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Stephen McGrath

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in San Jose, The United States

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Alexander Pushkin, Haruki Murakami, Orhan Pamuk, F. Scott Fitzgerald a ...more

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I'm the author of two books, but I'm really here for the same reason as many of you. I love narrative. I love it in songs, I love it over dinner. I love it when spoken, I love it when implied, but more than anything else I love it when it is written. The written word, if it's why you're here too, why not send me a friend request? ...more

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Stephen McGrath's Blog: Boats Against the Current

The Hidden Room

Let’s just say it: This section of Onegin is kinda weird.

First we have the exhausting look within Eugene’s closet. Centuries before the Internet, Pushkin shows us how rad Onegin’s Instagram would have been… That or his YouTube channel. You get the point.

From here we proceed to what many have called the foot fetish section of Pushkin’s classic (see, dear God I dare you, here).

So what then are we

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The Aeneid

by Virgil

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Stephen’s Quotes

“I am not ashamed of my grandparents for having been slaves. I am only ashamed of myself for having at one time being ashamed.”
― Ralph Ellison.

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“I fell in love with football as I was later to fall in love with women: suddenly, inexplicably, uncritically, giving no thought to the pain or disruption it would bring with it.”
― Nick Hornby, Fever Pitch

tags: fever-pitch, fooball, humour, life

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“...So please, be tolerant of those who describe a sporting moment as their best ever. We do not lack imagination, nor have we had sad and barren lives; it is just that real life is paler, duller, and contains less potential for unexpected delirium.”
― Nick Hornby, Fever Pitch

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