Censoring an author's work because it includes racial slurs to emphasise the arguments against racism does not confront the problem, it avoids it
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Chronic Pain
I had intended on following up my last post about Grace and Tom from my novel, Eugenica, with another piece along similar lines; obviously, that did not happen. My intentions were derailed by an onset of pain. I have experienced chronic pain for all of my life so far. It is not, I have found, … Continue reading Chronic Pain
Will This Horror Never End?!
Once more I find that an unplanned gap has occurred between my blog posts. The cause is, has it has been for most of this year, the surgery that I am still recovering from. The fact is that it seems to have failed. My surgeon does not seem to want to admit this, but then … Continue reading Will This Horror Never End?!
A Persistent And Invasive Nuisance Does Not Help With Being Creative
Once again I have had to take an enforced sabbatical from blogging. The cause was a persistent and invasive nuisance; in other words pain. I had reconstructive surgery on my foot early in April and it has not been a pleasant experience. The fitting of an external fixator was part of the procedure and as … Continue reading A Persistent And Invasive Nuisance Does Not Help With Being Creative
The week just gone can be summed up by one word; pain!
I live with chronic pain. I have done for most of my life, although members of the medical profession have not always acknowledged the fact. According the medical books people who have Myotonia Congenita are not supposed to be in pain, but I did not write those academic tomes and, from what I have seen, … Continue reading The week just gone can be summed up by one word; pain!
Peter C Whitaker 