Tom Bowden
@motnedwob.bsky.social
Reviews literature, poetry, and comics in translation by indie publishers. https://www.thebookbeat.com/backroom/tag/i-arrogantly-recommend/
Hive mind: I'm trying to track down a long anecdote that appears in a longer work of fiction (perhaps by Aira or Bolaño) about a woman who gives birth to an ear. (The punchline to the anecdote is delivered by the doctor to the woman who gave birth: "She's deaf.") Any ideas?
November 18, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Hive mind: I'm trying to track down a long anecdote that appears in a longer work of fiction (perhaps by Aira or Bolaño) about a woman who gives birth to an ear. (The punchline to the anecdote is delivered by the doctor to the woman who gave birth: "She's deaf.") Any ideas?
"Epstein’s human trafficking organization depended entirely on the wealth management industry. It was how he obtained the capital to build it and it was how he hid his activities from the authority. And none of this was an abuse of the industry or the law." www.peoplesline.org/p/how-capita...
How capitalism legalized Epstein
Epstein used common wealth management tactics to cover his tracks.
www.peoplesline.org
November 14, 2025 at 1:12 AM
"Epstein’s human trafficking organization depended entirely on the wealth management industry. It was how he obtained the capital to build it and it was how he hid his activities from the authority. And none of this was an abuse of the industry or the law." www.peoplesline.org/p/how-capita...
New arrivals from @fantagraphics.bsky.social #literatureintranslation #comicsintranslation @bookbeat.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Pynchon fans take note: Habermas is 96. Pynchon may still be hunkering over the mother lode.
November 9, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Pynchon fans take note: Habermas is 96. Pynchon may still be hunkering over the mother lode.
I’m excited about the next turn of Solzhenitsyn’s Red Wheel. @undpress.bsky.social #literatureintranslation @bookbeat.bsky.social
November 8, 2025 at 6:15 PM
I’m excited about the next turn of Solzhenitsyn’s Red Wheel. @undpress.bsky.social #literatureintranslation @bookbeat.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 9:02 PM
New arrival from @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social @bookbeat.bsky.social
October 31, 2025 at 12:09 AM
New arrival from @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social @bookbeat.bsky.social
New arrivals from @nyrbclassics.bsky.social @NYRcomics.bsky.social @NYRB_Imprints.bsky.social #literatureintranslation @bookbeatdetroit.bsky.social
October 28, 2025 at 7:58 PM
New arrivals from @nyrbclassics.bsky.social @NYRcomics.bsky.social @NYRB_Imprints.bsky.social #literatureintranslation @bookbeatdetroit.bsky.social
Motherdying—Lentz’s newest from @isolarii.bsky.social #literatureintranslation @bookbeatdetroit.bsky.social
October 27, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Motherdying—Lentz’s newest from @isolarii.bsky.social #literatureintranslation @bookbeatdetroit.bsky.social
Upcoming release by Helle Helle from @ndbooks.bsky.social #literatureintranslation @bookbeat.bsky.social
October 21, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Upcoming release by Helle Helle from @ndbooks.bsky.social #literatureintranslation @bookbeat.bsky.social
Finally! Been waiting a year for these! @authenticeditions.bsky.social
October 21, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Finally! Been waiting a year for these! @authenticeditions.bsky.social
October 21, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Coming in January from @dalkeyarchive.bsky.social
October 18, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Coming in January from @dalkeyarchive.bsky.social
Today’s purchases from @bookbeat.bsky.social
October 15, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Today’s purchases from @bookbeat.bsky.social
Who can spot the spine of a book cover from 20 years ago by Chris Ware?
October 15, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Who can spot the spine of a book cover from 20 years ago by Chris Ware?
More from my assortment of pointy-headed interests.
October 13, 2025 at 11:00 PM
More from my assortment of pointy-headed interests.
More random book porn for those who take delight.
October 12, 2025 at 9:54 PM
More random book porn for those who take delight.
October 8, 2025 at 4:43 PM
October 7, 2025 at 3:28 PM
10 books for Halloween: The living and undead behaving badly—true crime, ghosts, Mothra, and more! #literatureintranslation @bookbeat.bsky.social @biblioasis.bsky.social @fantagraphics.bsky.social @strangeports.com
www.thebookbeat.com/backroom/202...
www.thebookbeat.com/backroom/202...
i arrogantly recommend #64
Tom Bowden literary column reviews small press titles.
www.thebookbeat.com
October 3, 2025 at 7:41 PM
10 books for Halloween: The living and undead behaving badly—true crime, ghosts, Mothra, and more! #literatureintranslation @bookbeat.bsky.social @biblioasis.bsky.social @fantagraphics.bsky.social @strangeports.com
www.thebookbeat.com/backroom/202...
www.thebookbeat.com/backroom/202...