Can anyone recommend books about personal archive/using someone's possessions and papers, letters, etc to construct a posthumous portrait ? Especially interested in nonficition/hybrid works. Thinking along lines of Brian Dillon's In the Dark Room, Maria Stepanova's In Memory of Memory, etc.
This is really shocking: and true. I discovered I'd just been upgraded without consent to an AI-enshittified package that was about £30 a year more expensive. Strongly recommend anyone who has an Office 365 follow the below advice to get rid of it
While Bezos is spending your money in space, @bookshop-org.bsky.social has distributed over $40 million to bookstores.
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This article has solid, actionable tips for minimizing the damage caused by social media collecting our personal data - without having to delete profiles or burn it all down.
Alt Text: an abstract purple and pink design with the text “Words Without Borders announces the third annual MOMENTUM GRANT for Early-Career Translators. Apply by February 28, 2025”
Announcement for all early-career translators: submissions to this year’s Momentum Grant, judged by Julia Sanches, are due 2/28! Learn more about eligibility, submissions, and the Momentum Grant for Early-Career Translators: https://buff.ly/3CnAgK5
We created this online month of publishing education 4 years ago, for:
- You, a person who wants to publish a novel
- The guy who published his first story collection with a small press and is now looking for an agent
- Your friend who wants to "pick your brain about publishing"
- Steve
- Everyone
I love this book so much. Sheer inspiration and keeps it real, too.
New on the blog today from #ReadIndies - the strikingly individual prose of Norah Lange from And Other books - quite unforgettable!! kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2024/02/09/i...
Reading Norah Lange is a singular experience—often, I wish she were more widely read and recognized not as "Borges’s muse" but as a brilliant writer in her own right. I wrote about Notes from Childhood by Lange (published by @andotherstories.bsky.social) and its uniqueness: bit.ly/3Zu7Map
Really busy today but had to take care of some important business first thing:
Try to Praise the Mutilated World by Adam Zagajewski
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Great news! This book deserves to win.
I’ll introduce myself at some point but more importantly, this is Caliban.
“New York is an information trap,” — me in my sleep, no context.
The 2024 QSSI Translation Prize goes to Heather Cleary for her incredible rendering of Luis Felipe Fabre's RECITAL OF THE DARK VERSES. It was challenging to choose a winner but this translation stood out for its extraordinary creativity and erudition.
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Adding myself!
Hoy en @pagina12ok.bsky.social mi artículo dedicado a #DoloresReyes, que ha sufrido amenazas de muerte después de que una fundación se presentase ante la justicia para exigir la retirada de sus libros (junto a otros, casi todos escritos por mujeres) de las bibliotecas de centros de secundaria.
My favourite fact about Iceland is that we have many, many crime writers but only one forensic pathologist, and he was so busy answering all of their questions that he decided to have a small seminar for writers to get some peace.
It immediately sold out so he had another one that also sold out.
It's been an honor and a pleasure to be a judge of the Queen Sofía translation prize this year. We have an amazing shortlist...
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Jazmina and Isabel are also faves of mine 💜
Cover of book, oldladyvoice, by Elusa Victoria. And Other Stories Books
Highly recommend oldladyvoice by Elisa Victoria, tr Charlotte Whittle #books #translation
Likewise!
Emerging Translators: Apply for the 2025 ALTA Emerging Translator Program. Mentorships offered in 18 languages. I will be serving as the Japanese mentor. Deadline November 30. Apply here 👇
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Mara Lethem has done this, do you have her info?
An example of Acción Ortográfica Quito doing the Lord's work (graffiti on a wall corrected with red spray paint)
Many commentators say that vigilante groups are never the answer. But they clearly don't know about the masked Ecuadorian trio named “Acción Ortográfica Quito,” who roam the streets at night with a singular purpose: to correct all the spelling and grammar mistakes they find in graffiti.
