http://www.newstatesman.com/writers/geoff_dyer en http://www.newstatesman.com/200608210028 http://www.newstatesman.com/200608210028 Mon, 21 Aug 2006 12:00:00 GMT Geoff Dyer In the scorching Nevada Desert, thousands of revellers gather each summer to create a beautiful temporary city where art rules and everything is free

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/200607030046 http://www.newstatesman.com/200607030046 Mon, 03 Jul 2006 12:00:00 GMT Geoff Dyer To mark the 90th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme, Geoff Dyer recalls how a visit to the site changed his life

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/200406280046 http://www.newstatesman.com/200406280046 Mon, 28 Jun 2004 12:00:00 GMT Geoff Dyer Shelf Life - More than 20 years after picking it up in a second-hand bookshop, Geoff Dyer finally got round to reading The Transit of Venus by Shirley Hazzard. Here, he reflects on the role of destiny in bringing reader and book together

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/200401120034 http://www.newstatesman.com/200401120034 Mon, 12 Jan 2004 12:00:00 GMT Geoff Dyer Comics - Geoff Dyer on how the comic-strip superhero has become a metaphor for self-transformation

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