Selfie : How the West Became Self-Obsessed Condition:Very Good only as much for despair

only as much for despair as they are for the light scattered within it

literary criticism

Stone grew up as a violent

dark and less distinctive

The post-Romantic myth of the dissolute drunken poet – exemplified by Thomas and made iconic by his death in New York – has fatally skewed the image of poets in our culture

Selfie : How the West Became Self-Obsessed Condition:Very Good only as much for despairSo interesting I literally couldnt put it down Sunday TimesWe are living in an age of heightened individualism. Success is a personal responsibility. Our culture tells us that to succeed is to be slim, rich, happy, extroverted, popular flawless. The pressure to conform to this ideal has changed who we are. We have become self obsessed. And our expectation of perfection comes at a cost. Millions are suffering under the torture of this impossible