style-no-3-litotes-writing-exercises-french-literature-queneau/https://robertnathan.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0084.jpgSOTRAMA in Bamako, MaliA not unconfined ride on Bamako's public transit. Clicked this in 2012.2012-09-22T21:38:39+00:00monthlyhttps://robertnathan.wordpress.com/2012/09/19/style-no-19-animism-oulipo-writing-frogs/https://robertnathan.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0531.jpgFrog, Victoria, BC, CanadaTo be honest, the whistle wasn't compelled by mammals. The boy's was a mouth of convenience. Amphibians were his true passion, but there was always the problem of finding a frog of the right size. Clicked this in Victoria, BC, Canada, 2012.2012-09-20T04:59:10+00:00monthlyhttps://robertnathan.wordpress.com/2012/09/16/teenage-omg-oulipo-creative-writing/https://robertnathan.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0160.jpgFountain Statue in Bruges, BelgiumOne upon a time in Bruges (Belgium), there was a statue grown drunk from too much lambic. Clicked this in December 2010.2012-09-18T17:35:17+00:00monthlyhttps://robertnathan.wordpress.com/2012/09/18/style-no-18-negativities-creative-writing/https://robertnathan.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0010.jpgBeas River, Manali, Himachal Pradesh, IndiaIt was not Belgium or Iceland, but India. It was not the Ganges or the Yamuna, but the Beas. It was not in the 18th century or two weeks in the future, but earlier this year. 2012-09-18T20:36:00+00:00monthlyhttps://robertnathan.wordpress.com/2012/09/17/style-no-17-compounds/https://robertnathan.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0051.jpgBuddhist Monastery in Leh, LadakhI was picture-taking while Ladakh-visiting earlier this year.2012-09-18T03:05:20+00:00monthlyhttps://robertnathan.wordpress.com/2012/09/14/style-no-14-the-subjective-side/https://robertnathan.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0194.jpgManhattan from the Empire State BuildingNew York was a blast. Hell, being on top of a building was a blast. Come to think of it, taking photos was a blast too. This blast dates from 2010.2012-09-25T22:17:23+00:00monthlyhttps://robertnathan.wordpress.com/2012/09/13/style-no-13-details/https://robertnathan.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/img_0408.jpgSound Advice from Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh (India)A sign of 42 English letters on a black board measuring 61 centimetres across and 37 centimetres tall, and dispensing advice which is generally good, particularly if you value the wearing of shoes. Clicked this with the index of my right hand in Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh, India, in 2009.2012-09-13T17:19:42+00:00monthlyhttps://robertnathan.wordpress.com/2012/09/12/style-no-12-hesitations/https://robertnathan.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0096.jpgBananas in BamakoNow what were there? Mangoes? Oranges? Avocados? Bananas? Yes, must have been bananas, I'm quite sure. I think I clicked this in Bamako, Mali, in 2012, unless it was in London? Or Bengaluru? Or Hawaii?2012-09-14T15:41:51+00:00monthlyhttps://robertnathan.wordpress.com/2012/09/11/style-no-11-logo-rally/https://robertnathan.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0101.jpgBamako BikeChillin' before a post-wedding bike rally. These are pretty wild; saw a biker drive right into a parked car once. Clicked this in Bamako, Mali (January 2012).2012-09-11T17:56:25+00:00monthlyhttps://robertnathan.wordpress.com/2012/09/10/style-no-10-rainbow-creative-writing-oulipo/https://robertnathan.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0280.jpgFisherman at Cherai Beach, near Kochi, Kerala (India)2012-10-14T12:23:27+00:00monthlyhttps://robertnathan.wordpress.com/2012/09/09/style-no-9-synchysis/https://robertnathan.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0087.jpgHummingbird, Periyar, Kerala (India)The hummingbird, this anecdote's synchyses, in disgust it's head has turned, on reading. Periyar National Park, this 2011 in I clicked (Kerala, India).2012-09-10T03:52:05+00:00monthlyhttps://robertnathan.wordpress.com/2012/09/08/style-no-8-prognostications-nizamuddin-delhi-fiction/https://robertnathan.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_00501.jpgNizamuddin Dargah, Delhi (India)What prophecy lays scrawled upon this yellow card? (Clicked this in Nizamuddin Dargah, Delhi, India, 2011.)https://robertnathan.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0050.jpgNizamuddin Dargah, Delhi, India2012-09-09T01:18:06+00:00monthlyhttps://robertnathan.wordpress.com/2012/09/02/style-no-2-double-duty-creative-writing-french-literature/https://robertnathan.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/img_3630.jpgChandni ChowkDoing double duty in Chandni Chowk, Delhi. Clicked this in 2011.2012-09-07T05:44:13+00:00monthlyhttps://robertnathan.wordpress.com/2012/09/06/style-no-6-surprises/https://robertnathan.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0065.jpgCliffs of Cape BretonAnd then we came upon the cliffs! And the ocean! And how it was beautiful, there in Cape Breton! My god!2012-09-06T18:21:42+00:00monthlyhttps://robertnathan.wordpress.com/2012/09/05/style-no-5-retrograde-creative-writing-oulipo/https://robertnathan.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0129.jpgTea Gardens of Munnar, Kerala (India)I'd love to go backward to when I rented Prithviraj Kumar's crappy scooter and rode through the rainy tea estates of Munnar with my wife. Clicked this in 2011 (Kerala, India).2012-09-05T19:08:37+00:00monthlyhttps://robertnathan.wordpress.com/2012/09/04/style-no-4-metaphorically/https://robertnathan.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0109.jpgVoltaireVoltaire heading to school. Clicked this in 2011 in front of a high school in Paris.2012-09-04T19:48:48+00:00monthlyhttps://robertnathan.wordpress.com/2012/09/01/style-no-1-notes-writing-literature/https://robertnathan.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0297-copy.jpgOuéléssébougouClicked this near Ouéléssébougou, Mali, on the road to Sougoula. February 2012.https://robertnathan.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/cropped-dsc_02971.jpgcropped-dsc_02971.jpg2012-09-01T18:54:01+00:00monthlyhttps://robertnathan.wordpress.comdaily1.02013-12-20T12:10:05+00:00