The Happy Reader Issue 15

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ISSUE NO. 15

Beaches, books and juniper berries: this season’s cover star SARAH JESSICA PARKER is photographed by Roe Etheridge in Amaganesett, Long Island

Our Book of the Season, JAPANESE GHOST STORIES, is centre of gravity to a series of hallucinatory artworks; correspondents around the world compile an obsessive yet fragmentary portrait of the book’s odd author, Lafcadio Hearn. Contributors include Lieko Shiga, John Self, Travis Elborough, Bess Lovejoy and Moeko Fujii.

PART 1

 

To be seen

 

Snippets

 

The Interview : SARAH JESSICA PARKER by Paul Flynn —‘I will do anything to not finish a book.’

 

Staff picks

 

PART 2

 

Apparitions by Lieko Shiga—Phantasmagorical photographs

 

Born by Seb Emina —Lefkada, Ionia

 

Abandoned by John Self —Dublin, Ireland

 

Hired by Travis Elborough —Cincinnati, Ohio

 

Possessed by Bess Lovejoy —New Orleans, Louisiana

 

Resurrected by Moeko Fujii —Tokyo, Japan

 

Letters

 

An addictive tragedy

Description

For avid readers and the uninitiated alike, this is a chance to reengage with classic literature and to stay inspired and entertained.

The concept of the magazine is simple- the first half is a long-form interview with a notable book fanatic and the second half explores one classic work of literature from an array of surprising and invigorating angles.