L'Esprit Literary Review
@lespritlit.bsky.social
In Mediam Mentem. Consciousness-forward fiction and thought.
Championing fearless writing in short fiction, criticism, and literary nonfiction. Publishing in a revolutionary spirit.
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Championing fearless writing in short fiction, criticism, and literary nonfiction. Publishing in a revolutionary spirit.
Words: lespritliteraryreview.submittable.com/submit (Subs OPEN)
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2026 Leopold Bloom Prize for Innovative Narration
L’Esprit Literary Review Judged by Michael Nath I like fiction that banquets the reader. Too much fiction now follows a strict diet. Michael Nath Original portrait of Leopold Bloom drawn by I…
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The 2026 Leopold Bloom Prize for Innovative Narration is open!
We’re looking for short fiction exhibiting exceptional ingenuity and vision in narration. All entries receive a digital copy of Issue Seven and are considered for publication!
lespritliteraryreview.org/2026-leopold...
#modernism
#modernism
#callforsubmissions: L'Esprit seeks stories, CNF, essays, translation, reviews.
Consciousness-forward, language-driven, risk-adept.
Send us writing beyond convention.
G’Lines and open calls:
Consciousness-forward, language-driven, risk-adept.
Send us writing beyond convention.
G’Lines and open calls:
Submission Guidelines
L’Esprit Literary Review publishes work written in the fearless, risk-adept, and revolutionary spirit of High Modernism. We accept short fiction, creative non-fiction, novel extracts, literar…
lespritliteraryreview.org
November 14, 2025 at 3:15 PM
#callforsubmissions: L'Esprit seeks stories, CNF, essays, translation, reviews.
Consciousness-forward, language-driven, risk-adept.
Send us writing beyond convention.
G’Lines and open calls:
Consciousness-forward, language-driven, risk-adept.
Send us writing beyond convention.
G’Lines and open calls:
The 2026 Leopold Bloom Prize for Innovative Narration is open!
We’re looking for short fiction exhibiting exceptional ingenuity and vision in narration. All entries receive a digital copy of Issue Seven and are considered for publication!
lespritliteraryreview.org/2026-leopold...
#modernism
#modernism
2026 Leopold Bloom Prize for Innovative Narration
L’Esprit Literary Review Judged by Michael Nath I like fiction that banquets the reader. Too much fiction now follows a strict diet. Michael Nath Original portrait of Leopold Bloom drawn by I…
lespritliteraryreview.org
November 13, 2025 at 11:06 PM
The 2026 Leopold Bloom Prize for Innovative Narration is open!
We’re looking for short fiction exhibiting exceptional ingenuity and vision in narration. All entries receive a digital copy of Issue Seven and are considered for publication!
lespritliteraryreview.org/2026-leopold...
#modernism
#modernism
#callforsubmissions: L'Esprit seeks stories, CNF, essays, translation, reviews.
Consciousness-forward, language-driven, risk-adept.
Send us writing beyond convention.
G’Lines and open calls:
Consciousness-forward, language-driven, risk-adept.
Send us writing beyond convention.
G’Lines and open calls:
Submission Guidelines
L’Esprit Literary Review publishes work written in the fearless, risk-adept, and revolutionary spirit of High Modernism. We accept short fiction, creative non-fiction, novel extracts, literar…
lespritliteraryreview.org
November 13, 2025 at 3:04 PM
#callforsubmissions: L'Esprit seeks stories, CNF, essays, translation, reviews.
Consciousness-forward, language-driven, risk-adept.
Send us writing beyond convention.
G’Lines and open calls:
Consciousness-forward, language-driven, risk-adept.
Send us writing beyond convention.
G’Lines and open calls:
The latest episode of our podcast is up!
open.substack.com/pub/1882lite... Check out all our episodes—and show notes—over at our Substack, @indirectbooks
#modernism
#Essays
#bookreviews
#litmag
#shortstories
#creativewriting
#independentpublishing
open.substack.com/pub/1882lite... Check out all our episodes—and show notes—over at our Substack, @indirectbooks
#modernism
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#creativewriting
#independentpublishing
It Was His Sayings One Remembered: Mrs Woolf and Mrs Dalloway
The Cordelivres Criticism Club begins the Dalloway series
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November 7, 2025 at 11:16 PM
The latest episode of our podcast is up!
open.substack.com/pub/1882lite... Check out all our episodes—and show notes—over at our Substack, @indirectbooks
#modernism
#Essays
#bookreviews
#litmag
#shortstories
#creativewriting
#independentpublishing
open.substack.com/pub/1882lite... Check out all our episodes—and show notes—over at our Substack, @indirectbooks
#modernism
#Essays
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#litmag
#shortstories
#creativewriting
#independentpublishing
The 2026 Leopold Bloom Prize for Innovative Narration is open!
We’re looking for short fiction exhibiting exceptional ingenuity and vision in narration. All entries receive a digital copy of Issue Seven and are considered for publication!
lespritliteraryreview.org/2026-leopold...
#modernism
#modernism
2026 Leopold Bloom Prize for Innovative Narration
L’Esprit Literary Review Judged by Michael Nath I like fiction that banquets the reader. Too much fiction now follows a strict diet. Michael Nath Original portrait of Leopold Bloom drawn by I…
lespritliteraryreview.org
November 7, 2025 at 3:15 PM
The 2026 Leopold Bloom Prize for Innovative Narration is open!
We’re looking for short fiction exhibiting exceptional ingenuity and vision in narration. All entries receive a digital copy of Issue Seven and are considered for publication!
lespritliteraryreview.org/2026-leopold...
#modernism
#modernism
Flashback to our Winter 25 Quarterly!
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On Novels and Forms
Quarterly Volume X || Winter 2025 Chers amis de L’Esprit, Bienvenue à our tenth quarterly, Winter 2025! In this edition, we have a major announcement (!), plus journal news, calls for submiss…
lespritliteraryreview.org
November 6, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Flashback to our Winter 25 Quarterly!
lespritliteraryreview.org/2025/02/02/o...
To subscribe to future Quarterlies, sign up at this link: substack.com/@indirectbooks
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The latest episode of our podcast is up!
open.substack.com/pub/1882lite... Check out all our episodes—and show notes—over at our Substack, @indirectbooks
#modernism
#Essays
#bookreviews
#litmag
#shortstories
#creativewriting
#independentpublishing
open.substack.com/pub/1882lite... Check out all our episodes—and show notes—over at our Substack, @indirectbooks
#modernism
#Essays
#bookreviews
#litmag
#shortstories
#creativewriting
#independentpublishing
It Was His Sayings One Remembered: Mrs Woolf and Mrs Dalloway
The Cordelivres Criticism Club begins the Dalloway series
open.substack.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:04 PM
The latest episode of our podcast is up!
open.substack.com/pub/1882lite... Check out all our episodes—and show notes—over at our Substack, @indirectbooks
#modernism
#Essays
#bookreviews
#litmag
#shortstories
#creativewriting
#independentpublishing
open.substack.com/pub/1882lite... Check out all our episodes—and show notes—over at our Substack, @indirectbooks
#modernism
#Essays
#bookreviews
#litmag
#shortstories
#creativewriting
#independentpublishing
The 2026 Leopold Bloom Prize for Innovative Narration is open!
We’re looking for short fiction exhibiting exceptional ingenuity and vision in narration. All entries receive a digital copy of Issue Seven and are considered for publication!
lespritliteraryreview.org/2026-leopold...
#modernism
#modernism
2026 Leopold Bloom Prize for Innovative Narration
L’Esprit Literary Review Judged by Michael Nath I like fiction that banquets the reader. Too much fiction now follows a strict diet. Michael Nath Original portrait of Leopold Bloom drawn by I…
lespritliteraryreview.org
November 5, 2025 at 11:19 PM
The 2026 Leopold Bloom Prize for Innovative Narration is open!
We’re looking for short fiction exhibiting exceptional ingenuity and vision in narration. All entries receive a digital copy of Issue Seven and are considered for publication!
lespritliteraryreview.org/2026-leopold...
#modernism
#modernism
#callforsubmissions: L'Esprit seeks stories, CNF, essays, translation, reviews.
Consciousness-forward, language-driven, risk-adept.
Send us writing beyond convention.
G’Lines and open calls:
Consciousness-forward, language-driven, risk-adept.
Send us writing beyond convention.
G’Lines and open calls:
Submission Guidelines
L’Esprit Literary Review publishes work written in the fearless, risk-adept, and revolutionary spirit of High Modernism. We accept short fiction, creative non-fiction, novel extracts, literar…
lespritliteraryreview.org
November 5, 2025 at 3:25 PM
#callforsubmissions: L'Esprit seeks stories, CNF, essays, translation, reviews.
Consciousness-forward, language-driven, risk-adept.
Send us writing beyond convention.
G’Lines and open calls:
Consciousness-forward, language-driven, risk-adept.
Send us writing beyond convention.
G’Lines and open calls:
Our brand new Bookshop site is now live! Help support fearless writing by purchasing back issues in print!
L’Esprit merch is also available—shirts, mugs, candles, totes!
Find everything over at the Indirect Press bookshop:
indirectbooks.org/bookshop/
Merci!
#WritingCommunity
#litmag
L’Esprit merch is also available—shirts, mugs, candles, totes!
Find everything over at the Indirect Press bookshop:
indirectbooks.org/bookshop/
Merci!
#WritingCommunity
#litmag
Bookshop
Find merchandise for Indirect Books and L’Esprit Literary Review–collectively, 1882 Literary–here, along with back issues of L’Esprit and forthcoming titles from Indirect. 1…
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November 4, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Our brand new Bookshop site is now live! Help support fearless writing by purchasing back issues in print!
L’Esprit merch is also available—shirts, mugs, candles, totes!
Find everything over at the Indirect Press bookshop:
indirectbooks.org/bookshop/
Merci!
#WritingCommunity
#litmag
L’Esprit merch is also available—shirts, mugs, candles, totes!
Find everything over at the Indirect Press bookshop:
indirectbooks.org/bookshop/
Merci!
#WritingCommunity
#litmag
The 2026 Leopold Bloom Prize for Innovative Narration is open!
We’re looking for short fiction exhibiting exceptional ingenuity and vision in narration. All entries receive a digital copy of Issue Seven and a month of Chill Subs membership!
2026 Leopold Bloom Prize for Innovative Narration
L’Esprit Literary Review Judged by Michael Nath I like fiction that banquets the reader. Too much fiction now follows a strict diet. Michael Nath Original portrait of Leopold Bloom drawn by I…
lespritliteraryreview.org
November 4, 2025 at 3:46 PM
The 2026 Leopold Bloom Prize for Innovative Narration is open!
We’re looking for short fiction exhibiting exceptional ingenuity and vision in narration. All entries receive a digital copy of Issue Seven and a month of Chill Subs membership!
The 2026 Leopold Bloom Prize for Innovative Narration is open!
We’re looking for short fiction exhibiting exceptional ingenuity and vision in narration. All entries receive a digital copy of Issue Seven and a month of Chill Subs membership!
2026 Leopold Bloom Prize for Innovative Narration
L’Esprit Literary Review Judged by Michael Nath I like fiction that banquets the reader. Too much fiction now follows a strict diet. Michael Nath Original portrait of Leopold Bloom drawn by I…
lespritliteraryreview.org
November 3, 2025 at 11:50 PM
The 2026 Leopold Bloom Prize for Innovative Narration is open!
We’re looking for short fiction exhibiting exceptional ingenuity and vision in narration. All entries receive a digital copy of Issue Seven and a month of Chill Subs membership!
#callforsubmissions: L'Esprit seeks stories, essays, translation, reviews.
Consciousness-forward, language-driven, risk-adept. Send us writing beyond convention.
G’Lines + open calls: lespritliteraryreview.org/submission-g...
#modernism
#Essays
#bookreviews
#litmag
#shortstories
#creativewriting
Consciousness-forward, language-driven, risk-adept. Send us writing beyond convention.
G’Lines + open calls: lespritliteraryreview.org/submission-g...
#modernism
#Essays
#bookreviews
#litmag
#shortstories
#creativewriting
Submission Guidelines
L’Esprit Literary Review publishes work written in the fearless, risk-adept, and revolutionary spirit of High Modernism. We accept short fiction, creative non-fiction, novel extracts, literar…
lespritliteraryreview.org
November 3, 2025 at 3:08 PM
#callforsubmissions: L'Esprit seeks stories, essays, translation, reviews.
Consciousness-forward, language-driven, risk-adept. Send us writing beyond convention.
G’Lines + open calls: lespritliteraryreview.org/submission-g...
#modernism
#Essays
#bookreviews
#litmag
#shortstories
#creativewriting
Consciousness-forward, language-driven, risk-adept. Send us writing beyond convention.
G’Lines + open calls: lespritliteraryreview.org/submission-g...
#modernism
#Essays
#bookreviews
#litmag
#shortstories
#creativewriting
#callforsubmissions: L'Esprit seeks stories, CNF, essays, translation, reviews.
Consciousness-forward, language-driven, risk-adept.
Send us writing beyond convention.
G’Lines and open calls:
Consciousness-forward, language-driven, risk-adept.
Send us writing beyond convention.
G’Lines and open calls:
Submission Guidelines
L’Esprit Literary Review publishes work written in the fearless, risk-adept, and revolutionary spirit of High Modernism. We accept short fiction, creative non-fiction, novel extracts, literar…
lespritliteraryreview.org
November 2, 2025 at 9:10 PM
#callforsubmissions: L'Esprit seeks stories, CNF, essays, translation, reviews.
Consciousness-forward, language-driven, risk-adept.
Send us writing beyond convention.
G’Lines and open calls:
Consciousness-forward, language-driven, risk-adept.
Send us writing beyond convention.
G’Lines and open calls:
The 2026 Leopold Bloom Prize for Innovative Narration is open!
We’re looking for short fiction exhibiting exceptional ingenuity and vision in narration. All entries receive a digital copy of Issue Seven and a month of Chill Subs membership!
2026 Leopold Bloom Prize for Innovative Narration
L’Esprit Literary Review Judged by Michael Nath I like fiction that banquets the reader. Too much fiction now follows a strict diet. Michael Nath Original portrait of Leopold Bloom drawn by I…
lespritliteraryreview.org
November 2, 2025 at 5:27 PM
The 2026 Leopold Bloom Prize for Innovative Narration is open!
We’re looking for short fiction exhibiting exceptional ingenuity and vision in narration. All entries receive a digital copy of Issue Seven and a month of Chill Subs membership!
Our brand new Bookshop site is now live! Help support fearless writing by purchasing back issues in print!
L’Esprit merch is also available—shirts, mugs, candles, totes!
Find everything over at the Indirect Press bookshop:
indirectbooks.org/bookshop/
Merci!
#WritingCommunity
#litmag
L’Esprit merch is also available—shirts, mugs, candles, totes!
Find everything over at the Indirect Press bookshop:
indirectbooks.org/bookshop/
Merci!
#WritingCommunity
#litmag
Bookshop
Find merchandise for Indirect Books and L’Esprit Literary Review–collectively, 1882 Literary–here, along with back issues of L’Esprit and forthcoming titles from Indirect. 1…
indirectbooks.org
November 1, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Our brand new Bookshop site is now live! Help support fearless writing by purchasing back issues in print!
L’Esprit merch is also available—shirts, mugs, candles, totes!
Find everything over at the Indirect Press bookshop:
indirectbooks.org/bookshop/
Merci!
#WritingCommunity
#litmag
L’Esprit merch is also available—shirts, mugs, candles, totes!
Find everything over at the Indirect Press bookshop:
indirectbooks.org/bookshop/
Merci!
#WritingCommunity
#litmag
The latest episode of our podcast is up!
1882literary.substack.com/p/the-past-a... Check out all our episodes—and show notes—over at our Substack, @indirectbooks
#modernism
#Essays
#bookreviews
#litmag
#shortstories
#creativewriting
#independentpublishing
1882literary.substack.com/p/the-past-a... Check out all our episodes—and show notes—over at our Substack, @indirectbooks
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The Past As A Place We Can Find: A Conversation with Lincoln Hirn
Our inaugural Past Contributor Conversation!
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November 1, 2025 at 4:27 PM
The latest episode of our podcast is up!
1882literary.substack.com/p/the-past-a... Check out all our episodes—and show notes—over at our Substack, @indirectbooks
#modernism
#Essays
#bookreviews
#litmag
#shortstories
#creativewriting
#independentpublishing
1882literary.substack.com/p/the-past-a... Check out all our episodes—and show notes—over at our Substack, @indirectbooks
#modernism
#Essays
#bookreviews
#litmag
#shortstories
#creativewriting
#independentpublishing
Flashback to our Winter 25 Quarterly!
lespritliteraryreview.org/2025/02/02/o...
To subscribe to future Quarterlies, sign up at this link: substack.com/@indirectbooks
lespritliteraryreview.org/2025/02/02/o...
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On Novels and Forms
Quarterly Volume X || Winter 2025 Chers amis de L’Esprit, Bienvenue à our tenth quarterly, Winter 2025! In this edition, we have a major announcement (!), plus journal news, calls for submiss…
lespritliteraryreview.org
October 31, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Flashback to our Winter 25 Quarterly!
lespritliteraryreview.org/2025/02/02/o...
To subscribe to future Quarterlies, sign up at this link: substack.com/@indirectbooks
lespritliteraryreview.org/2025/02/02/o...
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The 2026 Leopold Bloom Prize for Innovative Narration is open!
We’re looking for short fiction exhibiting exceptional ingenuity and vision in narration. All entries receive a digital copy of Issue Seven and a month of Chill Subs membership!
2026 Leopold Bloom Prize for Innovative Narration
L’Esprit Literary Review Judged by Michael Nath I like fiction that banquets the reader. Too much fiction now follows a strict diet. Michael Nath Original portrait of Leopold Bloom drawn by I…
lespritliteraryreview.org
October 31, 2025 at 2:15 PM
The 2026 Leopold Bloom Prize for Innovative Narration is open!
We’re looking for short fiction exhibiting exceptional ingenuity and vision in narration. All entries receive a digital copy of Issue Seven and a month of Chill Subs membership!
#callforsubmissions: L'Esprit seeks stories, CNF, essays, translation, reviews.
Consciousness-forward, language-driven, risk-adept.
Send us writing beyond convention.
G’Lines and open calls:
Consciousness-forward, language-driven, risk-adept.
Send us writing beyond convention.
G’Lines and open calls:
Submission Guidelines
L’Esprit Literary Review publishes work written in the fearless, risk-adept, and revolutionary spirit of High Modernism. We accept short fiction, creative non-fiction, novel extracts, literar…
lespritliteraryreview.org
October 30, 2025 at 10:06 PM
#callforsubmissions: L'Esprit seeks stories, CNF, essays, translation, reviews.
Consciousness-forward, language-driven, risk-adept.
Send us writing beyond convention.
G’Lines and open calls:
Consciousness-forward, language-driven, risk-adept.
Send us writing beyond convention.
G’Lines and open calls:
The latest episode of our podcast is up!
1882literary.substack.com/p/searching-... Check out all our episodes—and show notes—over at our Substack, @indirectbooks
#modernism
#Essays
#bookreviews
#litmag
#shortstories
#creativewriting
#independentpublishing
1882literary.substack.com/p/searching-... Check out all our episodes—and show notes—over at our Substack, @indirectbooks
#modernism
#Essays
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#independentpublishing
A Proximate Distance: Muriel Spark's The Driver's Seat
Listen now | Episode Two of the Cordelivres Criticism Club
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October 30, 2025 at 2:05 PM
The latest episode of our podcast is up!
1882literary.substack.com/p/searching-... Check out all our episodes—and show notes—over at our Substack, @indirectbooks
#modernism
#Essays
#bookreviews
#litmag
#shortstories
#creativewriting
#independentpublishing
1882literary.substack.com/p/searching-... Check out all our episodes—and show notes—over at our Substack, @indirectbooks
#modernism
#Essays
#bookreviews
#litmag
#shortstories
#creativewriting
#independentpublishing
The 2026 Leopold Bloom Prize for Innovative Narration is open!
We’re looking for short fiction exhibiting exceptional ingenuity and vision in narration. All entries receive a digital copy of Issue 7 and a free month of @chillsubs.bsky.social membership!
lespritliteraryreview.org/2026-leopold...
2026 Leopold Bloom Prize for Innovative Narration
L’Esprit Literary Review Judged by Michael Nath I like fiction that banquets the reader. Too much fiction now follows a strict diet. Michael Nath Original portrait of Leopold Bloom drawn by I…
lespritliteraryreview.org
October 29, 2025 at 10:19 PM
The 2026 Leopold Bloom Prize for Innovative Narration is open!
We’re looking for short fiction exhibiting exceptional ingenuity and vision in narration. All entries receive a digital copy of Issue 7 and a free month of @chillsubs.bsky.social membership!
lespritliteraryreview.org/2026-leopold...
Such a cool and elusive piece!
"Everybody thinks this about their favorite celebrities, but I truly believe that Christ and I could be friends."
Thanks to @lespritlit.bsky.social for providing an excellent home for my poem-essay about Jesus!
lespritliteraryreview.org/2025/10/26/c...
Thanks to @lespritlit.bsky.social for providing an excellent home for my poem-essay about Jesus!
lespritliteraryreview.org/2025/10/26/c...
Christ
Whatever else He is or was, I bet Jesus Christ gives really good hugs. Anno Domini nostri Jesu Christi—the year of our Lord. The year of our misery, followed by a year of still more misery.
lespritliteraryreview.org
October 29, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Such a cool and elusive piece!
Reposted by L'Esprit Literary Review
"Everybody thinks this about their favorite celebrities, but I truly believe that Christ and I could be friends."
Thanks to @lespritlit.bsky.social for providing an excellent home for my poem-essay about Jesus!
lespritliteraryreview.org/2025/10/26/c...
Thanks to @lespritlit.bsky.social for providing an excellent home for my poem-essay about Jesus!
lespritliteraryreview.org/2025/10/26/c...
Christ
Whatever else He is or was, I bet Jesus Christ gives really good hugs. Anno Domini nostri Jesu Christi—the year of our Lord. The year of our misery, followed by a year of still more misery.
lespritliteraryreview.org
October 29, 2025 at 12:16 PM
"Everybody thinks this about their favorite celebrities, but I truly believe that Christ and I could be friends."
Thanks to @lespritlit.bsky.social for providing an excellent home for my poem-essay about Jesus!
lespritliteraryreview.org/2025/10/26/c...
Thanks to @lespritlit.bsky.social for providing an excellent home for my poem-essay about Jesus!
lespritliteraryreview.org/2025/10/26/c...
The 2026 Leopold Bloom Prize for Innovative Narration is open!
We’re looking for short fiction exhibiting exceptional ingenuity and vision in narration. All entries receive a digital copy of Issue 7 and a free month of @chillsubs.bsky.social membership!
lespritliteraryreview.org/2026-leopold...
2026 Leopold Bloom Prize for Innovative Narration
L’Esprit Literary Review Judged by Michael Nath I like fiction that banquets the reader. Too much fiction now follows a strict diet. Michael Nath Original portrait of Leopold Bloom drawn by I…
lespritliteraryreview.org
October 28, 2025 at 10:41 PM
The 2026 Leopold Bloom Prize for Innovative Narration is open!
We’re looking for short fiction exhibiting exceptional ingenuity and vision in narration. All entries receive a digital copy of Issue 7 and a free month of @chillsubs.bsky.social membership!
lespritliteraryreview.org/2026-leopold...