Endless Bookshelf
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Buddhist vegetarian polyglot, author of Another green world (2025), The Private Life of Books (2020), A Conversation larger than the Universe (2018)
/ ‘the reader is the artist’ | Tom Phillips
https://endlessbookshelf.net
https://temporary-culture.com
/ ‘the reader is the artist’ | Tom Phillips
https://endlessbookshelf.net
https://temporary-culture.com
Pinned
meet the Barmaid _from_ Elfland and a Detective _in_ Elfland
/ buy yourself a book :
The Elfland Prepositions (2025)
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/ buy yourself a book :
The Elfland Prepositions (2025)
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Hear, hear! No concentration camps in Jersey, Governor Sherrill.
February 10, 2026 at 12:52 PM
Hear, hear! No concentration camps in Jersey, Governor Sherrill.
also : “Say to yourself self, ‘Really look at what's on your desk.'"
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
"We can't find it right now, but when we do we'll give you a call."
"We can't find it right now, but when we do we'll give you a call."
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
“It doesn’t have to be good. It just has to be finished.”
“It doesn’t have to be good. It just has to be finished.”
February 11, 2026 at 2:47 PM
also : “Say to yourself self, ‘Really look at what's on your desk.'"
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
"We can't find it right now, but when we do we'll give you a call."
"We can't find it right now, but when we do we'll give you a call."
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
“It doesn’t have to be good. It just has to be finished.”
“It doesn’t have to be good. It just has to be finished.”
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
"Twist a thin-cut swatch of lemon peel over the top."
"Twist a thin-cut swatch of lemon peel over the top."
February 11, 2026 at 2:42 PM
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
"We can't find it right now, but when we do we'll give you a call."
"We can't find it right now, but when we do we'll give you a call."
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"In 2021, the French police, who are armed, killed 37 people. In the United Kingdom in 2019, where police are not armed, except for special response units, they killed only three. In the United States in 2022, police killed 1,096 people."
Why Do Americans Accept The Extrajudicial Killing of Civilians By Police?
Some thoughts.
www.awritersnotebook.org
February 9, 2026 at 8:19 PM
"In 2021, the French police, who are armed, killed 37 people. In the United Kingdom in 2019, where police are not armed, except for special response units, they killed only three. In the United States in 2022, police killed 1,096 people."
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AOC on DHS Warehouses: I think every American should be alarmed. They are building—and have built—a black box system that disappears people, both immigrants and U.S. citizens alike.
February 10, 2026 at 1:30 AM
AOC on DHS Warehouses: I think every American should be alarmed. They are building—and have built—a black box system that disappears people, both immigrants and U.S. citizens alike.
dear Governor Sherrill @mikiesherrill.bsky.social
I trust you and the NJ state legislature are paying attention and will swiftly be enacting similar legislation.
Which side of the fence will you be on ?
Sincerely,
Henry Wessells
Upoer Montclair, NJ
I trust you and the NJ state legislature are paying attention and will swiftly be enacting similar legislation.
Which side of the fence will you be on ?
Sincerely,
Henry Wessells
Upoer Montclair, NJ
"The new law forbids counties and local law enforcement from contracting with ICE. It mandates that public bodies terminate any existing immigration detention agreements and prohibits the use of public property for federal civil immigration detention..."
kfoxtv.com/news/local/n...
kfoxtv.com/news/local/n...
New Mexico governor signs Immigrant Safety Act among other bills into law
New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has signed four bipartisan bills into law, focusing on improving health care access, investing in statewide infrastructur
kfoxtv.com
February 8, 2026 at 1:20 AM
dear Governor Sherrill @mikiesherrill.bsky.social
I trust you and the NJ state legislature are paying attention and will swiftly be enacting similar legislation.
Which side of the fence will you be on ?
Sincerely,
Henry Wessells
Upoer Montclair, NJ
I trust you and the NJ state legislature are paying attention and will swiftly be enacting similar legislation.
Which side of the fence will you be on ?
Sincerely,
Henry Wessells
Upoer Montclair, NJ
orange marmalade, batch 4
February 8, 2026 at 12:52 AM
orange marmalade, batch 4
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I did a thing for the #Shelfie website. Click on over to find out more -- including a few highlights of this modest and rather random collection of books about #Londontown.
New #Shelfies alert! This week, we have Paul McAuley @UnlikelyWorlds on London!
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Don't forget you can subscribe for a free weekly shelfie in your inbox!
Shelfies #74: Paul McAuley
London is constantly reinventing itself. There’s no end to its stories, or the books that tell them. And, unfortunately, only so much shelf space...
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February 6, 2026 at 2:59 PM
I did a thing for the #Shelfie website. Click on over to find out more -- including a few highlights of this modest and rather random collection of books about #Londontown.
Cat and Girl in Oz
[Thank you, Dorothy aka @catandgirl.bsky.social !!]
/ And look where they have got to today
catandgirl.com/all-the-wron...
[Thank you, Dorothy aka @catandgirl.bsky.social !!]
/ And look where they have got to today
catandgirl.com/all-the-wron...
February 5, 2026 at 2:13 AM
Cat and Girl in Oz
[Thank you, Dorothy aka @catandgirl.bsky.social !!]
/ And look where they have got to today
catandgirl.com/all-the-wron...
[Thank you, Dorothy aka @catandgirl.bsky.social !!]
/ And look where they have got to today
catandgirl.com/all-the-wron...
Cat and Girl in Oz
Dorothy Gambrell’s Cat and Girl are somewhere in Oz. They started on the yellow brick road here :
catandgirl.com/were-off-to-...
Dorothy Gambrell’s Cat and Girl are somewhere in Oz. They started on the yellow brick road here :
catandgirl.com/were-off-to-...
Cat and Girl
catandgirl.com
February 5, 2026 at 2:09 AM
Cat and Girl in Oz
Dorothy Gambrell’s Cat and Girl are somewhere in Oz. They started on the yellow brick road here :
catandgirl.com/were-off-to-...
Dorothy Gambrell’s Cat and Girl are somewhere in Oz. They started on the yellow brick road here :
catandgirl.com/were-off-to-...
two white-tailed does
curled up in the snow
asleep under the arbor vitae
curled up in the snow
asleep under the arbor vitae
January 26, 2026 at 2:43 PM
two white-tailed does
curled up in the snow
asleep under the arbor vitae
curled up in the snow
asleep under the arbor vitae
nineteen years of the Endless Bookshelf – The Endless Bookshelf
endlessbookshelf.net
January 25, 2026 at 2:28 AM
A singular interview with Gregory Feeley – The Endless Bookshelf
endlessbookshelf.net
January 23, 2026 at 1:24 PM
Dear Senator Booker @booker.senate.gov
You must speak up against the deranged lawless adventurism of the Trump administration! The reckless disregard for treaties internationally is one with the brutal attacks on civilians domestically, and will have consequences for all.
Henry Wessells
Montclair
You must speak up against the deranged lawless adventurism of the Trump administration! The reckless disregard for treaties internationally is one with the brutal attacks on civilians domestically, and will have consequences for all.
Henry Wessells
Montclair
January 21, 2026 at 12:09 PM
Dear Senator Booker @booker.senate.gov
You must speak up against the deranged lawless adventurism of the Trump administration! The reckless disregard for treaties internationally is one with the brutal attacks on civilians domestically, and will have consequences for all.
Henry Wessells
Montclair
You must speak up against the deranged lawless adventurism of the Trump administration! The reckless disregard for treaties internationally is one with the brutal attacks on civilians domestically, and will have consequences for all.
Henry Wessells
Montclair
Lolly Willowes at 100
Over at Wormwoodiana, I have a centenary celebration of Sylvia Townsend Warner’s Lolly Willowes or the Loving Huntsman
wormwoodiana.blogspot.com/2026/01/sylv...
Over at Wormwoodiana, I have a centenary celebration of Sylvia Townsend Warner’s Lolly Willowes or the Loving Huntsman
wormwoodiana.blogspot.com/2026/01/sylv...
Sylvia Townsend Warner's 'Lolly Willowes': A Guest Post by Henry Wessells
Sylvia Townsend Warner ’ s novel, Lolly Willowes or the Loving Huntsman , was first published a century ago by Chatto & Windus. It i...
wormwoodiana.blogspot.com
January 19, 2026 at 6:33 PM
Lolly Willowes at 100
Over at Wormwoodiana, I have a centenary celebration of Sylvia Townsend Warner’s Lolly Willowes or the Loving Huntsman
wormwoodiana.blogspot.com/2026/01/sylv...
Over at Wormwoodiana, I have a centenary celebration of Sylvia Townsend Warner’s Lolly Willowes or the Loving Huntsman
wormwoodiana.blogspot.com/2026/01/sylv...
the snow-rhododendrons of Montclair-Himalaya
/ occasional series
/ occasional series
January 18, 2026 at 4:39 PM
the snow-rhododendrons of Montclair-Himalaya
/ occasional series
/ occasional series
Excellent headline, Bruce :
If you ever wondered how science fiction writers live on after their death
/ file under : Avram Davidson
/ file under : Endless Bookshelf
brucesterling.tumblr.com/post/7961032...
If you ever wondered how science fiction writers live on after their death
/ file under : Avram Davidson
/ file under : Endless Bookshelf
brucesterling.tumblr.com/post/7961032...
brucesterling.tumblr.com
January 17, 2026 at 2:50 AM
Excellent headline, Bruce :
If you ever wondered how science fiction writers live on after their death
/ file under : Avram Davidson
/ file under : Endless Bookshelf
brucesterling.tumblr.com/post/7961032...
If you ever wondered how science fiction writers live on after their death
/ file under : Avram Davidson
/ file under : Endless Bookshelf
brucesterling.tumblr.com/post/7961032...
wow do I want to read this
Gary K. Wolfe on Michael Swanwick’s collection, The Universe Box, forthcoming from Tachyon
locusmag.com/review/the-u...
Gary K. Wolfe on Michael Swanwick’s collection, The Universe Box, forthcoming from Tachyon
locusmag.com/review/the-u...
The Universe Box by Michael Swanwick: Review by Gary K. Wolfe
The Universe Box, Michael Swanwick (Tachyon 978-1-61696-459-4, $18.95, 304pp, tp) February 2026. In the introduction to his new collection The Universe Box, Michael Swanwick tells us about his very…
locusmag.com
January 17, 2026 at 2:38 AM
wow do I want to read this
Gary K. Wolfe on Michael Swanwick’s collection, The Universe Box, forthcoming from Tachyon
locusmag.com/review/the-u...
Gary K. Wolfe on Michael Swanwick’s collection, The Universe Box, forthcoming from Tachyon
locusmag.com/review/the-u...
New York area book people
ABAA Bibliography Week Showcase
Weds. 21 January at L’Alliance Française
/ come say hello at booth 15 (Cummins)
bibliographyweek.org/2026/calendar
ABAA Bibliography Week Showcase
Weds. 21 January at L’Alliance Française
/ come say hello at booth 15 (Cummins)
bibliographyweek.org/2026/calendar
January 16, 2026 at 11:17 AM
New York area book people
ABAA Bibliography Week Showcase
Weds. 21 January at L’Alliance Française
/ come say hello at booth 15 (Cummins)
bibliographyweek.org/2026/calendar
ABAA Bibliography Week Showcase
Weds. 21 January at L’Alliance Française
/ come say hello at booth 15 (Cummins)
bibliographyweek.org/2026/calendar
Happy new year 2026
very few letters
[will be mostly away / offline for next several months to write the work in progress to completion, next update on 24 January]
/ from the archives :
endlessbookshelf.net/archive1010....
very few letters
[will be mostly away / offline for next several months to write the work in progress to completion, next update on 24 January]
/ from the archives :
endlessbookshelf.net/archive1010....
January 1, 2026 at 5:24 PM
Happy new year 2026
very few letters
[will be mostly away / offline for next several months to write the work in progress to completion, next update on 24 January]
/ from the archives :
endlessbookshelf.net/archive1010....
very few letters
[will be mostly away / offline for next several months to write the work in progress to completion, next update on 24 January]
/ from the archives :
endlessbookshelf.net/archive1010....
THE ELFLAND PREPOSITIONS
four highly original short stories interrogating our notions of Elfland & the border with the fields we know
‘elegant’ — Michael Dirda
‘outstanding’ — Rich Horton
last day at special sale price
/ please repost or tell your friends
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four highly original short stories interrogating our notions of Elfland & the border with the fields we know
‘elegant’ — Michael Dirda
‘outstanding’ — Rich Horton
last day at special sale price
/ please repost or tell your friends
temporary-culture.com/product/the-...
December 31, 2025 at 3:52 PM
THE ELFLAND PREPOSITIONS
four highly original short stories interrogating our notions of Elfland & the border with the fields we know
‘elegant’ — Michael Dirda
‘outstanding’ — Rich Horton
last day at special sale price
/ please repost or tell your friends
temporary-culture.com/product/the-...
four highly original short stories interrogating our notions of Elfland & the border with the fields we know
‘elegant’ — Michael Dirda
‘outstanding’ — Rich Horton
last day at special sale price
/ please repost or tell your friends
temporary-culture.com/product/the-...
“Two sculptural titans are thus now fittingly face-to-face, Rodin the culminating figure of an ancient representational tradition that was revived during the Renaissance and Calder the initiating figure of a modernist reconception that took the medium off its pedestal.” — Martin Filler on Calder
December 31, 2025 at 2:30 PM
“Two sculptural titans are thus now fittingly face-to-face, Rodin the culminating figure of an ancient representational tradition that was revived during the Renaissance and Calder the initiating figure of a modernist reconception that took the medium off its pedestal.” — Martin Filler on Calder
read this
/ lots of provocative fun & common sense
/ lots of provocative fun & common sense
Will I post this tomorrow once or twice for those precious New Year's Eve clicks?
Sure.
But why wait?
Sure.
But why wait?
in conclusion
[a few last thoughts for 2025]
open.substack.com
December 31, 2025 at 2:00 AM
read this
/ lots of provocative fun & common sense
/ lots of provocative fun & common sense
The Elfland Prepositions
four short stories interrogating the idea of Elfland & the border with our world
last two days at special sale price
temporary-culture.com/product/the-...
four short stories interrogating the idea of Elfland & the border with our world
last two days at special sale price
temporary-culture.com/product/the-...
December 29, 2025 at 5:08 PM
The Elfland Prepositions
four short stories interrogating the idea of Elfland & the border with our world
last two days at special sale price
temporary-culture.com/product/the-...
four short stories interrogating the idea of Elfland & the border with our world
last two days at special sale price
temporary-culture.com/product/the-...
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Hampstead Heath, 08:29
December 28, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Hampstead Heath, 08:29