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Dubyedee

@wdclarke.bsky.social

I went on and on for 10k words about Gary Amdahl's Visigoth
(it's that good).

longform.wdclarke.org/visigoth-sto...

A goalie in a red, white and blue jersey lies face down on the ice in a posture of defeat

September 24, 2025 at 8:01 PM

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Dubyedee

@wdclarke.bsky.social

Angels of History Incoming!

An ARC of The Tavern At the End of History held in my hand.
One of the angels of history, "Bill" from Schoolhouse Rock" appears above the book

September 24, 2025 at 2:47 PM

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James M Fisher

@miramichijim.bsky.social

Here it is! The first @galleon-books.bsky.social title authored by a woman. Long overdue, but worth the wait. #canlit

September 8, 2025 at 7:22 PM

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Dubyedee

@wdclarke.bsky.social

Words, hopefully, not to have lived by

(fr Thomas Pynchon's 1990 novel, Vineland)

that much else. I needed to work with that light. Maybe it was
some form of insanity, except that lets me off too easy. Then there
was Wade, my 01' canasta partner and picket-line buddy, fighting
shoulder to shoulder all those years, one day he went over, and
we stayed friends, and finally you saw what'd it matter who'd be
taking those dues off the paycheck, Al Speede's people, th' IATSE,
whatever. It'd been over for a long time anyway, though we'd had
to pretend otherwise, and what was it for, all those sets we lit, those
exotic nightclub sets, the hotel rooms with the neon outside, the
passenger coaches with the rain against the windows, all of it just
shadows, even if it's on safety stock in some air-conditioned vault
that's still all it is, I let the world slip away, made my shameful
peace, joined the IA, retired soon's I could, sold off my only real
fortune --— my precious anger — for a lot of got-damn shadows."

September 18, 2025 at 3:09 PM

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Dubyedee

@wdclarke.bsky.social

All emerged unscathed...

August 23, 2025 at 1:53 PM

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Morris Collins

@morriscollins.bsky.social

Galleys dropped! My weird novel abt art, the angels of history, Kabbalah, Yiddish poets, a dybbuk, & the dangers of trauma narratives. I pitched it (not well) as a Jewish Magic Mountain, but shorter. It's a strange book & I can't wait to share it with you. Feb 10th from Dzanc.

August 28, 2025 at 10:49 AM

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Exacting Clam

@exactingclam.bsky.social

The new novel from our Executive Editor...

Sagging Meniscus @saggingmeniscus.bsky.social · Sep 3

The long-awaited second novel by Guillermo Stitch, coming this Bloomsday. Available now for preorder at https://thecoastofeverything.com and https://saggingmeniscus.com/catalog/the_coast_of_everything. "A timeless, extraordinary work.”—Nuala O’Connor

September 3, 2025 at 4:05 PM

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Alex Kudera

@alexkudera.bsky.social

kudera.blogspot.com/2025/07/the-...

#amreading #writingcommunity #writinglife #fridayreads #mfa #awp #booksky #bookchallenge #ebook #audiobook

The Manifold Destiny of Rick Harsch

Support Corona\Samizdat Press by donating here or contact Rick at Rick DOT Harsch AT gmail DOT com.

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August 16, 2025 at 4:47 AM

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Alex Kudera

@alexkudera.bsky.social

kudera.blogspot.com/2025/08/a-bended-circuity-by-robert-s-stickley.html

#amreading #writingcommunity #writinglife #fridayreads #mfa #awp #booksky #bookchallenge

A Bended Circuity by Robert S. Stickley

Corona\Samizdat Press is taking preorders for new batches of A Bended Circuity .

kudera.blogspot.com

August 17, 2025 at 9:32 AM

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Alex Kudera

@alexkudera.bsky.social

kudera.blogspot.com/2016/10/augg...

#amreading #writingcommunity #writinglife #fridayreads #mfa #awp #booksky #bookchallenge

Auggie's Revenge: Reviews, Interviews, and Excerpts

Book Reviews: "The Teaching Life as a House of Troubles," by Don Riggs, American, British and Canadian Studies , June 1, 2017 "Academic ...

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August 21, 2025 at 3:51 AM

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Dubyedee

@wdclarke.bsky.social

If you are at all familiar with the #rickbrick from
@coronasamizdat.bsky.social you'll understand why I'm not attempting to wield the knife required to open one until I've had at least a second coffee...

A packet of books wrapped so well with multiple layers of packing tape so as to not only survive their trip from Slovenia tro Canada, but survive the coming armageddon as well

August 23, 2025 at 10:38 AM

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Alex Kudera

@alexkudera.bsky.social

kudera.blogspot.com/2025/07/buy-...

back and front

The short memoir, Rick & Jack in Croatia , is engaging.

kudera.blogspot.com

August 12, 2025 at 5:16 AM

Corona\Samizdat Press

@coronasamizdat.bsky.social

This audiobook is now live, link in reply...
(The author has forgone royalties for this novel, audio and print...all proceeds go to the c\s fundraiser)

Dubyedee @wdclarke.bsky.social · Aug 7

Cover reveal for the forthcoming audiobook edition (
@coronasamizdat.bsky.social 's first!) of my novel White Mythology.

It's narrated by the great L.J. Ganser, who also narrates many of economist Thomas Picketty's books as well as A.J. Pearson's Cow Country, from @coweyepress.bsky.social

$Audiobook cover for White Mythology by W.D. Clarke from corona\samizdat press. Features "Sol" a detail from Emblem XXX (“Luna is as requisite to Sol as a Hen is to a Cock”), Atalanta Fugiens—Michael Maier (1617), depicting an anthopomorphic sun atop a naked human torso standing against a blue sky which is dappled with cumulous clouds.$

August 11, 2025 at 3:34 PM

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Corona\Samizdat Press

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Our books are printed in/shipped from Slovenia, not print-on-demand, and can be ordered at coronasamizdat.com (payments via secure provider Stripe)
Ebooks, increasingly available through the usual outlets, courtesy of friends at redfiendpub.com

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November 12, 2024 at 6:42 PM

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Corona\Samizdat Press

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We are Corona\Samizdat, Slovenia's most popular English language publisher, noted for our fat pocket books and for championing buried modern classics and exploratory new fiction—and these are the first 35 of our books.

August 19, 2023 at 4:31 PM

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Morris Collins

@morriscollins.bsky.social

White Mythology is farcical, fun, hilarious & wry. A featherlight fiction of ideas--like some wacked out mixture of Spinoza, Walker Percy and Pynchon on a not-so-paranoid day. This is to say, it's a wild ride of register shifts, and I think it'd be a great book to listen to.

Dubyedee @wdclarke.bsky.social · Aug 7

Cover reveal for the forthcoming audiobook edition (
@coronasamizdat.bsky.social 's first!) of my novel White Mythology.

It's narrated by the great L.J. Ganser, who also narrates many of economist Thomas Picketty's books as well as A.J. Pearson's Cow Country, from @coweyepress.bsky.social

$Audiobook cover for White Mythology by W.D. Clarke from corona\samizdat press. Features "Sol" a detail from Emblem XXX (“Luna is as requisite to Sol as a Hen is to a Cock”), Atalanta Fugiens—Michael Maier (1617), depicting an anthopomorphic sun atop a naked human torso standing against a blue sky which is dappled with cumulous clouds.$

August 7, 2025 at 3:15 PM

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Dubyedee

@wdclarke.bsky.social

Cover reveal for the forthcoming audiobook edition (
@coronasamizdat.bsky.social 's first!) of my novel White Mythology.

It's narrated by the great L.J. Ganser, who also narrates many of economist Thomas Picketty's books as well as A.J. Pearson's Cow Country, from @coweyepress.bsky.social

$Audiobook cover for White Mythology by W.D. Clarke from corona\samizdat press. Features "Sol" a detail from Emblem XXX (“Luna is as requisite to Sol as a Hen is to a Cock”), Atalanta Fugiens—Michael Maier (1617), depicting an anthopomorphic sun atop a naked human torso standing against a blue sky which is dappled with cumulous clouds.$

August 7, 2025 at 11:07 AM

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Dubyedee

@wdclarke.bsky.social

Thinking of Benjamin, still unpacking my "library", but here's shelves dedicated to
@coronasamizdat.bsky.social (top/bottom) and
@galleon-books.bsky.social and friends' and colleagues books (bottom)

$Assorted book from presses corona\samizdat and Galleon Books Canada$

August 6, 2025 at 6:57 PM

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Randal Eldon Greene

@authorgreene.bsky.social

Writers, share a picture of your books!
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#writingcommunity

August 5, 2025 at 6:28 PM

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DarkSkies

@avnerlandes.bsky.social

Let me know if you want an ARC.

November 14, 2024 at 3:41 PM

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Galleon Books Canada

@galleon-books.bsky.social

Still hawkmothing this limited edition, a book for math nerds, fans of politically incorrect humor, a smattering of gore, those who love/hate Florida, minivans, Dwayne the Rock Johnson, fake Woke, cheaply made clothing, groaner jokes, Orange Julius, lisping immortal demons... Oh I could go on!

Galleon Books Canada @galleon-books.bsky.social · Mar 25

galleonbooks.ca/2025/03/24/l...