Israel A. Bonilla
@israelbonilla.bsky.social
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Here's the first page of Sleep Decades (@malarkeybooks.bsky.social), my debut short story collection.
You can find it here: malarkeybooks.com/sleep-decades.
You can find it here: malarkeybooks.com/sleep-decades.
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Our books won’t save the world but they can remind you of how good this place can be.
November 30, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Our books won’t save the world but they can remind you of how good this place can be.
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We're thrilled to have @israelbonilla.bsky.social —"One of the great prose stylists around right now" according to our very own @alvinlu.bsky.social— back in our latest issue!
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November 25, 2025 at 4:31 PM
We're thrilled to have @israelbonilla.bsky.social —"One of the great prose stylists around right now" according to our very own @alvinlu.bsky.social— back in our latest issue!
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One of the great prose stylists around right now, @israelbonilla.bsky.social, takes a turn to noir, in Guadalajara, with this excerpt from Cityscape with Sybarites. Just a hint of what's to come in this novel, where modes and settings journey further afield. For now, though, you'll have this.
from Cityscape with Sybarites | Issue 33
By Israel Bonilla — "The cellphone’s alarm woke me up to a bunch of pillows, a crumpled blanket, and the pungent smell of my armpits. I hadn’t registered Marina’s absence; her belongings were gone."
yourimpossiblevoice.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:30 PM
One of the great prose stylists around right now, @israelbonilla.bsky.social, takes a turn to noir, in Guadalajara, with this excerpt from Cityscape with Sybarites. Just a hint of what's to come in this novel, where modes and settings journey further afield. For now, though, you'll have this.
Here is an excerpt from Cityscape with Sybarites, my second novel: yourimpossiblevoice.com/from-citysca...
As ever, very grateful to Alvin and Keith.
As ever, very grateful to Alvin and Keith.
November 19, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Here is an excerpt from Cityscape with Sybarites, my second novel: yourimpossiblevoice.com/from-citysca...
As ever, very grateful to Alvin and Keith.
As ever, very grateful to Alvin and Keith.
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One year later, this collection still stuns.
“We have two sides and two sides only: that of the *potheads* and that of the *tietwats*. I, who have had my stay with both, wish to call attention to a true middle position.”
“We have two sides and two sides only: that of the *potheads* and that of the *tietwats*. I, who have had my stay with both, wish to call attention to a true middle position.”
November 6, 2025 at 10:22 PM
One year later, this collection still stuns.
“We have two sides and two sides only: that of the *potheads* and that of the *tietwats*. I, who have had my stay with both, wish to call attention to a true middle position.”
“We have two sides and two sides only: that of the *potheads* and that of the *tietwats*. I, who have had my stay with both, wish to call attention to a true middle position.”
It has been a year since the publication of Sleep Decades (@malarkeybooks.bsky.social), my debut short story collection. Throughout the month, I will be sharing a couple of reviews and some notes on the stories.
malarkeybooks.com/sleep-decades
malarkeybooks.com/sleep-decades
November 5, 2025 at 9:35 PM
It has been a year since the publication of Sleep Decades (@malarkeybooks.bsky.social), my debut short story collection. Throughout the month, I will be sharing a couple of reviews and some notes on the stories.
malarkeybooks.com/sleep-decades
malarkeybooks.com/sleep-decades
Melville indulging his inner (and always irrepressible) Thersites—
October 21, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Melville indulging his inner (and always irrepressible) Thersites—
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i think a publisher agreeing to publish my second short story collection, "The Eyes of Saint Lucia" (~80K words in length) is just the sort of good, hopeful news that could bring this troubled nation together
October 20, 2025 at 5:44 PM
i think a publisher agreeing to publish my second short story collection, "The Eyes of Saint Lucia" (~80K words in length) is just the sort of good, hopeful news that could bring this troubled nation together
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Ah, lists. What I came up with for my Top 5 Books. @israelbonilla.bsky.social @nateknapp.bsky.social @dreamsofbeing.bsky.social
Some thoughts & books from our 2026 Ronald Sukenick Innovative Fiction Contest Judge @alvinlu.bsky.social ~ Submissions are open until November 1st ~ award is publication and $3,000 ~ learn more: fc2.org/prizes/
September 8, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Ah, lists. What I came up with for my Top 5 Books. @israelbonilla.bsky.social @nateknapp.bsky.social @dreamsofbeing.bsky.social
A dialogue on Luigi Pirandello's The Late Mattia Pascal: israelabonilla.wixsite.com/website/post...
August 31, 2025 at 5:51 PM
A dialogue on Luigi Pirandello's The Late Mattia Pascal: israelabonilla.wixsite.com/website/post...
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Picked up the print proof from Bookmobile just now and it is gorgeous. Our first book to feature color photos and it is printed in the most glorious paper.
If the night dies, let me die with the night
And if my shadow doesn’t grow old,
Take my breath to sea and bury it next to the skyline
If the night dies, let me kiss you goodnight
—Vi Khi Nao, My Ardent Love for the Pencil
malarkeybooks.com/store/myarde...
And if my shadow doesn’t grow old,
Take my breath to sea and bury it next to the skyline
If the night dies, let me kiss you goodnight
—Vi Khi Nao, My Ardent Love for the Pencil
malarkeybooks.com/store/myarde...
My Ardent Love for the Pencil, a poetry collection by Vi Khi Nao — Malarkey
September 2025 My Ardent Love for the Pencil moves like a sloth in silk: slowly, precisely, gorgeously. What is it to exist in such a way that life, love, and literature are linked so tightly...
malarkeybooks.com
July 29, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Picked up the print proof from Bookmobile just now and it is gorgeous. Our first book to feature color photos and it is printed in the most glorious paper.
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#017 – "3 Poems from 'Lyrics'" by Israel A. Bonilla (@israelbonilla.bsky.social)
KEEP PLANNING – Israel A. Bonilla
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July 18, 2025 at 9:22 PM
#017 – "3 Poems from 'Lyrics'" by Israel A. Bonilla (@israelbonilla.bsky.social)
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Get 20% off @israelbonilla.bsky.social’s collection, Sleep Decades, with code SELLOUT. An impossible book to sum up or pitch in one sentence, but if you care about sentences, this is a must-read. Will post a review below:
malarkeybooks.com/store/sleepd...
malarkeybooks.com/store/sleepd...
Sleep Decades, stories by Israel A. Bonilla — Malarkey
Preorder. Ships in November 2024. Sleep Decades presents a mosaic of individuals who have grown into their identities with a mixture of verve and unease. There is the nomadic mother and her s...
malarkeybooks.com
July 22, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Get 20% off @israelbonilla.bsky.social’s collection, Sleep Decades, with code SELLOUT. An impossible book to sum up or pitch in one sentence, but if you care about sentences, this is a must-read. Will post a review below:
malarkeybooks.com/store/sleepd...
malarkeybooks.com/store/sleepd...
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Lovely post today from @paradiseeditions.bsky.social
Phoretics, by @israelbonilla.bsky.social
Beautiful production by @unpaginated.bsky.social Exquisite layout and typesetting. Hand-sewn.
Phoretics, by @israelbonilla.bsky.social
Beautiful production by @unpaginated.bsky.social Exquisite layout and typesetting. Hand-sewn.
July 14, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Lovely post today from @paradiseeditions.bsky.social
Phoretics, by @israelbonilla.bsky.social
Beautiful production by @unpaginated.bsky.social Exquisite layout and typesetting. Hand-sewn.
Phoretics, by @israelbonilla.bsky.social
Beautiful production by @unpaginated.bsky.social Exquisite layout and typesetting. Hand-sewn.
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It took a long time but here are the books we’re going to publish in the next three years:
malarkeybooks.com/news/2025/6/...
malarkeybooks.com/news/2025/6/...
New Books on the Way! — Malarkey
In the interest of time, sanity, stress levels, and financial stability, we have decided to slow down a bit. We published thirteen books in 2022, then nine each in 2023 and 2024, counting Death of Pri...
malarkeybooks.com
July 2, 2025 at 1:51 PM
It took a long time but here are the books we’re going to publish in the next three years:
malarkeybooks.com/news/2025/6/...
malarkeybooks.com/news/2025/6/...
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"In every conquest of expression, we seem to find an affront to our feigned versatility. That is what we are—standing against time, no longer fleeting ..."
Phoretics: After Hazlitt — @israelbonilla.bsky.social
@paradiseeditions.bsky.social
minorliteratures.com/2025/06/19/p...
Phoretics: After Hazlitt — @israelbonilla.bsky.social
@paradiseeditions.bsky.social
minorliteratures.com/2025/06/19/p...
Phoretics: After Hazlitt — Israel A. Bonilla
1. Life surpasses all attempts at capture, and so we fool ourselves by reducing it to a few moments of great intensity. Not without consequence: our viewpoint shifts in radical succession, and we r…
minorliteratures.com
June 19, 2025 at 4:46 PM
"In every conquest of expression, we seem to find an affront to our feigned versatility. That is what we are—standing against time, no longer fleeting ..."
Phoretics: After Hazlitt — @israelbonilla.bsky.social
@paradiseeditions.bsky.social
minorliteratures.com/2025/06/19/p...
Phoretics: After Hazlitt — @israelbonilla.bsky.social
@paradiseeditions.bsky.social
minorliteratures.com/2025/06/19/p...
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-The artist must remember that art traverses the body. Inspiration is the tremor that entangles with a sudden image.-
Absolutely glorious stuff from @israelbonilla.bsky.social
[exceptional morning bath reading for sick girls]
Absolutely glorious stuff from @israelbonilla.bsky.social
[exceptional morning bath reading for sick girls]
Phoretics: After Hazlitt — Israel A. Bonilla ( @israelbonilla.bsky.social )
minorliteratures.com/2025/06/19/p...
minorliteratures.com/2025/06/19/p...
Phoretics: After Hazlitt — Israel A. Bonilla
1. Life surpasses all attempts at capture, and so we fool ourselves by reducing it to a few moments of great intensity. Not without consequence: our viewpoint shifts in radical succession, and we r…
minorliteratures.com
June 19, 2025 at 10:13 AM
-The artist must remember that art traverses the body. Inspiration is the tremor that entangles with a sudden image.-
Absolutely glorious stuff from @israelbonilla.bsky.social
[exceptional morning bath reading for sick girls]
Absolutely glorious stuff from @israelbonilla.bsky.social
[exceptional morning bath reading for sick girls]
New excerpt from Phoretics (@paradiseeditions.bsky.social) in @minorliteratures.bsky.social: minorliteratures.com/2025/06/19/p...
A playful set of aphorisms on the interstices of Hazlitt's oeuvre.
It's always a pleasure to appear in such an out-of-the-way magazine.
A playful set of aphorisms on the interstices of Hazlitt's oeuvre.
It's always a pleasure to appear in such an out-of-the-way magazine.
June 20, 2025 at 1:26 AM
New excerpt from Phoretics (@paradiseeditions.bsky.social) in @minorliteratures.bsky.social: minorliteratures.com/2025/06/19/p...
A playful set of aphorisms on the interstices of Hazlitt's oeuvre.
It's always a pleasure to appear in such an out-of-the-way magazine.
A playful set of aphorisms on the interstices of Hazlitt's oeuvre.
It's always a pleasure to appear in such an out-of-the-way magazine.
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and coming up this week ...
— more adventures in anonymity
— an extract from @israelbonilla.bsky.social 's new book with @paradiseeditions.bsky.social PHORETICS
— more adventures in anonymity
— an extract from @israelbonilla.bsky.social 's new book with @paradiseeditions.bsky.social PHORETICS
June 15, 2025 at 8:22 AM
and coming up this week ...
— more adventures in anonymity
— an extract from @israelbonilla.bsky.social 's new book with @paradiseeditions.bsky.social PHORETICS
— more adventures in anonymity
— an extract from @israelbonilla.bsky.social 's new book with @paradiseeditions.bsky.social PHORETICS
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an incredible (and hand-made!!!) pamphlet from @paradiseeditions.bsky.social and written by @israelbonilla.bsky.social. strongly encourage you to get this one!
June 16, 2025 at 3:43 PM
an incredible (and hand-made!!!) pamphlet from @paradiseeditions.bsky.social and written by @israelbonilla.bsky.social. strongly encourage you to get this one!
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Putting four of these story bag bundles together: for $60 you get a Malarkey tote and books by @israelbonilla.bsky.social, @badguybirnie.bsky.social and @matthewzmuller.bsky.social
malarkeybooks.com/store/storybag
malarkeybooks.com/store/storybag
Story Bag — Malarkey
A limited time deal: get three story collections and a tote for $60. Sleep Decades by Israel A. Bonilla First Aid for Choking Victims by Matthew Zanoni Muller Where the Pavement Turns to Sand by ...
malarkeybooks.com
June 11, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Putting four of these story bag bundles together: for $60 you get a Malarkey tote and books by @israelbonilla.bsky.social, @badguybirnie.bsky.social and @matthewzmuller.bsky.social
malarkeybooks.com/store/storybag
malarkeybooks.com/store/storybag
New poem in the latest issue of RIC journal: ricjournal.com/2025/06/06/d...
June 6, 2025 at 7:29 PM
New poem in the latest issue of RIC journal: ricjournal.com/2025/06/06/d...
June 6, 2025 at 12:19 AM
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If Homer were alive today, he'd be three thousand years old and I like to think would have written something like "The Temperance of Heretics". I also recommend taking in this mind-bender—actually by Steve Barbaro of @new-sinews.bsky.social fame—in one sitting if at all possible for maximum effect.
June 3, 2025 at 4:33 PM
If Homer were alive today, he'd be three thousand years old and I like to think would have written something like "The Temperance of Heretics". I also recommend taking in this mind-bender—actually by Steve Barbaro of @new-sinews.bsky.social fame—in one sitting if at all possible for maximum effect.