Books

• A. R. Ammons, Garbage

For a project on garbage, maybe never to be finished.

• Karen Weiser, Or, the Ambiguities

Not sure that I loved this, but it’s nice that there’s still more to be mined from Pierre.

• Iris Murdoch, The Italian Girl

One of the slightest of Murdoch’s novels that I’ve read so far: a bit too happy to indulge in the Gothic.

• Jai Arun Ravine, The Romance of Siam: A Pocket Guide

I loaned this out before I could write something more substantial about this, and I kind of wish I hadn’t: this is one of the most thoughtful things I’ve read on the idea of Thailand and how that’s been received. Deserves more attention.

• John Ashbery, Breezeway

I had a panic that Ashbery was about to die and I went out and bought this, thinking I might not have another chance to buy one of his books while he was still alive. A little slighter than I wanted?

• Aleksandar Hemon, The Lazarus Project

I am confused why everyone gets excited about Dave Eggers and George Saunders when they could be getting about Hemon, who is better than either.

• Georges Simenon, The Late Monsieur Gallet, translated by Anthea Bell
• Georges Simenon, Teddy Bear, trans. John Clay
• Georges Simenon, Betty, trans. Alastair Hamilton

I like how simple these are: working my way through Simenon trying to come up with ideas.

• Jenny Diski, On Trying to Keep Still

I miss Jenny Diski’s writing, and I wish more of her books came my way: there’s the consolation of knowing that I haven’t read them all yet.

Films

• The Pink Panther, directed by Blake Edwards
• For Me and My Gal, dir. Busby Berkeley
• The Friends of Eddie Coyle, dir. Peter Yates
• Monkey Business, dir. Norman Z. McLeod
• Tod für fünf Stimmen (Gesualdo: Death for Five Voices), dir. Werner Herzog
• Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers, dir. Les Blank

Books

• G. V. Desani, All About H. Hatterr
• Leonard Cohen, The Favourite Game
• George V. Higgins, The Friends of Eddie Coyle
• Iris Murdoch, The Bell
• Iris Murdoch, The Sandcastle
• Jace Clayton, Uproot: Travels in 21st-Century Music and Digital Culture
• Chris Kraus, I Love Dick
• Don DeLillo, Zero K
• Viet Thanh Nguyen, The Sympathizer
• Iris Murdoch, An Unofficial Rose
• Muriel Spark, Memento Mori

Films

• Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, directed by Gareth Edwards

Books

• Svetlana Alexievich, Zinky Boys: Soviet Voices from the Afghanistan War, translated by Julia & Robin Whitby
• Iris Murdoch, An Accidental Man
• Iris Murdoch, The Green Knight

Films

• Ganja and Hess, directed by Bill Gunn
• Tickled, dir. David Farrier & Dylan Reeve

Books

• Iris Murdoch, The Sacred and Profane Love Machine
• Stanisław Lem, Memoirs Found in a Bathtub, translated by Michael Kandel & Christine Rose
• Aleksandar Hemon, The Making of Zombie Wars
• Irish Murdoch, Bruno’s Dream
• Stanisław Lem, His Master’s Voice, trans. Michael Kandel

Films

• The Parallax View, dir. Alan J. Pakula
• Rad der Zeit (Wheel of Time), dir. Werner Herzog
• Glaube und Währung – Dr. Gene Scott, Fernsehprediger (God’s Angry Man), dir. Werner Herzog
• Clouds of Sils Maria, dir. Olivier Assayas
• The Witness, dir. James D. Solomon

Books

• Mohsin Hamid, Exit West
• Iris Murdoch, A Severed Head
• Georges Simenon, Maigret and the Enigmatic Lett, translated by Daphne Woodward
• Iris Murdoch, The Flight from the Enchanter
• Grace Chia, The Cuckoo Conundrum
• George Szirtes, Singapore Notebook & Blessed Isle
• Yong Shu Hoong, Right of the Soil
• Jean Tay, Saint
• Timothy O’Grady & Anthony Lott, Belfast
• Ben Watt, Patient: The True Story of a Rare Illness

Exhibits

• Singapore Biennale, Singapore Art Museum
• “Port Cities: Multicultural Emporiums of Asia, 1500–1900,” Asian Civilisations Museum, Singapore

Films

• Into the Inferno, directed by Werner Herzog

Books

• Norbert Davis, The Mouse in the Mountain
• Norbert Davis, Sally’s in the Alley
• Norbert Davis, Oh, Murderer Mine
• Jan Morris, Conundrum
• Italo Calvino, The Non-existent Knight, translated by Archibald Colquhoun
• Italo Calvino, The Baron in the Trees, trans. Archibald Colquhoun
• Leonardo Sciascia, The Day of the Owl, trans. Archibald Colquhoun
• Satyajit Ray, Indigo: Selected Stories, trans. Satyajit Ray & Gopa Majumdar
• Karan Mahajan, Family Planning
• Julio Cortázar, From the Observatory, trans. Anne McLean
• Karan Mahajan, The Association of Small Bombs
• Abraham Merritt, The Face in the Abyss
• Khushwant Singh, Delhi: A Novel
• Amit Chaudhuri, A New World

Exhibits

• Jantar Mantar, Delhi
• Anokhi Museum of Hand Printing, Amer
• City Palace, Jaipur
• Jantar Mantar, Jaipur
• Mehrangarh Museum, Jodhpur
• City Palace, Udaipur
• Bagore ki Haveli Museum, Udaipur

Films

• Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World, directed by Werner Herzog
• Caro diario, dir. Nanni Moretti

Books

• Italo Calvino, Collection of Sand: Essays, translated by Martin McLaughlin
• Jonathan Lethem, Gun, with Occasional Music
• Cesare Pavese, The Moon and the Bonfires, trans. R. W. Flint
• John Burgess, Temple in the Clouds: Faith and Conflict at Preah Vihear
• Michel Faber, The Book of Strange New Things
• Nell Zink, Nicotine
• Pierre Mac Orlan, A Handbook for the Perfect Adventurer, trans. Napoleon Jeffries

Films

• Capricorn One, directed by Peter Hyams
• L’enlèvement de Michel Houellebecq (The Kidnapping of Michel Houellebecq), dir. Guillaume Nicloux
• My Scientology Movie, dir. John Dower

Exhibits

• Angkor National Museum, Siem Reap, Cambodia
• “Praiwan Chairat: Opposite Horizon, One Sky,” Jamjuree Art Gallery

Books

• Philip K. Dick, The Zap Gun
• Philip K. Dick, The Simulacrum
• Philip K. Dick, The Unteleported Man
• Philip K. Dick, Lies, Inc.
• Philip K. Dick, Counter-Clock World
• Christine Chia & Joshua Ip, eds., A Luxury We Cannot Afford: An Anthology of Singapore Poetry
• Philip K. Dick & Ray Nelson, The Ganymede Takeover
• Philip K. Dick, Galactic Pot-Healer
• Philip K. Dick, Nick and the Glimmung
• Russell Hoban, Turtle Diary
• Italo Calvino, Hermit in Paris: Autobiographical Writings, translated by Martin McLaughlin
• Vladimir Nabokov, The Enchanter, trans. Dmitri Nabokov

Films

• Antonia, directed by Ferdinando Cito Filomarino
• Ladies They Talk About, dir. Howard Bretherton & William Keighley,
• Paisà (Paisan), dir. Roberto Rossellini
• Anomalisa, dir. Charlie Kaufmann & Duke Johnson
• Císařův slavík (The Emperor’s Nightingale), dir. Jiří Trnka
• Kybernetická babička (The Cybernetic Grandma), dir. Jiří Trnka
• Ruka (The Hand), dir. Jiří Trnka
• Tsukiji Wonderland, dir. Shôtarô Endô

Exhibits

• “Northern Land, Southern Seas,” Tang Gallery
• Angkor Panorama Museum, Siem Reap, Cambodia

Books

• Philip K. Dick, Eye in the Sky
• Philip K. Dick, The Game-Players of Titan
• Philip K. Dick, Dr. Bloodmoney Or How We Got Along after the Bomb
• Angela Carter, The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman
• Halldór Laxness, Under the Glacier, translated by Magnus Magnusson
• Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Primitive
• Nicholson Baker, The Fermata
• Terre Thaemlitz, Nuisance: Writings on Identity Jamming & Digital Audio Production

Films

• Chandu the Magician, dir. William Cameron Menzies & Marcel Varnel
• Daisy Kenyon, dir. Otto Preminger
• What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?, dir. Robert Aldrich
• Into the Abyss, dir. Werner Herzog
• Unga Sophie Bell (Young Sophie Bell), dir. Amanda Adolfsson
• They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?, dir. Sydney Pollack
• Film Socialisme, dir. Jean-Luc Godard
• Ljubavni slučaj ili tragedija službenice P.T.T. (Love Affair, or the Case of the Missing Switchboard Operator), dir. Dušan Makavejev
• Kailash – Pilgerfahrt zum Thron der Götter (Kailash: Pilgrimage to the Throne of the Gods), dir. Frank Fiedler & Florian Fricke
• Storia di un riparatore (The Repairman), dir. Paolo Mitton
• Mia madre, dir. Nanni Moretti

Exhibitions

• Lanna Folklife Museum, Chiang Mai
• Chiang Mai Historical Centre, Chiang Mai
• Chiang Mai National Museum, Chiang Mai
• “720th Year Chiang Mai Then ’Till Now,” Ching Mai House of Photography and Photographic Art
• “The Serenity of Madness: A Selected Survey of Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s Works,” MAIIAM Contemporary Art Museum, Chiang Mai
• “Feeling the 1990s: Contemporary Art from Thailand and Its Neighbours from the Pipitmaya Collection,” MAIIAM Contemporary Art Museum, Chiang Mai
• “Chalongdej Kuphanumat: Spirit – Universe,” Chiang Mai University Art Center
• “Aeta Dhammasil: Buddhist Art Exhibition 4th,” Chiang Mai University Art Center
• “Unseen Siam: Early Photography 1860–1910,” BACC
• “Pratuang Emjaroen: Traces and Trails,” BACC
• “Trirat Sriburin: Building,” People’s Gallery, BACC
• “Korakrit Arunanondchai: 2012–2555, 2556, 2557,” Jim Thompson Art Center

Books

• Kenneth Goldsmith, ed., I’ll Be Your Mirror: The Selected Andy Warhol Interviews
• Bernal Díaz del Castillo, The True History of the Conquest of New Spain, translated by Janet Burke and Ted Humphrey
• Claire-Louise Bennett, Pond
• Angela Carter, Fireworks
• Maeve Butler, ed., For Tomorrow For Tonight: Apichatpong Weerasethakul
• Yuri Herrera, The Transmigration of Bodies, trans. Lisa Dillman
• Angela Carter, The Magic Toyshop
• Cyril Wong, The Lover’s Inventory
• Pooja Nansi, Love Is an Empty Barstool
• Geoff Dyer, The Search
• Angela Carter, Nights at the Circus
• Iris Murdoch, The Black Prince
• Valeria Luiselli, Faces in the Crowd, trans. Christina MacSweeney 
• Geoff Dyer, The Colour of Memory
• Philip K. Dick, Dr. Futurity
• Philip K. Dick, The Crack in Space

Films

• Queen of the Desert, directed by Werner Herzog
• The Mummy’s Hand, dir. Christy Cabanne
• Weiner, dir. Josh Kriegman & Elyse Steinberg 

Exhibits

• “Douglas Diaz: Surrender,” Serindia Gallery, Bangkok
• “Manit Sriwanichpoom: Fear,” Kathmandu Photo Gallery
• “Manit Sriwanichpoom: Fear,” Tang Contemporary Art
• “Manit Sriwanichpoom: Fear,” H Gallery
• “Gary Carsley: Scenes from the Life of Paris,” H Gallery Project Space
• “Pam Virada: Three-Cornered World,” Tentacles
• “Sutthirat Supaparinya: Ten Places in Tokyo,” Gallery Ver
• “Nukoon Panyadee: My Journey,” Sathorn 11 Art Space