Joseph Schreiber

A new translation by Rachel Careau of Colette's The Pure and the Impure coming this July.

Book: Maybe Even Happiness by Ludovic Bruckstein

Incoming: The latest from Istros Books. #RomanianLit

Listing — Sef I  have  not  made  lists,  which   include   shopping   lists,  lists  of  thoughtsto  remember,  to  do  lists,   not  to  do lists,  lists of what one can do exceptdoing, lists  of  years,  word…

"I have not made lists, which include shopping lists, lists of thoughts
to remember, to do lists, not to do lists, lists of what one can do except
doing ..."

Listing — Sef

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And she ruled: Queen by Birgitta Trotzig Through the darkness swept the beam. Capturing – releasing: capturing  – releasing. So deep the darkness when the light released its grip, like falling down through a well, darkness, no end; sleepe…

ICYMI I wrote about this mesmerizing novella translated from the Swedish by Saski Vogel. @archipelagobooks.bsky.social

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Listing — Sef I  have  not  made  lists,  which   include   shopping   lists,  lists  of  thoughtsto  remember,  to  do  lists,   not  to  do lists,  lists of what one can do exceptdoing, lists  of  years,  word…

"1. Where does a list begin
2. When does a list end
3. What is a list for
4. Who reads lists"

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Black and white landscape, dark fir trees in foreground, downtown Calgary in the distance, voluminous white clouds.

Black and white landscape looking upriver. Patchy snow along shoreline in the foreground, dark fir tree lined escarpment in background, clouds in the sky.

Expecting some more white tonight, but for now some black and white from yesterday. #YCC

And she ruled: Queen by Birgitta Trotzig Through the darkness swept the beam. Capturing – releasing: capturing  – releasing. So deep the darkness when the light released its grip, like falling down through a well, darkness, no end; sleepe…

And she ruled: Queen by Birgitta Trotzig, translated by Saskia Vogel @archipelagobooks.bsky.social
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This book sounds as if designed for me.

Thanks. They are a great publisher!

And she ruled: Queen by Birgitta Trotzig Through the darkness swept the beam. Capturing – releasing: capturing  – releasing. So deep the darkness when the light released its grip, like falling down through a well, darkness, no end; sleepe…

And she ruled: Queen by Birgitta Trotzig, translated by Saskia Vogel @archipelagobooks.bsky.social
roughghosts.com/2026/03/11/a...

Gifts of the Spirit — Eric T. Racher James Roderick Boyleton had been a prophet of the Lord since the age of seven. The anointing of God lay upon his head, yea, even the third work of grace, baptism in the Holy Ghost, and in that cons…

"And the voices of the sinners were a great lamentation, for they cried out after mercy and forgiveness with great gnashing of teeth and vexation of spirit ..."

Gifts of the Spirit — @ericracher.bsky.social

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Gifts of the Spirit — Eric T. Racher James Roderick Boyleton had been a prophet of the Lord since the age of seven. The anointing of God lay upon his head, yea, even the third work of grace, baptism in the Holy Ghost, and in that cons…

"James was destined to become a great preacher. Everyone said so. His mother always told the same story."
— new fiction from @ericracher.bsky.social

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Gifts of the Spirit — Eric T. Racher James Roderick Boyleton had been a prophet of the Lord since the age of seven. The anointing of God lay upon his head, yea, even the third work of grace, baptism in the Holy Ghost, and in that cons…

Today at @minorliteratures.bsky.social , witness the Apocalypse in the American Midwest in @ericracher.bsky.social 's story "Gifts of the Spirit"

Gifts of the Spirit — Eric T. Racher minorliteratures.com/2026/03/10/g...

Two Poems — t.r. san test (the only one) did you exist in the past—yes—[] have had having(had &) whenthe body has materialwants mother matter;having (had) lets me bewhen [] did notare you—[] i ?—pitch information c…

last week @ minor lits ...

— experimental poetry from @thoushallkill.bsky.social

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— Simon Wortham on Irmagard Keun

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“Melancholia is the more painful and elusive psychological experience [than grief] because the melancholic does not know what even if they know whom they have lost. Melancholy is characterised by a strangely absent sense of absence; the melancholic is absorbed by an enigma.”

🧪🌊🦑🐳 #WhaleWednesday #AlaskaSky

i’m sorry to learn the great Portuguese novelist António Lobo Antunes has died. what an amazing body of work he has left

"something about the ‘everything-and-nothing’ of fascism...carries itself over into the precise character of manic protest, which takes aim everywhere and nowhere all at once."

– Simon Wortham on fascism and the work of Irmgaard Keun, today at @minorliteratures.bsky.social

Manic Joy: Irmgard Keun and the Politics of Life Under/Over Fascism — Simon Wortham What does anybody know about Irmgard Keun? Failed actress, encouraged by Alfred Döblin to write. A darling of Weimar, her first novel Gilgi a sensation, turned into a film. Falsely accused of plagi…

"What does anybody know about Irmgard Keun? Failed actress, encouraged by Alfred Döblin to write. A darling of Weimar, her first novel Gilgi a sensation, turned into a film. Falsely accused of plagiarism for her second. Banned by the Nazis ..."

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Manic Joy: Irmgard Keun and the Politics of Life Under/Over Fascism — Simon Wortham What does anybody know about Irmgard Keun? Failed actress, encouraged by Alfred Döblin to write. A darling of Weimar, her first novel Gilgi a sensation, turned into a film. Falsely accused of plagi…

Manic Joy: Irmgard Keun and the Politics of Life Under/Over Fascism — Simon Wortham minorliteratures.com/2026/03/05/m...

Manic Joy: Irmgard Keun and the Politics of Life Under/Over Fascism — Simon Wortham What does anybody know about Irmgard Keun? Failed actress, encouraged by Alfred Döblin to write. A darling of Weimar, her first novel Gilgi a sensation, turned into a film. Falsely accused of plagi…

"Keun is the great chronicler of the mania that transpires when grief is in want of an object. She is also, and in other words, the great chronicler of fascism."

Manic Joy: Irmgard Keun and the Politics of Life Under/Over Fascism — Simon Wortham minorliteratures.com/2026/03/05/m...

She Who Remains Though the International Booker Prize longlist contains a number of well-known names, it also features writers appearing in English for the first time. She Who Remains (translated by Izidora Angel)…

Another #InternationalBookerPrize2026 review, Rene Karabash's She Who Remains, translated by Izidora Angel and published by Peirene Press:
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Screenshot of an X post by Senator Tom Cotton saying Iran has been an imminent threat to the United States for 47 years and that the president was right to act. Below is a Fox News segment with Cotton speaking while footage labeled “U.S. Central Command – Unclassified” shows a strike.

“Imminent.” You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.

Or you can save yourself billions and turn it all off.

So, I had cataract surgery yesterday and I removed the left lens from my glasses while I await surgery on the other eye and bought reading glasses which I'll need for a few months. OMG! Now I can actually read the print in the books I've been struggling with. It's like magic!

Two Poems — t.r. san test (the only one) did you exist in the past—yes—[] have had having(had &) whenthe body has materialwants mother matter;having (had) lets me bewhen [] did notare you—[] i ?—pitch information c…

"a nothing here, so absolute it’s like waves, automated
-collapsing-gone-backagain-repeat ..."

Two Poems — @thoushallkill.bsky.social

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Two Poems — t.r. san test (the only one) did you exist in the past—yes—[] have had having(had &) whenthe body has materialwants mother matter;having (had) lets me bewhen [] did notare you—[] i ?—pitch information c…

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The Wax Child Olga Ravn’s first novel to be translated into English, The Employees, is set in the 22nd century and features such science fiction staples as androids and spaceships; her second, My Work, is a more…

My first #InternationalBookerPrize2026 review is Olga Ravn's The Wax Child, translated by Martin Aitken:
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Snow covered path descending through forest toward sunlit trees.

Further along same path, more of the sunlit trees visible.

At the bend in the trail, sun now hitting trees to the right.

Open, snow covered field with bare trees, fir tree covered slope in the distance, in bright sunlight.

Fresh snow and sunshine brightens a bleak world.

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Cream background with trace logo & quote from Iryn Tushabe in River in an Ocean (trace, 2023)

cream background with trace logo & quote from Lisa Ndejuru in River in an Ocean (trace, 2023).

Over the next few months we will re-introduce you to thought-provoking excerpts from our groundbreaking essay collection #riverinanocean

Today, we begin with @jobitek.bsky.social, @wordsweaver.bsky.social & Lisa Ndejuru

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#blackhistorymonth #decolonial #translation #feminist #essay