Giedre Pavalkyte
@giedrep.bsky.social
Literature. Writing. Music. Languages. Photography. Nature. Cofounder of The Write Salon literary nonprofit.
Cofounder of @lib-parenthesis.bsky.social, a new bilingual bookshop in Lavapiés.
She/her.
Cofounder of @lib-parenthesis.bsky.social, a new bilingual bookshop in Lavapiés.
She/her.
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«Alegría de escribir.
Poder de eternizar.
Venganza de una mano mortal».
Wislawa Szymborska es la autora del mes en la librería Parent(h)esis de Madrid @lib-parenthesis.bsky.social.
No os perdáis esta preciosa librería, que abrieron hace un año en Lavapiés @giedrep.bsky.social y Eitan Felner.
Poder de eternizar.
Venganza de una mano mortal».
Wislawa Szymborska es la autora del mes en la librería Parent(h)esis de Madrid @lib-parenthesis.bsky.social.
No os perdáis esta preciosa librería, que abrieron hace un año en Lavapiés @giedrep.bsky.social y Eitan Felner.
November 25, 2025 at 4:52 PM
«Alegría de escribir.
Poder de eternizar.
Venganza de una mano mortal».
Wislawa Szymborska es la autora del mes en la librería Parent(h)esis de Madrid @lib-parenthesis.bsky.social.
No os perdáis esta preciosa librería, que abrieron hace un año en Lavapiés @giedrep.bsky.social y Eitan Felner.
Poder de eternizar.
Venganza de una mano mortal».
Wislawa Szymborska es la autora del mes en la librería Parent(h)esis de Madrid @lib-parenthesis.bsky.social.
No os perdáis esta preciosa librería, que abrieron hace un año en Lavapiés @giedrep.bsky.social y Eitan Felner.
Reposted by Giedre Pavalkyte
Queremos programar actividades por toda España, en solitario o en colaboración con otras entidades. ¿Nos ayudas?
November 7, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Queremos programar actividades por toda España, en solitario o en colaboración con otras entidades. ¿Nos ayudas?
“Maybe this is the truly weightless time, after the front page loses interest but before the history books arrive.”
- Omar El Akkad, “One Day Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This”
- Omar El Akkad, “One Day Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This”
October 5, 2025 at 5:06 PM
“Maybe this is the truly weightless time, after the front page loses interest but before the history books arrive.”
- Omar El Akkad, “One Day Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This”
- Omar El Akkad, “One Day Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This”
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No te pierdas nuestras próximas actividades: un conversatorio sobre Georgia O’Keeffe, un encuentro con la autora Vanessa Fabiano (en inglés), el club de lectura de #librosincómodos (en español e inglés), un taller de escritura con la autora María Ovelar y mucho más.
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September 22, 2025 at 1:45 PM
No te pierdas nuestras próximas actividades: un conversatorio sobre Georgia O’Keeffe, un encuentro con la autora Vanessa Fabiano (en inglés), el club de lectura de #librosincómodos (en español e inglés), un taller de escritura con la autora María Ovelar y mucho más.
linktr.ee/libreriaparenthesis
linktr.ee/libreriaparenthesis
#PoemOfTheDay
XVII
Hugo Mujica
Animal herido
nace el hombre
cojeando entre lo que es
y el no serlo nunca
del todo;
bastaría no quererlo todo,
bastaría hacer casa
en la herida
que somos.
XVII
Hugo Mujica
Animal herido
nace el hombre
cojeando entre lo que es
y el no serlo nunca
del todo;
bastaría no quererlo todo,
bastaría hacer casa
en la herida
que somos.
September 17, 2025 at 8:55 AM
#PoemOfTheDay
XVII
Hugo Mujica
Animal herido
nace el hombre
cojeando entre lo que es
y el no serlo nunca
del todo;
bastaría no quererlo todo,
bastaría hacer casa
en la herida
que somos.
XVII
Hugo Mujica
Animal herido
nace el hombre
cojeando entre lo que es
y el no serlo nunca
del todo;
bastaría no quererlo todo,
bastaría hacer casa
en la herida
que somos.
A coincidence or do bookstore spiders know how to read… spiderwebs?
September 7, 2025 at 3:15 PM
A coincidence or do bookstore spiders know how to read… spiderwebs?
“I know now, what I didn't then, that affection can't always be expressed in calm, orderly, articulate ways; and that one cannot prescribe the form it should take for anyone else.”
- Magda Szabó, “The Door”
- Magda Szabó, “The Door”
September 1, 2025 at 8:52 PM
“I know now, what I didn't then, that affection can't always be expressed in calm, orderly, articulate ways; and that one cannot prescribe the form it should take for anyone else.”
- Magda Szabó, “The Door”
- Magda Szabó, “The Door”
I had to read some of it twice, and it still reads like bad joke, only it’s not.
The digital afterlife industry may near $80 billion in a decade, fueled by AI "deadbots." Tech firms see profit. But experts warn of troubling consequences.
AI "deadbots" are persuasive — and researchers say, they're primed for monetization
The digital afterlife industry may near $80 billion in a decade, fueled by AI "deadbots." Tech firms see profit. But experts warn of troubling consequences.
n.pr
August 26, 2025 at 9:41 PM
I had to read some of it twice, and it still reads like bad joke, only it’s not.
Called my parents in Lithuania about the dates of a potential visit. Dad texts me saying they are in class. A few hours later we confirm the trip and I ask him what class it was. “One where they tell you how to prepare your backpack for emergency.” Yes, emergency=war, in case of doubts. They are 70.
August 26, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Called my parents in Lithuania about the dates of a potential visit. Dad texts me saying they are in class. A few hours later we confirm the trip and I ask him what class it was. “One where they tell you how to prepare your backpack for emergency.” Yes, emergency=war, in case of doubts. They are 70.
The intensity, the brilliance.
“I wonder why I don’t go to bed and go to sleep. But then it would be tomorrow, so I decide that no matter how tired, no matter how incoherent I am, I can skip one hour more of sleep and live.”
- Sylvia Plath, 1951 (she was 18)
“I wonder why I don’t go to bed and go to sleep. But then it would be tomorrow, so I decide that no matter how tired, no matter how incoherent I am, I can skip one hour more of sleep and live.”
- Sylvia Plath, 1951 (she was 18)
August 15, 2025 at 8:03 AM
The intensity, the brilliance.
“I wonder why I don’t go to bed and go to sleep. But then it would be tomorrow, so I decide that no matter how tired, no matter how incoherent I am, I can skip one hour more of sleep and live.”
- Sylvia Plath, 1951 (she was 18)
“I wonder why I don’t go to bed and go to sleep. But then it would be tomorrow, so I decide that no matter how tired, no matter how incoherent I am, I can skip one hour more of sleep and live.”
- Sylvia Plath, 1951 (she was 18)
Just a hedgehog snacking on figs at night.
August 13, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Just a hedgehog snacking on figs at night.
No comments necessary…
August 12, 2025 at 5:58 PM
No comments necessary…
“One of the many secrets to writing is paying attention to the small things in life. Making the micro macro.”
- Andrew Miller
- Andrew Miller
August 11, 2025 at 11:34 AM
“One of the many secrets to writing is paying attention to the small things in life. Making the micro macro.”
- Andrew Miller
- Andrew Miller
That rare moment when a bookseller has time to read…
August 6, 2025 at 3:17 PM
That rare moment when a bookseller has time to read…
A friend working in a national park in Lithuania shared this note with me, written in a guest book by visitors from Spain…
“Visitors from Baeza, Jaen, in the Baltic countries, wish you a prompt integration into the USSR.”
A tastless joke or…?
“Visitors from Baeza, Jaen, in the Baltic countries, wish you a prompt integration into the USSR.”
A tastless joke or…?
July 30, 2025 at 3:56 PM
A friend working in a national park in Lithuania shared this note with me, written in a guest book by visitors from Spain…
“Visitors from Baeza, Jaen, in the Baltic countries, wish you a prompt integration into the USSR.”
A tastless joke or…?
“Visitors from Baeza, Jaen, in the Baltic countries, wish you a prompt integration into the USSR.”
A tastless joke or…?
“The word 'freedom' gives rise to an important enticement, perhaps the most important enticement that can be expressed. We always wish to get away, and when there is no name for where we want to get to, when we do not know and there is no border in between, then we call it 'freedom'.”
Elias Canetti
Elias Canetti
July 26, 2025 at 9:54 PM
“The word 'freedom' gives rise to an important enticement, perhaps the most important enticement that can be expressed. We always wish to get away, and when there is no name for where we want to get to, when we do not know and there is no border in between, then we call it 'freedom'.”
Elias Canetti
Elias Canetti
In case you had doubts about ChatGPT getting dumber.. got this comment today on a text that mentioned Saturday, July 26th.
“Just one small detail: "Saturday 26/07" should be "Saturday 26/07" only if July 26 actually falls on a Saturday. But in 2025, July 26 is a Saturday, so you're good!”
“Just one small detail: "Saturday 26/07" should be "Saturday 26/07" only if July 26 actually falls on a Saturday. But in 2025, July 26 is a Saturday, so you're good!”
July 22, 2025 at 12:05 PM
In case you had doubts about ChatGPT getting dumber.. got this comment today on a text that mentioned Saturday, July 26th.
“Just one small detail: "Saturday 26/07" should be "Saturday 26/07" only if July 26 actually falls on a Saturday. But in 2025, July 26 is a Saturday, so you're good!”
“Just one small detail: "Saturday 26/07" should be "Saturday 26/07" only if July 26 actually falls on a Saturday. But in 2025, July 26 is a Saturday, so you're good!”
Found my Proust’s madeleine…
July 16, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Found my Proust’s madeleine…
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“I feel a troubling kind of opacity in my brain lately—as if reality were becoming illegible, as if language were a vessel with holes in the bottom and meaning was leaking all over the floor.” Jia Tolentino writes about how the internet broke her brain.
My Brain Finally Broke
Much of what we see now is fake, and the reality we face is full of horrors. More and more of the world is slipping beyond my comprehension.
www.newyorker.com
July 15, 2025 at 9:39 PM
“I feel a troubling kind of opacity in my brain lately—as if reality were becoming illegible, as if language were a vessel with holes in the bottom and meaning was leaking all over the floor.” Jia Tolentino writes about how the internet broke her brain.
For a happy several decades I seriously believed that ours were better times than ever..
www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-e...
www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-e...
Lavrov’s foreword to false Lithuanian history: it's a warning sign, says Swedish analyst
A newly published book in Russia distorting the history of Lithuania – complete with a foreword by Foreign Minister Serg...
www.lrt.lt
July 13, 2025 at 7:55 PM
For a happy several decades I seriously believed that ours were better times than ever..
www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-e...
www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-e...
#poemoftheday #poemadeldia
INVOCACIÓN
Raquel Lanseros
Que no crezca jamás en mis entrañas
esa calma aparente llamada escepticismo.
Huya yo del resabio,
del cinismo,
de la imparcialidad de hombros encogidos.
Crea yo siempre en la vida
crea yo siempre
en las mil infinitas posibilidades.
INVOCACIÓN
Raquel Lanseros
Que no crezca jamás en mis entrañas
esa calma aparente llamada escepticismo.
Huya yo del resabio,
del cinismo,
de la imparcialidad de hombros encogidos.
Crea yo siempre en la vida
crea yo siempre
en las mil infinitas posibilidades.
July 7, 2025 at 8:06 AM
#poemoftheday #poemadeldia
INVOCACIÓN
Raquel Lanseros
Que no crezca jamás en mis entrañas
esa calma aparente llamada escepticismo.
Huya yo del resabio,
del cinismo,
de la imparcialidad de hombros encogidos.
Crea yo siempre en la vida
crea yo siempre
en las mil infinitas posibilidades.
INVOCACIÓN
Raquel Lanseros
Que no crezca jamás en mis entrañas
esa calma aparente llamada escepticismo.
Huya yo del resabio,
del cinismo,
de la imparcialidad de hombros encogidos.
Crea yo siempre en la vida
crea yo siempre
en las mil infinitas posibilidades.
Con lo que está pasando en el mundo, no es fácil dar con una lectura que nos recuerde que el humor (y el amor) puede sobrevivir a los años y tiempos difíciles. No es simplemente un intercambio de cartas entre Szymborska y Filipowicz: se cuelan también alter egos, personajes inventados.. y mucha luz.
June 25, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Con lo que está pasando en el mundo, no es fácil dar con una lectura que nos recuerde que el humor (y el amor) puede sobrevivir a los años y tiempos difíciles. No es simplemente un intercambio de cartas entre Szymborska y Filipowicz: se cuelan también alter egos, personajes inventados.. y mucha luz.
Reposted by Giedre Pavalkyte
The bombings will continue until peace improves
Trump: "This cannot continue. There will be either peace of there will be tragedy for Iran far greater than we have witnessed over the last 8 days. There are many targets left...If peace does not come quickly we will go after those targets with precision, speed, and skill."
June 22, 2025 at 2:25 AM
The bombings will continue until peace improves
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¡Qué ganas de que llegue el miércoles, 25 de junio, ya! Jesús Alacid, el experto en la narrativa de Agustín Gómez Arcos, conversará con Laura Casielles de la editorial s@cabaretvoltaire.bsky.social sobre este autor incómodo y profundamente necesario.
Apúntate aquí: agustingomezarcos.eventbrite.com
Apúntate aquí: agustingomezarcos.eventbrite.com
June 14, 2025 at 8:39 PM
¡Qué ganas de que llegue el miércoles, 25 de junio, ya! Jesús Alacid, el experto en la narrativa de Agustín Gómez Arcos, conversará con Laura Casielles de la editorial s@cabaretvoltaire.bsky.social sobre este autor incómodo y profundamente necesario.
Apúntate aquí: agustingomezarcos.eventbrite.com
Apúntate aquí: agustingomezarcos.eventbrite.com
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Os dejamos por aquí el resumen de eventos y actividades que hemos planificado para las próximas semanas / Here’s the summary of events and actitivies we’ve planned for the next weeks:
libreriaparenthesis.substack.com/p/conversaci...
libreriaparenthesis.substack.com/p/conversaci...
Conversaciones, lecturas, el club #leyendoelmundo, poesía y música / Conversations, readings, #readtheworld club, poetry & music
Os contamos las actividades y eventos que hemos preparado para las próximas semanas / Here’s what we’ve prepared for the next few weeks
libreriaparenthesis.substack.com
June 13, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Os dejamos por aquí el resumen de eventos y actividades que hemos planificado para las próximas semanas / Here’s the summary of events and actitivies we’ve planned for the next weeks:
libreriaparenthesis.substack.com/p/conversaci...
libreriaparenthesis.substack.com/p/conversaci...