Cover art: Rene Magritte's La GΓ’cheuse, used as the cover image for the now out-of-print Sade: Sex and Death, which included Apollinaire's The Divine Marquis, which now appears in Sade's Stories, Tales, and Fables, published by Contra Mundum Press.
Book details: www.rjdent.com/stories-tale...
12.03.2026 21:53
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Cover art: the woodcut used as the cover image for my English translation of Tarjei Vesaas' novel, The Bridges.
Title: The Bridges
Author: Tarjei Vesaas
ISBN: 978-1-300-27138-3
Language: English
Format: Paperback
Pages 180
Publisher: Incunabula
Book details: rjdent.wordpress.com/bridges-the/
11.03.2026 21:30
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A big thank you to thewordasbait for checking out my English translation of the Marquis de Sade's Stories, Tales, and Fables, published by Contra Mundum Press
Book details: www.rjdent.com/stories-tale...
Book details: www.contramundumpress.com/stories-tale...
10.03.2026 17:40
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A detail from Sappho and Alcaeus by Lawrence Alma-Tadema, used for the cover image of my English translation of the Poems & Fragments of Alcaeus.
ISBN (paperback): 978-1-906451-53-0
ISBN (ebook): 978-1-906451-54-7
Pages: 112
Book details and links:
rjdent.wordpress.com/alcaeus-poem...
08.03.2026 21:11
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07.03.2026 18:06
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Celebrating World Book Day with an image of the 43 books I've either written, translated or contributed to.
05.03.2026 19:28
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A woodcut design used as the cover image for my English translation of Tarjei Vesaas' novel, The Seed, published by Incunabula.
Book details: rjdent.wordpress.com/seed-the/
Purchase link: incunabulamedia.com/r-j-dent-1
04.03.2026 16:17
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The Chimera - a detail from the side of an Attic Siana cup (ca 560-550 B.C.) exhibited in MusΓ©e du Louvre, Paris, used as the cover image for my novel. Myth, published by Pegasus Press.
Book details: rjdent.wordpress.com/myth/
03.03.2026 21:23
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OPTOPHONE (1924) by Francis Picabia, used as the cover illustration for my English translation of AndrΓ© Breton's Soluble Fish, the first English translation of Soluble Fish, published by Incunabula.
Details:
rjdent.wordpress.com/soluble-fish/
Purchase link:
incunabulamedia.com/r-j-dent-1
02.03.2026 21:53
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Max Ernst's collage, used for the front cover of my English translation of Misfortunes of the Immortals by Paul Γluard and Max Ernst, published by Incunabula.
Book details: rjdent.wordpress.com/misfortunes-...
01.03.2026 16:19
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A photo of 'Orcus Mouth' in Parco dei Mostri in Northern Lazio, Italy, used on the cover of my English translation of the Marquis de Sade's Some Thoughts on the Novel, published by Oneiros Books.
Book details and purchase link:
incunabulamedia.com/r-j-dent-1
28.02.2026 19:55
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A detail from the original art used for the front cover of Screaming at the Window. The tragic story of Blanche Monnier, the Prisoner of Poitiers
Author: R J Dent
ISBN: 979-8-9865233-9-2
Cover Art: Symbolic Study (1893) Edvard Munch
Genre: True Crime
www.kernpunktpress.com/store/p42/sc...
27.02.2026 20:58
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The original art used on the cover of The Surrealist Manifesto by Andre Breton, published by Incunabula.
Translator: R J Dent
ISBN: 978-1-4452-4380-1
Language: English & French (Bilingual Edition)
Format: Paperback
Dimensions: 6 x 9 in / 152 x 229 mm
Purchase link: incunabulamedia.com/r-j-dent-1
24.02.2026 21:59
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Capital of Pain by Paul Eluard, translated into English by R J Dent, published by Black Scat Books.
Book details: blackscatbooks.com/2023/02/16/s...
Purchase link (US): www.amazon.com/dp/B0BVT3QXGD/
Purchase link (UK): www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0BVT3QXGD/
09.02.2026 18:55
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Seems apt... and prescient...
02.02.2026 16:31
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Book details:
Title: The Surrealist Manifesto
Author: AndrΓ© Breton
Translator: R J Dent
ISBN: 978-1-4452-4380-1
Language: English & French (Bilingual Edition)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 64
Dimensions: 6 x 9 in / 152 x 229 mm
Publisher: Incunabula
Purchase link: incunabulamedia.com/r-j-dent-1
21.01.2026 22:44
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A big thank you to @mandellcharlotte for this great photo of my English translations of LautrΓ©amont's Apocrypha and The Songs of Maldoror, both published by Infinity Land Press.
Book details: rjdent.wordpress.com/the-songs-of...
Book details: rjdent.wordpress.com/lautreamonts...
11.01.2026 19:38
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Book details:
Title: Revelation
Author: R J Dent
ISBN: 978-1-4466-0288-1
Language: English
Format: Paperback
Dimensions: (6 in x 9 in / 152 mm x 229 mm)
Cover Design: D M Mitchell
Publisher: Incunabula Media
Purchase link: Incunabula Media: incunabulamedia.com/r-j-dent-1
www.rjdent.com/revelation/
06.01.2026 21:48
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Witchesβ Flight by Francisco Goya, used for the front cover of my English translation of the Marquis de Sade's Stories, Tales, and Fables, published by Contra Mundum Press.
Book details: www.contramundumpress.com/stories-tale...
Book details: www.rjdent.com/stories-tale...
04.01.2026 21:14
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In Pierre LouΓΏs' Her Three Daughters, a young man moves into a new apartment and receives an education in sex from a mother and her threeβsurprisingly well-educatedβdaughters.
βOne of the most moving books ever written on the fatality of desires.β β Annie Le Brun
www.rjdent.com/her-three-da...
01.01.2026 21:01
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My short story, Suki Takes It Off (Again) can be read here:
dfllit.com/043-2/
30.12.2025 19:43
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Sexual Personae, The Seed, The Bridges, The Flowers of Evil and Fanfarlo: incunabulamedia.com/r-j-dent-1
The Future's Eve: www.waterstones.com/book/the-fut...
Stories, Tales, and Fables: www.contramundumpress.com/stories-tale...
LautrΓ©amont's Apocrypha:
www.infinitylandpress.com/lautr%C3%A9a...
24.12.2025 21:06
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Hardback illustrated copies of LautrΓ©amont's Apocrypha and The Songs of Maldoror (published by Infinity Land Press) are available.
DM for details if interested in owning a signed-by-the-translator copy of either or both books.
21.12.2025 12:48
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A big thank you to Midian Books for stocking my English translations of The Songs of Maldoror and LautrΓ©amont's Apocrypha, published by Infinity Land Press. Together, the books are the complete works of LautrΓ©amont.
www.midianbooks.com/shop
www.infinitylandpress.com/books
18.12.2025 11:10
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Two very beautiful books, my English translations of The Songs of Maldoror and LautrΓ©amont's Apocrypha, published on 12th December by Infinity Land Press .
rjdent.wordpress.com/lautreamonts...
rjdent.wordpress.com/the-songs-of...
13.12.2025 21:36
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Published today (12/12/25) LautrΓ©amont's Apocrypha:
rjdent.wordpress.com/lautreamonts...
Republished today (12/12/25) The Songs of Maldoror:
rjdent.wordpress.com/the-songs-of...
12.12.2025 16:26
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Out tomorrow (12/12/25) from Infinity Land Press:
www.infinitylandpress.com/books
11.12.2025 11:53
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Emily Dickinson's Sexual Personae:
rjdent.wordpress.com/emily-dickin...
11.12.2025 11:18
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www.rjdent.com
10.12.2025 21:51
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