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Frank Foley
FRANK FOLEY
A Frank Literary Blog!
Below you'll find blog pieces and short videos sharing my fiction, and take-aways on great literature, as well as my thoughts on mental well-being and the three principles understanding! For updates, please subscribe!
Certain of My Own Certainty - A Pep-Talk from My Ego
(Or ... How My Ego Seduces Me When I'm Full of My Own Righteousness #7573) Frank, oh, god! What you said to that guy, wow! You gave him...
May 5, 2020
Softly Sleeps the Calm... A Fragment
"Give me another shot of that," he said. I gave him a shot. "Oh, that's right," he said. “That's the stuff.” The pretty girl next to him...
May 3, 2020
Frozen Peas - A Fragment
Then there was the rain, but she wasn't thinking about that. As she put down her coffee the bracelet on her wrist made a clinking sound....
May 2, 2020
Why I Love ... "Dante and the Lobster" by Samuel Beckett
Sometime back in 1995, when most of the students of the University of Wales, College Cardiff had gone home to their families for the...
May 2, 2020
Life, Value, and Simple Things
I love Shakespeare, especially Hamlet, and have the opening line of that most famous soliloquy on a poster above my desk. Usually with...
Apr 17, 2020
Universal Basic Income - Sympathy from the Devil?
Recently came across a post on universal basic income (UBI) from a channel I follow on social media. The page puts out good content in...
Apr 14, 2020
Ocean of Story - Christina Stead
Christina Stead, Australian writer, born 1902, died 1983. Best known for her novel, The Man Who Loved Children (1940).
Jan 22, 2020
Author Quotes: Ben Okri
Ben Okri, born in Nigeria in 1959, is an essayist, novelist, and poet, most widely known for his 1991 Booker Prize winning novel, The...
Jan 10, 2020
The Remains of the Day: Opening Lines
My short audio exploring the opening lines of Kazuo Ishiguro's 1989 Booker Prize winning novel, The Remains of the Day. "It seems...
Jan 10, 2020
What's in a date? - July 1956
My short audio on the significance of the date, July 1956, at the beginning of The Remains of the Day.
Jan 11, 2019
Atonement by Ian McEwan - Briony's Finger!
My short take-away from Atonement (2001) by Ian McEwan. Precocious teenager Briony Tallis struggles with the mysteries of the mind and...
Jan 9, 2019
The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald - Gatsby's Smile
Another little literary gem for you! This one is from The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald, and focuses on the moment Nick Carraway,...
Jan 8, 2019
Literature Heart & Soul - An Introduction!
My short audio explaining the feeling and passion behind my literature heart and soul courses! Exploring novels, for me, is not about...
Jan 8, 2019
Stories of Our Lives: Interview #24 - Solomon B Taiwo
For my latest interview, I was fortunate to speak with actor, producer, social media influencer, and all round inspiration, Solomon B...
Dec 14, 2018
Stories of Our Lives: Interview #23 - Nicky Tanase
Just one word for this interview ... Wow! :) I was lucky to speak with Nicky Tanase recently, and it was an absolute inspirational...
Dec 7, 2018
Stories of Our Lives - Interview #21 - Lisa Carpenter
Fascinating interview with Lisa Carpenter! She's a powerful, dynamic and beautifully positive person (that's real, grounded positive, not...
Nov 27, 2018
Stories of Our Lives - The Story So Far!
Almost exactly a year ago, I had an idea that became an interview with Kerry Hales. Afterwards, not thinking, I deleted it (much to my...
Nov 13, 2018
Stories of Our Lives - Interview #20 - Glyniss Trinder
A delightful interview for you today, with a beautifully spirited person, Glyniss Trinder! When the interview began, for some reason, as...
Nov 12, 2018
Stories of Our Lives! - Lilias Ahmeira
This is an interview with an incredible human being, a woman whose story personifies the best of the human spirit: love, strength,...
Nov 5, 2018
Why I Love - Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray
(click image for audio) In a short aside in chapter 22 of Vanity Fair, the narrator tells us about a gentleman he knows who, "used to do...
Oct 30, 2018
Stories of Our Lives! - Prita Grealy
Recorded earlier this year, this interview makes me melt. I know, I know, it's cheesy and fluffy for me to write that, but it's true!...
Sep 19, 2018
Stories of Our Lives! - Jo Royle
In this interview I was fortunate to speak with Jo Royle, co-founder of Brave Souls and a genuinely heart-centred soul!
Sep 5, 2018
Why I Love — “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson
What is it about, “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson? When it was first published in the New Yorker in 1948, the magazine was inundated...
Sep 4, 2018
Stories of Our Lives! - Liu Batchelor
This week's interview, one of the longest I've done to date, is with the wonderful Liu Batchelor! Yes, an hour and six minutes is a bit...
Sep 3, 2018
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