Buzz Poole
@buzzpoole.bsky.social
Sandorf Passage co-founder and publisher
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Author of Workingman’s Dead, part of the 33 1/3 series
Writer, editor, aspiring full-time putterer
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Author of Workingman’s Dead, part of the 33 1/3 series
Writer, editor, aspiring full-time putterer
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Buzz Poole
@buzzpoole.bsky.social
· Nov 13
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Want to support Sandorf Passage and score a great deal? From now until the end of December, we’re running an early-bird special on our 2025 subscription: 7 books for $100. Next year’s list is killer! Reskeet and follow for a chance to win a free 2025 subscription. sandorfpassage.org/product/sand...
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Ahead of the Closed Season events @brooklinebooksmith.bsky.social and Lambs in Maine, @ninamaclaughlin.bsky.social chews on the new collection: “Monika Herceg writes with a controlled ferocity, alert to the sick ironies and absurdities of this world.” ninamaclaughlin.substack.com/p/poetry-of-...
Poetry of the void, Derek Walcott Prize winners, the beauty of science in photographs
New England Literary News
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November 11, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Ahead of the Closed Season events @brooklinebooksmith.bsky.social and Lambs in Maine, @ninamaclaughlin.bsky.social chews on the new collection: “Monika Herceg writes with a controlled ferocity, alert to the sick ironies and absurdities of this world.” ninamaclaughlin.substack.com/p/poetry-of-...
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Boston, South Portland, New York: prepare for Monika Herceg’s forthcoming appearances by reading the title poem from her latest collection to appear in English @lithub.com.web.brid.gy. And then join us on November 13, 14, 17, and 18. lithub.com/closed-seaso...
“Closed Season,” a Poem by Monika Herceg
After climbing two hundred and twenty stairs hips come loose like hinges and a child’s hiccup echoes through the pelvis as if the belly button ate the hypocenter My downstairs neighbor spent months…
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November 10, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Boston, South Portland, New York: prepare for Monika Herceg’s forthcoming appearances by reading the title poem from her latest collection to appear in English @lithub.com.web.brid.gy. And then join us on November 13, 14, 17, and 18. lithub.com/closed-seaso...
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Today’s to-do list: 1. VOTE, 2. Get yourself a copy of Sener Ozmen’s The Competition of Unfinished Stories, translated by @gayadorno.bsky.social. It’s an unforgettable, wild ride! sandorfpassage.org/product/the-...
The Competition of Unfinished Stories – sandorfpassage.org
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November 4, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Today’s to-do list: 1. VOTE, 2. Get yourself a copy of Sener Ozmen’s The Competition of Unfinished Stories, translated by @gayadorno.bsky.social. It’s an unforgettable, wild ride! sandorfpassage.org/product/the-...
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Need help w/ this @maris.bsky.social challenge? Don’t sleep on Sener Ozmen’s The Competition of Unfinished Stories, translated from Kurdish by @gayadorno.bsky.social. @lydiakiesling.bsky.social hails it as a “breathtaking, virtuosic, dark, funny, furious, sad, and genuinely strange work of fiction.”
Today is the last big new release day of 2025, and there's so much good stuff. Many, many famous authors and celebrities have books out today, but I challenge you to read a book by an author you've never heard of... www.themarisreview.com/the-maris-re...
The Maris Review, vol 79
It's the last big new release day of 2025
What I read this week
I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Hartman, translated by Ros Schwartz
Tomorrow night I'll be discussing I Who Have Never Know...
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November 4, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Need help w/ this @maris.bsky.social challenge? Don’t sleep on Sener Ozmen’s The Competition of Unfinished Stories, translated from Kurdish by @gayadorno.bsky.social. @lydiakiesling.bsky.social hails it as a “breathtaking, virtuosic, dark, funny, furious, sad, and genuinely strange work of fiction.”
Donna Jean Godchaux was, and will forever remain, an indelible part of the Grateful Dead legacy. And it seems only fitting to honor this studio singer steeped in the legendary Muscle Shoals sound with a track that the Dead never played live. m.youtube.com/watch?v=yl-q...
Grateful Dead - France (Studio Version)
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November 4, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Donna Jean Godchaux was, and will forever remain, an indelible part of the Grateful Dead legacy. And it seems only fitting to honor this studio singer steeped in the legendary Muscle Shoals sound with a track that the Dead never played live. m.youtube.com/watch?v=yl-q...
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Attention, New York City: Looking to take the pulse on Croatian literature today? Then don’t miss Monika Herceg and Maša Kolanović reading, and in discussion with Dijana Jelača, at the gallery Brief Histories on November 18.
November 3, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Attention, New York City: Looking to take the pulse on Croatian literature today? Then don’t miss Monika Herceg and Maša Kolanović reading, and in discussion with Dijana Jelača, at the gallery Brief Histories on November 18.
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Boo! Great to see Donald Niedekker’s Strange and Perfect Account from the Permafrost (tr. Jonathan Reeder) on this Yale Climate Connections list. yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/10/clim...
Climate fiction that will haunt you! » Yale Climate Connections
These spooky reads will keep you awake long after midnight.
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October 30, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Boo! Great to see Donald Niedekker’s Strange and Perfect Account from the Permafrost (tr. Jonathan Reeder) on this Yale Climate Connections list. yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/10/clim...
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We’re thrilled to be bringing Monika Herceg to #Maine. Join us at the mighty Lambs in South Portland on November 17. "Herceg writes about a history that no longer belongs to the victors, and about beauty that cannot fit into the confines we previously knew." —Olga Tokarczuk
October 30, 2025 at 1:03 PM
We’re thrilled to be bringing Monika Herceg to #Maine. Join us at the mighty Lambs in South Portland on November 17. "Herceg writes about a history that no longer belongs to the victors, and about beauty that cannot fit into the confines we previously knew." —Olga Tokarczuk
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To celebrate both next week’s release of Sener Ozmen’s The Competition of Unfinished Stories and translator @gayadorno.bsky.social being a Literary Host at tonight’s @wwborders.bsky.social Gala, check out an excerpt of this Kurdish novel @thedialmag.bsky.social. www.thedial.world/articles/lit...
“The Competition of Unfinished Stories,” by Sener Ozmen — The Dial
An excerpt from the book.
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October 29, 2025 at 6:49 PM
To celebrate both next week’s release of Sener Ozmen’s The Competition of Unfinished Stories and translator @gayadorno.bsky.social being a Literary Host at tonight’s @wwborders.bsky.social Gala, check out an excerpt of this Kurdish novel @thedialmag.bsky.social. www.thedial.world/articles/lit...
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“I had to run in every direction, to explore this life myself.”
In Hassan Akram’s A Plan to Save the World (translated from Arabic by Ibrahim Fawzy), childhood idealism clashes with the stark realities of living through war in a boy’s mission to not only save the world, but himself.
In Hassan Akram’s A Plan to Save the World (translated from Arabic by Ibrahim Fawzy), childhood idealism clashes with the stark realities of living through war in a boy’s mission to not only save the world, but himself.
October 27, 2025 at 1:14 PM
“I had to run in every direction, to explore this life myself.”
In Hassan Akram’s A Plan to Save the World (translated from Arabic by Ibrahim Fawzy), childhood idealism clashes with the stark realities of living through war in a boy’s mission to not only save the world, but himself.
In Hassan Akram’s A Plan to Save the World (translated from Arabic by Ibrahim Fawzy), childhood idealism clashes with the stark realities of living through war in a boy’s mission to not only save the world, but himself.
If you’re in the Portland, Maine, area it’s not too late to pick up a copy of Bedbugs and join in on the conversation at the Back Cove Books Book Club on November 4. backcovebooks.com/events/35736...
Book Club: Bed Bugs | Back Cove Books
Portland's newest independent bookstore located in Woodfords Corner
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October 26, 2025 at 6:54 PM
If you’re in the Portland, Maine, area it’s not too late to pick up a copy of Bedbugs and join in on the conversation at the Back Cove Books Book Club on November 4. backcovebooks.com/events/35736...
I have no opinion about this new Springsteen movie, but kudos to the casting director who got Brian Chase to play Max Weinberg.
October 24, 2025 at 7:35 PM
I have no opinion about this new Springsteen movie, but kudos to the casting director who got Brian Chase to play Max Weinberg.
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Love poetry? Love deftly translated, righteously angry poetry that fuses physics with feminism? What if it’s endorsed by Olga Tokarczuk? If you’re in the Boston area, join us @brooklinebooksmith.bsky.social on November 14 to celebrate Closed Season.
October 24, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Love poetry? Love deftly translated, righteously angry poetry that fuses physics with feminism? What if it’s endorsed by Olga Tokarczuk? If you’re in the Boston area, join us @brooklinebooksmith.bsky.social on November 14 to celebrate Closed Season.
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Out in May: Will Firth’s translation of The Minister by Stefan Bošković, a mind-bending political noir that reveals the ugly truths about how the promises of democratic change empower corrupt politicians and organized crime syndicates, fan the flames of nationalism, and eradicate the middle class
October 22, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Out in May: Will Firth’s translation of The Minister by Stefan Bošković, a mind-bending political noir that reveals the ugly truths about how the promises of democratic change empower corrupt politicians and organized crime syndicates, fan the flames of nationalism, and eradicate the middle class
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Boston friends: Monika Herceg has two events next month to celebrate the release of Closed Season. The first is on November 13. “Herceg writes about a history that no longer belongs to the victors, and about beauty that cannot fit into the confines we previously knew.”—Olga Tokarczuk
October 21, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Boston friends: Monika Herceg has two events next month to celebrate the release of Closed Season. The first is on November 13. “Herceg writes about a history that no longer belongs to the victors, and about beauty that cannot fit into the confines we previously knew.”—Olga Tokarczuk
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Martina Vidaić and Ellen Elias-Bursać talk Bedbugs with Asymptote: “It’s not about the war or the post-war era, nor any of the themes that readers usually expect from the Balkans or from Croatia.” www.asymptotejournal.com/blog/2025/10...
The Powerful Motion of the Text: An Interview with Martina Vidaić and Ellen Elias-Bursać - Asymptote Blog
[The novel's] not about the war or the post-war era, nor any of the themes that readers usually expect from the Balkans or from Croatia.
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October 20, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Martina Vidaić and Ellen Elias-Bursać talk Bedbugs with Asymptote: “It’s not about the war or the post-war era, nor any of the themes that readers usually expect from the Balkans or from Croatia.” www.asymptotejournal.com/blog/2025/10...
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Every day is a good day to read Mumbo Jumbo by Ishmael Reed, and learn about the mission of the noble Mu'tafika among other lessons. This book is Strong Medicine
France's Interior Minister, Laurent Nuñez, called the heist "a major, highly organized operation" that lasted just seven minutes. Authorities were still drawing up the value of the stolen items.
Masked thieves steal 'priceless' jewels from the Louvre museum
France's Interior Minister, Laurent Nuñez, called the heist "a major, highly organized operation" that lasted just seven minutes. Authorities were still drawing up the value of the stolen items.
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October 19, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Every day is a good day to read Mumbo Jumbo by Ishmael Reed, and learn about the mission of the noble Mu'tafika among other lessons. This book is Strong Medicine
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Looking for another Hungarian author who also blends horror with humor? Look no further than Peter Zilahy’s The Last Window-Giraffe, a fictional memoir about political protests in Belgrade modeled after an illustrated Hungarian primary school textbook. sandorfpassage.org/product/the-...
October 15, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Looking for another Hungarian author who also blends horror with humor? Look no further than Peter Zilahy’s The Last Window-Giraffe, a fictional memoir about political protests in Belgrade modeled after an illustrated Hungarian primary school textbook. sandorfpassage.org/product/the-...
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“Poetry . . . is a place of endless possibilities for exercising subversive power and challenging the dominant norms.” That’s translator Marina Veverec on Monika Herceg’s Closed Season. Read two poems from the collection @anmlymag.bsky.social and then buy the book! anmly.org/ap38/marina-...
Marina Veverec translates Monika Herceg – ANMLY
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October 14, 2025 at 8:21 PM
“Poetry . . . is a place of endless possibilities for exercising subversive power and challenging the dominant norms.” That’s translator Marina Veverec on Monika Herceg’s Closed Season. Read two poems from the collection @anmlymag.bsky.social and then buy the book! anmly.org/ap38/marina-...
Congratulations to Daniel Gustafsson. Just spent a few days kicking around Croatia with him as part of the Lit Link festival. Not only is he an excellent translator, but he’s published what sounds like an amazing novel centered around oyster farming. And a fun travel companion!
yer man's Swedish translators reaction when you only congratulate his English translators
October 9, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Congratulations to Daniel Gustafsson. Just spent a few days kicking around Croatia with him as part of the Lit Link festival. Not only is he an excellent translator, but he’s published what sounds like an amazing novel centered around oyster farming. And a fun travel companion!
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I took this picture of Olga and László in London in 2018. Congrats to Krasznahorkai and his translators, including George Szirtes and @ottiliemulzet.bsky.social, and long live a Central Europe free of dictators (foreign and domestic) and full of magnificent minds like these!
October 9, 2025 at 11:19 AM
I took this picture of Olga and László in London in 2018. Congrats to Krasznahorkai and his translators, including George Szirtes and @ottiliemulzet.bsky.social, and long live a Central Europe free of dictators (foreign and domestic) and full of magnificent minds like these!
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This book haunts me. It’s absolutely amazing. Quite possibly the best book @sandorfpassage.bsky.social has ever published. Don’t miss out on this book.
October 6, 2025 at 5:15 PM
This book haunts me. It’s absolutely amazing. Quite possibly the best book @sandorfpassage.bsky.social has ever published. Don’t miss out on this book.
Roberta Flack’s First Take: “Compared to What.”
Which album has the best opening track of all time?
October 5, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Roberta Flack’s First Take: “Compared to What.”
Wow! Muriel Spark’s The Driver’s Seat is a breathtakingly sad and stunning read.
October 5, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Wow! Muriel Spark’s The Driver’s Seat is a breathtakingly sad and stunning read.
If only all bookstores pushed @sandorfpassage.bsky.social titles like they do here in Zagreb.
October 2, 2025 at 1:24 PM
If only all bookstores pushed @sandorfpassage.bsky.social titles like they do here in Zagreb.