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Get an overview of this hotel4-star hotel with restaurant and bar/lounge
Situated in a rural location, this hotel is 2.8 mi (4.5 km) from Loch Garten Osprey Centre and within 9 mi (15 km) of Cairngorm Brewery and Craigellachie National Nature Reserve. Rothiemurchus Estate Visitor Centre and Speyside Wildlife are also within 9 mi (15 km).
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A restaurant, a bar/lounge, and a business center are available at this smoke-free hotel. Free WiFi in public areas and free self parking are also provided. Other amenities include a library, express check-out, and multilingual staff.
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All 32 rooms provide free WiFi, Egyptian cotton sheets, and flat-screen TVs. Guests will also find coffee makers, hair dryers, and showers.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!Opens in a new window
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Hotel Amenities
The hotel offers a restaurant. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. This 4-star property offers access to a business center.
High-speed wireless Internet access is complimentary. 2 meeting rooms are available. This Boat of Garten hotel also offers a library, multilingual staff, and gift shops/newsstands. Complimentary self parking is available on site.
The Boat Hotel is a smoke-free property.
- Total number of rooms - 32
- Number of floors - 2
- Babysitting or childcare
- Bar/lounge
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Business center
- Express check-out
- Fireplace in lobby
- Free WiFi
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- Garden
- Library
- Gift shops or newsstand
- Multilingual staff
- Restaurant
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Free self parking
- Number of meeting rooms - 2
- Smoke-free property
- Wedding services
Family Friendly Amenities
- Family Hotel
- Free Wi-Fi
- Babysitting or childcare
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Free self parking
Room Amenities
- Phone
- Coffee/tea maker
- Daily housekeeping
- Private bathroom
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Shower only
- Iron/ironing board (on request)
- Flat-panel TV
- Free WiFi
- Egyptian-cotton sheets
- Heating
Where to Eat
Full breakfasts are available for a surcharge and are served each morning between 8 AM and 10 AM.
The Boat Bistro and Bar - This restaurant serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Nearby Things to Do
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Downhill skiing nearby
- Rafting nearby
- Kayaking nearby
- Water skiing nearby
- Windsurfing nearby
- Mountain biking nearby
- Ski lessons available nearby
- Golf lessons available nearby
- Sledding nearby
- Bicycle rentals on site
- Hiking/biking trails nearby
Hotel Policies
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Check-out time is 11 AM
Payment types
- Pets allowed for an extra charge of GBP 15.00 per pet, per night
- 2 per room
- Specific rooms only, restrictions apply
- Pet-friendly rooms can be requested by contacting the property at the number on the booking confirmation
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Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
No cribs (infant beds) available
No elevators
Optional extras
- Breakfast fee: between GBP 10 and GBP 15 for adults, GBP 5 and GBP 10 for children (approximately)
- Pet fee: GBP 15.00 per pet, per night
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- Boat Hotel
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- The Boat Hotel Boat Of Garten, Scotland
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The property allows pets in specific rooms only and has other pet restrictions (surcharges apply and can be found in the Fees section). Guests can arrange to bring pets by contacting the property directly, using the contact information on the booking confirmation.


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Amarillo native and baseball fan Roberne Wilson Foran received a Mother's Day gift only a baseball fan could appreciate - the opportunity to present an award in late May to the most-valuable baseball player at the U.S. Air Force Academy.
The presentation came at the academy's Individual Awards ceremony in Colorado Springs, Colo., when granddaughter Melanie graduated and was commissioned an Air Force lieutenant.
Foran was the perfect presenter because baseball has been a big part of her life.
The boys on my brothers' Little League teams could count on my mother to walk the sidelines rooting them on at every game. She'd clap and cheer the team on. Every comment from her was positive and after the game, she praised each boy.
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Nothing can compete with a juicy, perfectly seasoned, expertly executed steak. So, when you're craving beef, you'd do best to get the real deal. Atlanta's robust selection of steakhouses prove that this city takes steak seriously with options that spread across the city.
If you prefer your steak with a side of pizazz, you'll find it in Buckhead where date night and steakhouses make for natural bedfellows. A smattering of elegant eateries cater to the carnivorous crowd with longstanding steakhouses like Bone's, Chops Lobster Bar, New York Prime and The Capital Grille topping Buckhead's offerings.
Steak takes on a modern, sexy edge at the stylish STK outpost in Midtown. Meat mogul Kevin Rathbun takes steak prep to new heights at local favorite, Kevin Rathbun Steak in Inman Park. Rathbun's steak shares the stage with small bites in Buckhead at KR Steakbar. Close by, chain seafood restaurant Ocean Prime offers a dignified spread of stately options.
Go north for romantic environs and perfectly prepared steaks at Little Alley Steak. Downtown's BLT Steak gives a decorous bow to red meat, while Decatur's Parker's on Ponce blends fine dining with the classic American steakhouse. Read on to get the scoop on 10 of our favorite Atlanta steak places.
Hal's on Old Ivy
A tried-and-true Buckhead neighborhood mainstay, Hal's takes great pride in its traditional menu and loyal clientele. Upscale but laid-back, the restaurant serves impeccable steaks and seafood and is especially known for the quality of its flame-grilled filets. Though Hal's definitely attracts its share of high rollers, it has an easy-going atmosphere that lends itself to an after-work cocktail or leisurely dinner. Live music adds a festive touch of live jazz, blues, rock and roll, or big band, and many folks stop by for cocktails and end up staying for dinner and into the night. Terrific service is also a plus. (404-261-0025)
Parker's on Ponce
The atmosphere in this Decatur restaurant is cozy and romantic, lending itself to a perfect date night or just a celebratory evening out with friends. Most steak lovers will enjoy the Kansas City strip - large and juicy. For those who prefer a smaller cut, order the Filet Mignon or get the Porterhouse for two. Enjoy the leftovers with eggs in the morning. The patio is rather nice on nights when the the weather is pleasant. Before enjoying a glass a wine with your steak or seafood, make sure to order a classic cocktail or glass of wine from the bar. (404-924-2230)
BLT Steak
This sleek, modish restaurant feels nothing like your typical hotel restaurant chain. Lodged within the W Atlanta-Downtown it serves global cuisine with a carnivorous twist. Steaks and meats are a major facet of the hearty menu rounded out by a selection of seafood, small plates and salads. Among the offerings are Florida stone crab, Japanese Kobe-cut steak, chicken liver pate, raw oysters and a smorgasbord of rich desserts. You'd do well to order the delightfully fluffy popovers as well. Though be warned that they're dangerously addictive. After, take a cocktail to the roof and admire aerial views of the city poolside. (404-577-7601)
The Capital Grille
Fabulous city views coupled with incredible steaks make this revered chain a perpetual favorite with the expense-account Buckhead crowd. Beef is dry-aged on the premises, so its quality is well-controlled. While the filet, porterhouse, and the 22-ounce delmonico with a porcini mushroom crust are sublime, the sirloin au poivre with Courvoisier cream sauce is absolutely decadent. Other choices on the ingredient driven menu include broiled lobster, veal or lamb chops, and seared salmon with mustard sauce. A stacked wine and cocktail list ups the ante, and service at the clubby establishment is as attentive and unobtrusively helpful as you'd expect. (404-262-1162)
STK, short for Steak, is the part The ONE Group's slew of restaurants based in cities like New York, Las Vegas and Miami. Centered in Midtown, the setting is slick and modern with a distinct edginess. Servers and customers alike tend to be beautiful. Part of the allure, aside from the steak, is the sense that when you go out to eat here, you're out on the town. If steak isn't your thing, come later to enjoy the lounge atmosphere and to mingle with fellow singles. The interiors have a distinct sex appeal with opulent leather banquettes and a sparkling bar. ((404) 793-0144)
Chops Lobster Bar
A gem among Buckhead Life Restaurant Group's high-caliber restaurants, the vibe here is very much upscale and service-oriented. As the name suggests, the restaurant emphasizes its steak and seafood selections. Regularly ranked as one of the top steakhouses in the country, it's a popular spot for a date or for a business dinner. Dark woods accent the restaurant and this place stays busy throughout the week. They take particular pride in their 100-percent USDA Prime-Graded beef, veal and lamb. Given the location next to the St. Regis, you may also spot a few celebs. Go whopper sized or moderately portioned when you order your steak. Don't forget to order sides. (404-262-2675)
New York Prime
New York Prime certainly tips its hat to the glamour of yesteryear with its polished decor (complete with piano player and palm tree) and white table service. All cuts of steak are perfectly prepared and seasoned. Lots of people like to treat dads here for birthdays and Father's Day--there's a manly vibe about the place and a suited crowd. Service here is tough to beat from beginning to end. You can expect your servers to scoop your appetizers onto your plate for you. All steaks are USDA Prime, are aged 28 days and are served Pittsburgh style (charred exterior). Get the bone-in rib-eye and feast on the sides. (404-846-0644)
Bone's Restaurant
This established Buckhead eatery hangs its reputation on the fine food, handsome environs and impeccable service to match. A modern classic, Bone's still delivers excellent steaks and seafood with aplomb. Favorite entrees include the 20-ounce bone-in rib eye and the 24-ounce porterhouse. Add on to the decadence with toppers like foie gras or Maine lobster tail. You'll want to order a side of the mushrooms, sauteed spinach or the truffle mashed potatoes. If you are entertaining a large group, the seafood platter is a must. Touting an old-school vibe that caters largely to the business set, the restaurant hasn't lost its charm--or its finesse--over time. (404-237-2663)
Kevin Rathbun Steak
Long considered one of Atlanta's top steak restaurants, this Inman Park eatery is known for its large portions, and expertly cooked steaks. Part of Chef Kevin Rathbun's meat-centric empire, this popular fine-dining spot takes pride in its locally sourced ingredients, prime-cut meats and decadent sides. Dress your steak with one of the suggested accompaniments (with blue cheese butter, black truffle butter or Dijon mustard, for instance) and pair it with sinful sides like charred jalapeno creamed corn or scalloped sweet potatoes with Gruyere. Portions are large, and in some instances, gigantic. A range of appetizers, seafood and non-beef options are also available. The ambiance is trendy fine dining. (404-524-5600)
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Just OK
I stayed at this hotel for one night with my husband - we booked it through ebookers for approx �55 (including breakfast).
The hotel itself is just around the corner from the British Consulate and a 15 minute, reasonably brisk, walk to Taksim square.
The hotel claims 4 star status but I was surprised to discover that there was no-one on the front door and, when pulling suitcases, a push door immediately followed by a pull door can be tricky!
The check in was fairly straight forward and the reception is quite pleasant.
A trip in the world's smallest lift took us to our room - it does just fit 2 people and 2 cases so it's ok!!
The room was TINY...with only an internal window. This looked out onto what I can only describe as what looked like a decorated lift shaft. It allowed for no fresh air to circulate into the room and when we reported that the air conditioning was noisy we were told "that's normal".
On the upside, the room and bathroom were both clean and the shower was excellent!
The tv showed a large number of channels - including BBC World (for anyone english speaking).
The breakfast was a very good, turkish style buffet breakfast. It catered for everyone by also including breakfast cereals, fruit and hot food.We were delighted with the quality.
I would be in two minds about recommending this hotel - the cleanliness, breakfast and location are all good but the room size and standard of service you should expect from a 4 star were questionable.
I have stayed in a few hotels in Istanbul and doubt I will return to this one.
Hôtel et service supers à Pera, Istanbul
Je suis venu dans cet h�tel au cours d'un voyage � travers l'Europe... Apr�s d'horribles h�tels � Paris et � Londres, je m'attendais au m�me sc�nario � Istanbul. Je fus agr�ablement surpris. C'est un bel h�tel de charme avec un tr�s bon service. Le personnel �tait tr�s serviable. L'h�tel a un super centre de fitness avec un sauna et un bain turc. A mon d�part, ils �taient en train d'ouvrir un espace lounge o� �taient servis du caf�, du vin et des cigares... Je le recommande chaudement... Le site Internet �tait bien fait (perarose.com)
Perfect Pera Hotel is great value too
An elegant, small hotel focussed on the business traveller, but equally welcoming to tourist visitors. It is well located for Beyoglu and Istiklal Caddesi. The lobby is smart and smoking is not permitted in that area (a change from other Istanbul hotels in which I've stayed). The staff are friendly and speak English. My room was average size, without unnecessary frills, very clean, and had the bonus of a jumbled view out to the Golden Horn. The shower was powerful with consistent temperature. My only complaint might be that the bedroom walls were pretty thin.
The buffet-style mediterranean breakfast is large and fresh with sticky sweets, exotic cheeses, hams and salads, but also has more conventiental fried eggs and cereal. The service was fast and most definitely with a smile.
The stylish spa and hammam in the basement is fun to try, especially after a hard day pounding the streets of Istanbul.
There is a well-equipped business centre on the 2nd floor.
The hotel was tremendously good value, costing less than half the price of the larger chain hotels nearby.
Tripadvisor: please remove the photos you use for the hotel - they are for another place altogether!
Can't wait to stay again!
I recently visited this property in March 2007. I was pleasantly surprised.
Firstly it is one of the few hotels without going through airport security style each time you enter reception. This can or cannot be a good thing, depends on the individual.
The receptionists were always friendly and spoke good English. The breakfast wasn't anything major, but was enough and was always fresh.
Everywhere was very clean and tidy. As I travelled alone I opted for a double room, which I am glad I did. I passed a single room which was also nice, but a smaller. For a small extra fee, go for the double. The room was made everyday, with new towels. There was a shower and no bath, which was fine for me. I was on the 7th floor and had a great view of the city!
The wireless internet was free and was a great connection all the time. I am so thankful for this service!!
I would not purchase a map of Istanbul from the hotel, as they don't offer free ones. They charged me 10 TRY and I saw it for 3 TRY outside!
The hotel is in a quiet street in a good location. It is about 20 minutes to Taksim Square by walking depending on your route.
I suggest to take the old tram line which links the shopping street which is behind the hotel directly to Taksim Square for 1 TRY. Its quick and fun. Otherwise you can walk it taking in the shops, bars, restaurants on the way. It is always busy and generally quite safe at all times.
Definately try out this hotel!
Great Hotel and Service in Pera, Istanbul
I went to this hotel on an European tour.... After horrible hotels in Paris and London, I was expecting a similar scenario in Istanbul as well.
I was pleasently suprised. It is a beautiful boutique hotel w/ great service. The staff was very helpful. The hotel has a great fitness center w/ sauna and Turkish bath. When I was leaving they were opening a lounge where they served coffee, wine and cigars....
I highly recommend it...
The website was helpfull (perarose.com)
Ottimo albergo e servizio in Pera, Istanbul
Ho alloggiato in quest'albergo durante un viaggio turistico in Europa. Dopo gli alberghi orribili di Parigi e di Londra, mi aspettavo uno scenario simile anche ad Istanbul. Sono rimasto piacevolmente sorpreso. � un albergo boutique molto bello e con ottimo servizio. Il personale era molto disponibile. L'albergo ha un ottimo centro benessere con sauna e bagno turco. Alla mia partenza, stavano per aprire una sala lounge dove si servono caff�, vino e sigari...
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Il sito web � stato utile (perarose.com)
Photos shown on the travel websites (Orbitz, etc.) do not match this hotel at all !! If you want to see what this hotel really looks like, see their website at ---. We were dissappointed when we arrived to find something totally different from what we expected! The hotel was doing some renovating while we were there so we had to deal with some noise and we were asked to move to another room in the middle of our stay because of construction. The rooms are small. The baths were nice and the hotel is clean. Service was good.
Modern and Clean, Great location
My family stayed at the Rose Pera Hotel in Istanbul recently. The hotel was pleasantly modern with free wired internet and a beautiful rooftop restaurant for breakfast. The location is an ideal base for exploring the modern side of Istanbul but only a 5-6 lira cab ride away from Old Istanbul. The staff speaks some English and try their best to be helpful. Although we did not pay directly as our stay was arranged through an agent, I believe that it is a real bargain.
I loved it
I loved staying at Hotel Pera Rose. For 50 euros/night it was an excellent deal. The room was very nice. It had a TV, a minibar, a big mirror, two comfortable beds and a writing desk. Breakfast buffet was splendid and the view from the top floor restaurant was breathtaking. Location couldn't have been any better. It is located one block from Istiklal Caddesi. As a female traveller I found it nice and safe to walk along Istiklal during the evenings. (Istiklal has got many good price restaurants and shops.)
Fantastic Hotel
This hotel is in the perfect location for dinner, sights and people watching. It has a wonderful hamam(baths) and updated rooms with inernet and airconditioning. The staff is polite and speaks English. I stayed at 2 other hotels in the past week here and this one is the BEST.
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Andre Berto, Tony Morgan Part Ways After a Long Run
Former two-time World Champion Andre Berto (Winter Haven, Fla.) has chosen to part ways with his long-time trainer Tony Morgan, ending a nearly 20-year partnership that resulted in two world titles and a berth on the 2004 Haitian Olympic Team. The 29-year-old Berto has worked with Morgan since his time as a young amateur in central Floria, but has made the very difficult decision to move in another direction in his training.
"Tony and I had a great ride together from the amateurs to two professional world championships, and he will always be a very important person in my life," Berto said. "He taught me a lot and I am grateful to him for that, but this is a decision I had to make at this point in my career."
Berto is currently in the process of selecting a new trainer to guide him as he and team identify a timeframe for his next fight. He is currently residing in the Los Angeles area and looks forward to stepping back in to the ring and entertaining his fans with the unique blend of excitement and explosive power that he became famous for earlier in his career.
"I'm still in the gym on a regular basis and getting my body in great shape. Boxing is the sport that I love and I can't wait to get back in the ring and perform again soon," Berto said. "I want to remind everyone why they love to see me fight. You will see a new and improved Andre Berto here soon."
In addition to regular gym sessions, Berto has staying connected to the sport through his amateur roots both in the United States and his family's homeland of Haiti. A 2004 Haitian Olympian, Berto and his father, Dieuseul Berto, are currently working with the Haitian National Team in the hopes of having a Haitian boxer follow in his footsteps and compete in the 2016 Olympic Games.
He is supporting American amateurs as well, recently funding the travel costs for 11-year-old boxer Ernesto Mercado to compete in the National Silver Gloves Championships, a tournament Berto competed in as a youngster. Mercado made good on Berto's investment, winning a national championship and the outstanding boxer award.
Berto will travel to Miami this weekend to support younger sister and fellow fighter, Revelina, at CFA 10, a mixed martial arts event on the University of Miami campus.
I have a feeling he's gonna try & connect with Floyd sr...but nazim Richardson would be a good look to as some else statedComment by hrt3333 on 02-27-2013
i think his real problem is his fitness. he's fast, supposed to be strong but he looks like a statue and lets himself get pushed around on the inside latelyComment by TaurusJ27 on 02-27-2013
Berto will be blaming the trainer for the Guerrero lost in interviews.Comment by WarMaidana on 02-27-2013
[QUOTE=royjonesjrKTFO;13091338]Love seeing Berto lose after talking before as if he's elite.[/QUOTE] real talk manComment by daggum on 02-27-2013
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Tamarac Woman Finds Naked Videos of Herself on Landlord's Computer
A Tamarac woman who borrowed her apartment building manager's laptop found that the man had a little more than Netzero on his desktop.
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According to an arrest report, William Anthony Raber, 27, manager of a complex located in the 6000 block of NW 68th Terrace, used a small camera to record videos of his tenants undressing in their apartments.
The unidentified woman needed to use the internet. Raber's wife let her use the laptop.
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She opened it and found four videos of herself, naked and getting dressed in her bedroom.
Even creepier than that, she also discovered sexually explicit recordings of teen girls and nude images of girls as young as 7, according to the police report.
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Broward Sheriff's deputies executed a warrant on Raber's apartment and computer last Friday and found the offensive material.
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When you lay your cold, limp cock across the face of an aquaintence while they are sleeping. Basically tea bagging someone with your dick.
As soon as he falls asleep, im getting his ass back for earlier with a cold turkey.
TFroster tarafından 1 Kasım 2009, Pazar
A sexual act where a man first shaves all the hair off of his testicles (to give his genitals a turkey-like appearance) then packs ice into his hand, and masturbates onto a person with his "cold turkey"
Daaaaaaamn bitch. I heard you got cold turkeyed by Steve three times last night!
rewriter tarafından 10 Haziran 2008, Salı
turkey that has been sitting out to long and has become cold. duh! assfuckers
or has been sitting in the fridge.
or has been sitting in the fridge.
Buck:Hey John, are you eating Cold Turkey?
John:Yes, this is cold turkey.
John:Yes, this is cold turkey.
AJL,. the cool man dgjihdg tarafından 7 Aralık 2006, Perşembe
Cold Turkey – The act of getting high by a fully fledged drug addict. A feeling similar to that of being thrown, naked and asleep, into a relentlessly cold ocean. In the dark.
"Theres no weed and i don't feel right, looks like i'm goin cold turkey"
daesson tarafından 15 Aralık 2005, Perşembe
What your dinner tastes like before you cook it
Turkey tastes better warm than cold
claustrophobic chicken tarafından 3 Şubat 2005, Perşembe
when you whack off and you stop right before the jiz comes out and you wait. You dick gets cold and your nuts shrivel up. Then you smack it and everything comes out.
Your gay and I'm going to cold turkey you in your eye.
Jack Mehoff tarafından 11 Mart 2005, Cuma
In which during intercourse, your partner will suddenly flail about until the unexpectedly die on top of you.
"Yeah I was going to give him a blow job, but he suddenly went cold turkey on me"
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i did a little yoga last night: cobra, marichi (sort of) on both sides, downward dog, child's pose, and a few others in an attempt to relax my lower back. i also massaged my piriformis and glutes with a tennis ball. it worked, but now i feel old and most of that stress moved up to my shoulders. i should probably chug water today, and try out fish pose.


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11 September 2016
The Schooldays of Jesus by J.M. Coetzee: Preliminary Notes
Whenever I write about a new Coetzee book, I am wary. I think back to what I wrote in 2005 about Slow Man when it was new, and I cringe. On the one hand, I'm glad to have this record of a first encounter; on the other, the inadequacies of a first encounter with a new Coetzee novel are immense. (With Slow Man, I learned this vividly a few months later after the book wouldn't stop haunting me, and I reread it, and it was a different book, one I had learned to read only after reading it.) The first sentence of my 2008 Diary of a Bad Year post is: "This is a book that will need to be reread." For the next book, Summertime (2009), I didn't write anything until I could spend time thinking and re-thinking it, particularly as it was the final part of a trilogy of fictionalish autobiographies; I first wrote about it in my Conversational Reading essay on Coetzee and autobiography.
For The Childhood of Jesus (2013), I returned to recording my initial impressions, but clearly labeled them as such. I will do the same here, with Childhood's sequel, recently released in the UK and Australia (it's scheduled for release early next year in the US).
Some preliminary, inadequate notes on The Schooldays of Jesus after a first reading:
08 September 2016
Of Moral Panics, Education, Culture Wars, and Unanswerable Holes
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I demonstrate hope.
Or the hope for hope. Or just more unanswerable holes.
—Mary Biddinger, "Beatitudes"
(I keep writing and rewriting this post.)
I thought I knew what I felt about the academic controversy du jour (a letter sent by a University of Chicago dean to incoming students, telling them not to expect trigger warnings, that academia is not a safe space, that open discussion requires them to listen to speakers they disagree with, etc.) — but I kept writing and rewriting, conversing and re-conversing with friends, and every time I didn't know more than I knew before.
Overall, I don't think this controversy is about trigger warnings, safe spaces, etc. Overall, I think it is about power and access to power. But then, overall I think most controversies are about power and access to power.
The questions around trigger warnings, safe spaces, and campus speakers are complicated, and specific situations must be paid attention to, because universal, general statements are too distorting to be useful.
(I keep writing and rewriting this post.)
Labels: academia, controversies, pedagogy, personal blather, teaching
Of Moral Panics, Education, Culture Wars, and Unanswerable Holes
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I demonstrate hope.
Or the hope for hope. Or just more unanswerable holes.
—Mary Biddinger, "Beatitudes"
(I keep writing and rewriting this post.)
I thought I knew what I felt about the academic controversy du jour (a letter sent by a University of Chicago dean to incoming students, telling them not to expect trigger warnings, that academia is not a safe space, that open discussion requires them to listen to speakers they disagree with, etc.) — but I kept writing and rewriting, conversing and re-conversing with friends, and every time I didn't know more than I knew before.
Overall, I don't think this controversy is about trigger warnings, safe spaces, etc. Overall, I think it is about power and access to power. But then, overall I think most controversies are about power and access to power.
The questions around trigger warnings, safe spaces, and campus speakers are complicated, and specific situations must be paid attention to, because universal, general statements are too distorting to be useful.
(I keep writing and rewriting this post.)
Labels: academia, controversies, pedagogy, personal blather, teaching
06 September 2016
Why I Am Not a Poet
I have a brief new essay up at The Story Prize Blog, "Why I Am Not a Poet". Here's a taste:
I care about words, structures, rhythms, resonances, patterns, allusions, borrowings, sentences, images, emotions, voices, dreams, realities, fears, anxieties, failures, yearnings, and much more, but I don't really care about telling stories. The story is a kind of vehicle, or maybe an excuse, or maybe an alibi. The conventions of the story can be followed and forsaken in ways that get me to the other things, the things I care about.
All of those things I care about are things common to poetry — some more common to poetry than to prose, I'd bet — and that is why I read poetry, but even though I read poetry, I write prose because I just don't know how to do those things unless I'm writing prose.
(I think I would rather be a poet, but I am not.)
Labels: Cheney publications, poetry, short stories, Writing
21 August 2016
The Pleasure of the (Queer) Text
I returned to the WROTE Podcast recently for a 2-part discussion of reading and writing queerly with Dena Hankins, SA "Baz" Collins, and moderator Vance Bastian. (Previously, I did a solo conversation there.)
The strength of the discussion is also what makes it sometimes awkward and even contentious: we all have utterly different tastes, touchstones, and experiences. I'm not a natural fit for such a conversation, as I don't think of myself as a "consumer of queer content", but rather as a reader/writer who sometimes reads/writes queer stuff. I hardly ever seek out a book only because it's about a queer topic or has queer characters, and I only ever set out to write such a thing if I'm writing for a specifically queer market, which rarely happens.
As I say in the program, if a book's not trying to do something new and different, and if it's not aesthetically interesting to me, I'm unlikely to read it. Why bother? I've got more books than I have time to read already, and I'd rather read an innovative and thought-provoking hetero book than a familiar, conventional queer book.
Barthes gets at this in The Pleasure of the Text, presenting a fairly familiar Modernist case, one that describes well my own textual pleasures and (very occasional) moments of bliss:
The New is not a fashion, it is a value, the basis of all criticism.... There is only one way left to escape the alienation of present-day society: to retreat ahead of it: every old language becomes old once it is repeated. Now, encratic language (the language produced and spread under the protection of power) is statutorily a language of repetition; all official institutions of language are repeating machines: school, sports, advertising, popular songs, news, all continually repeat the same structure, the same meaning, often the same words: the stereotype is a political fact, the major figure of ideology. Confronting it, the New is bliss (Freud: "In the adult, novelty always constitutes the condition for orgasm").This is not, of course, what most readers want, and what is New to one is not New to another. My pleasure is your boredom, my bliss your pain. Nonetheless, I wish more queer writers today were more interested in finding new forms and shapes and styles. I mention in one of the episodes Dale Peck's new anthology, The Soho Press Book of '80s Short Fiction, which is queer in that it is not heteronormative in its selections, putting Dorothy Allison, Robert Glück, and Essex Hemphill alongside Raymond Carver in a way no other anthology I'm aware of has done. What the anthology also does is show that many American queer writers were, once upon a time, interested in a truly wide range of aesthetics. Peck's anthology can only gesture toward those aesthetics, since it has to fit many different purposes between two covers, but it made me think about the ways that queer artists have for so long been the ones to embrace vanguards. (Queer Modernism is often the most interesting Modernism, for instance.) To be queer is to be outside the norm, and thus to be outside the norm's language and forms.
...The bastard form of mass culture is humiliated repetition: content, ideological schema, the blurring of contradictions — these are repeated, but the superficial forms are varied: always new books, new programs, new films, news items, but always the same meaning. [trans. by Richard Miller]
I ended the first episode with a point that right now seems to me the most important one: If we want to identify as a queer community (I'm not sure I do), and we really want to do something for the queer world generally, we should be advocating for queer writers from outside the U.S. and other relatively safe, progressive places. The two books I mentioned in the last moments as ones I'd be reading if I had time to read stuff other than things for my PhD are Under the Udala Trees by Chinelo Okparanta and Guapa by Saleem Haddad. There are likely many others I don't know about.
If there is a value in queer reading communities, then those communities must not replicate the insularity of most American readers. If you want to be a politically and socially intentional reader, as describing yourself as a queer reader (or consumer of queer content) suggests you do, then your political and social intentions as a reader can't begin and end with you staring at a mirror.
Finally, I got into a bit of a disagreement with Baz Collins about Hanya Yanagihara's A Little Life, and for my perspective on that book, my initial post about it remains my most substantial declaration of love.
Labels: aesthetics, Hanya Yanagihara, interviews, queer, Roland Barthes
28 July 2016
Reality Affects
Bonnie Nadzam's recent essay at Literary Hub, "What Should Fiction Do?", is well worth reading, despite the title. (The only accurate answer to the question in the title [which may not be Nadzam's] is: "Lots of stuff, including what it hasn't done yet...") What resonates for me in the essay is Nadzam's attention to the ways reality effects intersect with questions of identity — indeed, with the ways that fictional texts produce ideas about identity and reality. I especially loved Nadzam's discussion of how she teaches writing with such ideas in mind.
Nadzam starts right off with a bang:
An artistic practice that perpetually reinforces my sense of self is not, in my mind, an artistic practice. I'm not talking about rejecting memoir or characters "based on me." What I mean is I don't have the stomach for art that purports to "hold up a mirror to nature," or for what this implies, philosophically, about selfhood and the world in which we live.This is a statement that avant-gardes have been making since at least the beginning of the 20th century — it is the anti-mimetic school of art, a school at which I have long been a happy pupil. Ronald Sukenick, whose purposes are somewhat different to Nadzam's, wrote in Narralogues that "fiction is a matter of argument rather than of dramatic representation" and "it is the mutability of consciousness through time rather than representation that is the essential element of fiction." Sukenick proposes that all fiction, whether opaquely innovative or blockbuster entertainment, "raises issues, examines situations, meditates solutions, reflects on outcomes" and so is a sort of reasoning and reflection. "The question," he writes, "is only whether a story reflects thoughtfully, or robotically reflects the status quo with no illuminating angle of vision of its own."
Labels: aesthetics, Bonnie Nadzam, essays, fiction, language, LitHub, Mac Wellman, poetry, Stephen Burt, Theatre, Writing
20 July 2016
Reading, Writing, and Living Through the AIDS Crisis
Literary Hub has published one of the most personal essays I've ever written, an essay about growing up as a reader and person during the AIDS crisis.
The original title, which doesn't make a good headline and so wasn't used, is "A Long Gay Book, A Life". (I'm always happy for a Gertrude Stein allusion. And quotation, as you'll see in the piece.)
The piece is fragmentary, like memory. It roams across the page, probably an effect of my recently revisiting some of Carole Maso's writings. (Also, reading Keguro Macharia's elegant essays and blog posts.)
Here's an excerpt:
When I was in the eighth grade I wrote a story about a vampire. He was young, roughly my age, entering puberty, entering vampirism. He ached to touch, to kiss, to drink in the loveliness of what he hungered for, but to do so was to admit his monstrosity and to kill what he loved. He feared himself and hated himself.Read more at The Literary Hub.
I don't remember anything else about that story except how terrified I was to show it to anyone, lest they notice what I was saying about desire between the lines.
But I did show it to my English teacher. She had been sensitive and supportive of the stories I'd written, no matter how weird and violent. We talked about the story for a while. Now, more than 25 years later, all I remember is that she spoke—casually and not in any way judgmentally, without lingering—about the vampire's desires being a powerful element of the story because they could also be read as sexual desires.
"No," I replied quickly, lip trembling, "he's just a vampire. Vampires have to drink blood or they die."
She smiled and nodded. "Of course, of course," she said.
Labels: AIDS, Cheney publications, essays, LitHub, queer
Blood: Stories Playlist at Largehearted Boy
One of my favorite sites on the internet is Largehearted Boy, which brings music and literature together.
A core series at LB are the Book Notes: playlists of songs to accompany books.
Huge thanks to the Largehearted Boy proprietor, David Gutowski, for inviting me to participate and create a Book Notes entry for Blood: Stories.
The The, David Byrne, Cowboy Junkies, Washington Phillips, Arvo Pärt, and many more...
Labels: Blood: Stories, Cheney publications, Largehearted Boy, Music
12 July 2016
"Perfect Day" at Cold Takes
When Kelly J. Baker put out a call for essays about music albums and emotions, I knew immediately what I would propose: An essay about The The's Soul Mining and what it meant to me as an adolescent.
Now, that essay, "Perfect Day", is available on Kelly's site, Cold Takes.
Here's the opening:
That moment: album — book — car ride.read more
How long ago now? Twenty-five years? Something like that.
It was (roughly) sometime between 1988 and 1991, which means sometime between when I was (roughly) 12 years old and 16 years old. Most likely 1989 or 1990. Most likely 14 or 15 years old.
Interstate 93 North between Boston, Massachusetts and Plymouth, New Hampshire.
Blue Toyota Tercel wagon, my mother driving.
Mass market paperback of Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep by Philip K. Dick (Blade Runner tie-in edition).
Black Sony Walkman cassette player.
Soul Mining by The The.
Labels: Cheney publications, essays, Music, queer, The The
Nonfiction for Fiction Writers
I'm just back from Readercon 27, the annual convention that I've been to more than any other, and for which (a while back) I served on the program committee for a few years. At this point, Readercon feels like a family reunion for me, and it's a delight.
Here, I simply want to riff on ideas from one of the panels I participated in.
Friday, I was on my first panel of the convention, "Nonfiction for Fiction Writers", with Jonathan Crowe, Keffy Kehrli, Tom Purdom, Rick Wilber. It was good fun. I'd taken lots of notes beforehand, because I wasn't really sure what direction the panel would go in and I wanted to be prepared and to not forget any particular favorites. Ultimately, and expectedly, I only got to mention a few of the items I was prepared to talk about.
However, since I still have my notes, I can expand on it all here...
Labels: books, imagination, Lists, nonfiction, Readercon, science fiction
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So a few days ago one of my fav bloggers (and a wonderful friend as well) Meghan posted 11 facts about herself and basically tagged anyone who wanted to join in. So I decided today would be a great day to play!
- When I get home for the day (or while I am getting ready for the day) I am in my PJs. I don't hang around my house in the clothes I wear out of the house because PJs are SO much more comfy. But don't worry, I don't wear my PJs out of the house!
- I'm pretty sure my favorite smell is the way a bookstore smells. Fresh books waiting to be opened, read and enjoyed… there really is nothing better.
- I can't imagine my life without Monte. Sometimes I cuddle up with him and just thank my lucky stars I have such a sweet pup.
- I have no idea when the Superbowl is, who's playing in it (or if that's even been decided yet) and I don't even care about the commercials and food. I hope I work that day.
- My beauty staple, as I've said before, is Sally Hansen's Insta-Dri topcoat. Without it I would probably never paint my fingernails.
- I love politics. But I hate politics. I'm already so tired of the mud flinging and it's only the tip of the iceberg. And on top of that, I wish so much it can stop being about political parties and just be about GETTING THINGS DONE.
- I rock out when I'm driving in the car. It's more than a little embarrassing.
- The only fish that I like is from Long John Silver. Which is fast food fish. I'm classy.
- Every Sunday I have to check out PostSecret. And on more than one occasion someone's secret has made me cry.
- I'm almost done with school and have no idea how to go about search for a "real" job. Help!
- It doesn't matter how sleepy I am, I have to read at least a page in the book I'm currently reading before I go to sleep.
So there you have it, 11 facts about yours truly! I'm not going to tag anyone in this, if you want to play along go for it!
P.S. The winner of the Vivien Frank giveaway is Ang of Football, Sushi and the Pursuit of Happiness! Ang, I'll forward your info along to Simona and you should hear from her shortly!