Brian K Goodman
@briankgoodman.bsky.social
Teaching lit at ASU, just wrote this: https://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674983373
Balint on Zipperstein's new bio of Roth: "Roth curated Penguin’s 'Writers From the Other Europe,' smuggling masters from behind the Iron Curtain into American sight: Tadeusz Borowski, Danilo Kiš, Milan Kundera and, crucially, Bruno Schulz."
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‘Philip Roth’ Review: The Masks of a Writer
Roth’s fiction drew heavily on his own life and literary reputation in ways that blurred imagination and reality.
www.wsj.com
October 31, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Balint on Zipperstein's new bio of Roth: "Roth curated Penguin’s 'Writers From the Other Europe,' smuggling masters from behind the Iron Curtain into American sight: Tadeusz Borowski, Danilo Kiš, Milan Kundera and, crucially, Bruno Schulz."
www.wsj.com/arts-culture...
www.wsj.com/arts-culture...
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🇭🇺 On this day in 1956, Hungarians rose up against Soviet occupation — and showed solidarity with the 🇵🇱 Polish (“lengyel”) nation, whose June 1956 Poznań protests had been crushed.
🎥 Footage: Blinken OSA Archivum, post-colorized by Colorful History (Színes Történelem) YouTube channel
🎥 Footage: Blinken OSA Archivum, post-colorized by Colorful History (Színes Történelem) YouTube channel
October 23, 2025 at 10:05 AM
🇭🇺 On this day in 1956, Hungarians rose up against Soviet occupation — and showed solidarity with the 🇵🇱 Polish (“lengyel”) nation, whose June 1956 Poznań protests had been crushed.
🎥 Footage: Blinken OSA Archivum, post-colorized by Colorful History (Színes Történelem) YouTube channel
🎥 Footage: Blinken OSA Archivum, post-colorized by Colorful History (Színes Történelem) YouTube channel
Keep an eye out for this one from Hadji Bakara and @uchicagopress.bsky.social. It’s brilliant and necessary.💡
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo....
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo....
Writing for Dark Times
A history of human rights that places writers and their ideas at its center. At Amnesty International’s headquarters in London hangs a large copy of Seamus Heaney’s “From the Republic of Conscience,” ...
press.uchicago.edu
October 17, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Keep an eye out for this one from Hadji Bakara and @uchicagopress.bsky.social. It’s brilliant and necessary.💡
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo....
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo....
When I was researching my book in Prague, Ivan Klíma and his wife Helena invited me into their home and talked to me for hours over zázvorová limonáda. Their hospitality was just one reason their apartment was a first stop for visiting US writers like Philip Roth.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/04/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/04/w...
Ivan Klima, Czech Novelist Who Chafed Under Totalitarian Regimes, Dies at 94
www.nytimes.com
October 5, 2025 at 2:52 PM
When I was researching my book in Prague, Ivan Klíma and his wife Helena invited me into their home and talked to me for hours over zázvorová limonáda. Their hospitality was just one reason their apartment was a first stop for visiting US writers like Philip Roth.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/04/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/04/w...
This was a great excuse to finally read Riley’s book on Civic Foundations of Fascism in Europe, and man is it a useful corrective on civil society, democracy, and authoritarianism (even if I don’t agree with all of it so far)
New online: John Ganz (@lioneltrolling.bsky.social) interviews Dylan J. Riley on Trump and the state of American democracy.
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The Battle Over Civil Society - Dissent Magazine
An interview with Dylan J. Riley on Trump and the state of American democracy.
www.dissentmagazine.org
October 1, 2025 at 9:56 PM
This was a great excuse to finally read Riley’s book on Civic Foundations of Fascism in Europe, and man is it a useful corrective on civil society, democracy, and authoritarianism (even if I don’t agree with all of it so far)
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New online: John Ganz (@lioneltrolling.bsky.social) interviews Dylan J. Riley on Trump and the state of American democracy.
www.dissentmagazine.org/online_artic...
www.dissentmagazine.org/online_artic...
The Battle Over Civil Society - Dissent Magazine
An interview with Dylan J. Riley on Trump and the state of American democracy.
www.dissentmagazine.org
October 1, 2025 at 4:16 PM
New online: John Ganz (@lioneltrolling.bsky.social) interviews Dylan J. Riley on Trump and the state of American democracy.
www.dissentmagazine.org/online_artic...
www.dissentmagazine.org/online_artic...
“Antipolitics is the ethos of civil society, and civil society is the antithesis of military society.”
-György Konrád
-György Konrád
September 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
“Antipolitics is the ethos of civil society, and civil society is the antithesis of military society.”
-György Konrád
-György Konrád
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Come hang out at @redemmas.org on Wednesday October 1st!
September 24, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Come hang out at @redemmas.org on Wednesday October 1st!
Kino Lucerna, Dec. 21, 2013
September 16, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Kino Lucerna, Dec. 21, 2013
Incredible. Would be so interested to see a deep dive on the period, roughly, between ‘68 and ‘89.
Big essay out by @sdileonardi.bsky.social in @publicbooks.bsky.social today, drawing on 100 years of translations and bestseller data to show that the US has seen three waves of translation: European; Latin American Boom; Nordic Noir. And what this means for us.
www.publicbooks.org/how-translat...
www.publicbooks.org/how-translat...
How Translations Sell: Three U.S. Eras of International Bestsellers - Public Books
A translation renaissance in US publishing just ended. And you probably missed it.
www.publicbooks.org
September 16, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Incredible. Would be so interested to see a deep dive on the period, roughly, between ‘68 and ‘89.
This review made me very curious about what these authors would make of a different liberal socialist tradition from the 20th century: attempts to liberalize state socialism from inside the Eastern bloc (Prague Spring, etc.).
Cool. "The Political Theory of Liberal Socialism" gets a thoughtful review alongside the great "Citizen Marx" by @brunoleipold.com. For @dissentmag.bsky.social
www.dissentmagazine.org/article/coal...
www.dissentmagazine.org/article/coal...
September 10, 2025 at 6:27 PM
This review made me very curious about what these authors would make of a different liberal socialist tradition from the 20th century: attempts to liberalize state socialism from inside the Eastern bloc (Prague Spring, etc.).
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New at PB: In conversation with @carolyndever.bsky.social, @devoney.bsky.social talks about her new book “Wild for Austen,” covering everything from sexuality, erotica, and love to class, moms, dads, and the power of naughtiness.
www.publicbooks.org/weird-but-fa...
www.publicbooks.org/weird-but-fa...
September 3, 2025 at 4:09 PM
New at PB: In conversation with @carolyndever.bsky.social, @devoney.bsky.social talks about her new book “Wild for Austen,” covering everything from sexuality, erotica, and love to class, moms, dads, and the power of naughtiness.
www.publicbooks.org/weird-but-fa...
www.publicbooks.org/weird-but-fa...
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“68 Publishers ‘was far and away the most important of the émigré publishing houses,’ said Derek Sayer. ‘It basically kept Czech literature alive.’ And, Mr. Sayer recalled, Mr. Škvorecký ‘was very insistent’ that ‘[Zdena Salivarová] was the one who kept it going.’”
Unpaywalled: archive.ph/7JJjL
Unpaywalled: archive.ph/7JJjL
August 31, 2025 at 10:53 PM
“68 Publishers ‘was far and away the most important of the émigré publishing houses,’ said Derek Sayer. ‘It basically kept Czech literature alive.’ And, Mr. Sayer recalled, Mr. Škvorecký ‘was very insistent’ that ‘[Zdena Salivarová] was the one who kept it going.’”
Unpaywalled: archive.ph/7JJjL
Unpaywalled: archive.ph/7JJjL
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August 31, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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THE NONCONFORMISTS made the Allen Ginsberg Project's weekly round-up: allenginsberg.org/2025/08/f-a-...
Friday's Weekly Round-Up - 732 - The Allen Ginsberg Project
Big news on the William Burroughs front this week – the discovery of his – hitherto unknown – third wife! David S Wills breaks the story on Beatdom. See here for an exclusive excerpt from Thomas Anto...
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August 29, 2025 at 10:58 PM
THE NONCONFORMISTS made the Allen Ginsberg Project's weekly round-up: allenginsberg.org/2025/08/f-a-...
There were no apocalyptic haboobs in Bulgaria this summer. Highly recommend applying to this institute co-sponsored by @acls1919.bsky.social and the Centre for Advanced Study Sofia.
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www.acls.org/news/acls-co...
ACLS Convenes Scholars of East Central and Southeastern Europe for 2025 Summer Institute in Bulgaria
The residency offered 15 scholars time and space to research and writing in a collaborative, interdisciplinary setting.
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August 26, 2025 at 3:55 PM
There were no apocalyptic haboobs in Bulgaria this summer. Highly recommend applying to this institute co-sponsored by @acls1919.bsky.social and the Centre for Advanced Study Sofia.
www.acls.org/news/acls-co...
www.acls.org/news/acls-co...
Love raising resilient kids in Phoenix in 2025.
August 26, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Love raising resilient kids in Phoenix in 2025.
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We need to offer counter-narratives to the reductions to humanities that many institutions are undertaking, and equip our colleagues across institutions with evidence that the myths being deployed to reduce our fields are not based in fact.
futurelostarchive.beehiiv.com/p/the-myth-o...
futurelostarchive.beehiiv.com/p/the-myth-o...
"The Myth of the Useless Humanist" vs "Humanities myths, busted"
a letter to colleagues
futurelostarchive.beehiiv.com
August 19, 2025 at 12:08 AM
We need to offer counter-narratives to the reductions to humanities that many institutions are undertaking, and equip our colleagues across institutions with evidence that the myths being deployed to reduce our fields are not based in fact.
futurelostarchive.beehiiv.com/p/the-myth-o...
futurelostarchive.beehiiv.com/p/the-myth-o...
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Promo vid. Links to other vids in fundraiser page.
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Oy Kay Greetings From Esti And Yossi!
YouTube video by Oy Kay TV
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August 3, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Promo vid. Links to other vids in fundraiser page.
youtube.com/shorts/Npmj3...
youtube.com/shorts/Npmj3...
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Pre-order! www.amazon.com/Banning-Book...
Banning Books in America: Not a How-to
Banning Books in America: Not a How-to [Cohen, Samuel] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Banning Books in America: Not a How-to
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August 3, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Pre-order! www.amazon.com/Banning-Book...
An incredible opportunity to think alongside other scholars about an important topic at the Institute for Advanced Study, CEU in Budapest. The next theme will be "Modalities of Resilience and Resistance: Academia and Society in Illiberal Times."
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Budapest Open Society Fellowship on the topic of Modalities of Resilience and Resistance | Institute for Advanced Study
ias.ceu.edu
July 16, 2025 at 4:39 PM
An incredible opportunity to think alongside other scholars about an important topic at the Institute for Advanced Study, CEU in Budapest. The next theme will be "Modalities of Resilience and Resistance: Academia and Society in Illiberal Times."
ias.ceu.edu/joint-budape...
ias.ceu.edu/joint-budape...
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I wrote something about dissent and the motive for speaking out.
calebcrain.substack.com/p/the-motive...
calebcrain.substack.com/p/the-motive...
July 12, 2025 at 4:14 PM
I wrote something about dissent and the motive for speaking out.
calebcrain.substack.com/p/the-motive...
calebcrain.substack.com/p/the-motive...