Remo Verdickt
@removerdickt.bsky.social
Postdoctoral researcher at University of Leuven
Postdoc project on the US Supreme Court's uses of literature
PhD on James Baldwin (KU Leuven)
Postdoc project on the US Supreme Court's uses of literature
PhD on James Baldwin (KU Leuven)
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5-star review of Theodoros by Remo Verdickt in De Standaard
November 14, 2025 at 11:38 AM
5-star review of Theodoros by Remo Verdickt in De Standaard
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Congrats to Laure Hinckel for winning Le Grand Prix de traduction de la Ville d’Arles 2025 for her corruscating translation of Mircea Cărtărescu's Theodoros!
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Laure Hinckel remporte le Grand Prix de traduction de la Ville d’Arles 2025
Porté par ATLAS, l’Association pour la promotion de la traduction littéraire, le Grand Prix de traduction de la Ville d’Arles, doté de 5000 €, a été...
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November 8, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Congrats to Laure Hinckel for winning Le Grand Prix de traduction de la Ville d’Arles 2025 for her corruscating translation of Mircea Cărtărescu's Theodoros!
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actualitte.com/article/1273...
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“What [Dick Cheney works] to preclude is any acknowledgment that the issue at hand, whether it is avoiding military service or authorizing torture, might have a moral or an ethical or even a self-interested dimension that merits discussion.” —Joan Didion
Cheney: The Fatal Touch | Joan Didion
It was in some ways predictable that the central player in the system of willed errors and reversals that is the Bush administration would turn out to be its vice-president, Richard B. Cheney.
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November 4, 2025 at 4:18 PM
“What [Dick Cheney works] to preclude is any acknowledgment that the issue at hand, whether it is avoiding military service or authorizing torture, might have a moral or an ethical or even a self-interested dimension that merits discussion.” —Joan Didion
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Just learned that WRITING BACKWARDS has won Narrative's 2026 Perkins Prize, "awarded to the book making the most significant contribution to the study of narrative in a given year." A true honor, especially given the prize's past recipients!
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October 29, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Just learned that WRITING BACKWARDS has won Narrative's 2026 Perkins Prize, "awarded to the book making the most significant contribution to the study of narrative in a given year." A true honor, especially given the prize's past recipients!
www.thenarrativesociety.org/barbara-and-...
www.thenarrativesociety.org/barbara-and-...
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I wrote about Peter Thiel’s lectures on the Antichrist and how the fact that there’s a strong chance Thiel thinks Greta Thunberg is the literal Antichrist isn’t even the weirdest thing about them — at the @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/technology/n...
Peter Thiel’s off-the-record antichrist lectures reveal more about him than Armageddon
Silicon Valley titan desperately tries to detach self from power in amateurish talks attempting to ape his favorite philosopher
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October 10, 2025 at 4:09 PM
I wrote about Peter Thiel’s lectures on the Antichrist and how the fact that there’s a strong chance Thiel thinks Greta Thunberg is the literal Antichrist isn’t even the weirdest thing about them — at the @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/technology/n...
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Super interesante entrevista👇🏻
Mircea Cărtărescu’s Interview for De Standaard: On Theodoros, Giorgio de Chirico, Surrealism, writing methods, literary fame, ambition, tyranny, and his work in progress
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Mircea Cărtărescu’s Interview for De Standaard: On Theodoros, Giorgio de Chirico, Surrealism, writing methods, literary fame, ambition, tyranny, and his work in progress
Photo: C.Stadler/Bwag I am honoured again to publish on The Untranslated an interview with Mircea Cărtărescu. Like the previous time, the interview was conducted by my Belgian friends Emiel Roothoo…
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October 10, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Super interesante entrevista👇🏻
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Mircea Cărtărescu’s Interview for De Standaard: On Theodoros, Giorgio de Chirico, Surrealism, writing methods, literary fame, ambition, tyranny, and his work in progress
theuntranslated.wordpress.com/2025/10/09/m...
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Mircea Cărtărescu’s Interview for De Standaard: On Theodoros, Giorgio de Chirico, Surrealism, writing methods, literary fame, ambition, tyranny, and his work in progress
Photo: C.Stadler/Bwag I am honoured again to publish on The Untranslated an interview with Mircea Cărtărescu. Like the previous time, the interview was conducted by my Belgian friends Emiel Roothoo…
theuntranslated.wordpress.com
October 9, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Mircea Cărtărescu’s Interview for De Standaard: On Theodoros, Giorgio de Chirico, Surrealism, writing methods, literary fame, ambition, tyranny, and his work in progress
theuntranslated.wordpress.com/2025/10/09/m...
theuntranslated.wordpress.com/2025/10/09/m...
Tight deadline, just following the lava flow. @theuntranslated.bsky.social www.standaard.be/media-en-cul...
Bij Nobelprijswinnaar Laszlo Krasznahorkai krijgen wolven het laatste woord
Laszlo Krasznahorkai is misschien wel de meest pessimistische Nobelprijswinnaar Literatuur ooit. Al veertig jaar timmert de Hongaar aan een monumentaal oeuvre waarin wel veel komma’s, maar weinig punten staan, en waarin hoop ver te zoeken is.
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October 9, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Tight deadline, just following the lava flow. @theuntranslated.bsky.social www.standaard.be/media-en-cul...
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Deep Vellum to publish Mircea Cărtărescu’s THEODOROS in October 2026
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www.deepvellum.org/news/theodor...
Deep Vellum to publish Mircea Cărtărescu’s THEODOROS in October 2026 — Deep Vellum
Deep Vellum is thrilled to announce the acquisition of Mircea Cărtărescu’s Theodoros , which will be published in English translation by Sean Cotter on October 27, 2026 . Originally published ...
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October 8, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Deep Vellum to publish Mircea Cărtărescu’s THEODOROS in October 2026
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James Baldwin Review vol. 11, our special issue on 'European Baldwins,' is out now!
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Read Justin Joyce's editorial preface on the American conundrum here: www.manchesterhive.com/view/journal...
The entire volume is available here : www.manchesterhive.com/view/journal...
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Read Justin Joyce's editorial preface on the American conundrum here: www.manchesterhive.com/view/journal...
The entire volume is available here : www.manchesterhive.com/view/journal...
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September 30, 2025 at 11:05 AM
James Baldwin Review vol. 11, our special issue on 'European Baldwins,' is out now!
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Read Justin Joyce's editorial preface on the American conundrum here: www.manchesterhive.com/view/journal...
The entire volume is available here : www.manchesterhive.com/view/journal...
@jbrjournal.bsky.social
Read Justin Joyce's editorial preface on the American conundrum here: www.manchesterhive.com/view/journal...
The entire volume is available here : www.manchesterhive.com/view/journal...
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Feeling so honored to be part of this issue of James Baldwin Review, with an Interview on „James Baldwin. Der Zeuge“, thanks to @removerdickt.bsky.social 🙏🏾
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September 28, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Feeling so honored to be part of this issue of James Baldwin Review, with an Interview on „James Baldwin. Der Zeuge“, thanks to @removerdickt.bsky.social 🙏🏾
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James Baldwin Review (JBR) is proud to announce the publication of its eleventh volume with thanks to the extraordinary collaborative vision of three European guest editors: Remo Verdickt, Pieter Vermeulen, and Gianna Zocco.
#JamesBaldwin
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#JamesBaldwin
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September 26, 2025 at 12:13 PM
James Baldwin Review (JBR) is proud to announce the publication of its eleventh volume with thanks to the extraordinary collaborative vision of three European guest editors: Remo Verdickt, Pieter Vermeulen, and Gianna Zocco.
#JamesBaldwin
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#JamesBaldwin
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The #JamesBaldwin Review (JBR) is an annual journal, bringing together work on the life, writings, and legacy of James Baldwin
Volume 11 is now available to buy as a paperback bit.ly/46gAHlK
Find out more about our brand new series #ThinkingWithJamesBaldwin bit.ly/3KAncol
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Volume 11 is now available to buy as a paperback bit.ly/46gAHlK
Find out more about our brand new series #ThinkingWithJamesBaldwin bit.ly/3KAncol
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Manchester University Press - James Baldwin Review
James Baldwin Review - Browse and buy the Paperback edition of James Baldwin Review by Douglas Field
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September 23, 2025 at 1:51 PM
The #JamesBaldwin Review (JBR) is an annual journal, bringing together work on the life, writings, and legacy of James Baldwin
Volume 11 is now available to buy as a paperback bit.ly/46gAHlK
Find out more about our brand new series #ThinkingWithJamesBaldwin bit.ly/3KAncol
@jbrjournal.bsky.social
Volume 11 is now available to buy as a paperback bit.ly/46gAHlK
Find out more about our brand new series #ThinkingWithJamesBaldwin bit.ly/3KAncol
@jbrjournal.bsky.social
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Nicholas Boggs joins #LARBRadioHour to talk his new biography. “James Baldwin: A Love Story” offers an intimate portrait of the literary legend anchored by the romances that shaped his life, writing, and political vision. https://lareviewofbooks.org/av/nicholas-boggss-james-baldwin-a-love-story/
Nicholas Boggs’s “James Baldwin: A Love Story” | Los Angeles Review of Books
Eric Newman speaks with Nicholas Boggs about his monumental new biography, James Baldwin: A Love Story.
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August 22, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Nicholas Boggs joins #LARBRadioHour to talk his new biography. “James Baldwin: A Love Story” offers an intimate portrait of the literary legend anchored by the romances that shaped his life, writing, and political vision. https://lareviewofbooks.org/av/nicholas-boggss-james-baldwin-a-love-story/
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May this portion of the dissent by Ketanji Brown Jackson haunt John Roberts forever and be the final word on his tenure as Chief Justice.
August 21, 2025 at 9:43 PM
May this portion of the dissent by Ketanji Brown Jackson haunt John Roberts forever and be the final word on his tenure as Chief Justice.
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Due to popular demand, we’ve unlocked this episode for public consumption.
Trump Brings the War Home [UNLOCKED]
Podcast Episode · 5-4 · 08/08/2025 · 58m
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August 8, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Due to popular demand, we’ve unlocked this episode for public consumption.
I wrote about MAGA's idiosyncratic readings and brazen weaponizations of the Western canon. Buckle up for a bumpy ride from Curtis Yarvin's Tlön to Gustavo Petro's Macondo. Part of JTAS' special issue "Reflections on the US 2024 Elections in a Global Context." escholarship.org/uc/item/1199...
No Country for Illiterate Men? Reading Western Literature in the Wake of November 5
Author(s): Verdickt, Remo | Abstract: This essay reflects on the 2024 US presidential election in light of the conservative movement’s increasing conflation of fact and literary fiction. Recent mobili...
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August 6, 2025 at 8:15 AM
I wrote about MAGA's idiosyncratic readings and brazen weaponizations of the Western canon. Buckle up for a bumpy ride from Curtis Yarvin's Tlön to Gustavo Petro's Macondo. Part of JTAS' special issue "Reflections on the US 2024 Elections in a Global Context." escholarship.org/uc/item/1199...
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Happy 101st Birthday #JamesBaldwin!
We’re celebrating by announcing the launch of our new series: Thinking with James Baldwin
The series explores new approaches to Baldwin’s work, incl his fiction, essays, poetry, short stories, interviews & activism manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/series/think...
We’re celebrating by announcing the launch of our new series: Thinking with James Baldwin
The series explores new approaches to Baldwin’s work, incl his fiction, essays, poetry, short stories, interviews & activism manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/series/think...
August 2, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Happy 101st Birthday #JamesBaldwin!
We’re celebrating by announcing the launch of our new series: Thinking with James Baldwin
The series explores new approaches to Baldwin’s work, incl his fiction, essays, poetry, short stories, interviews & activism manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/series/think...
We’re celebrating by announcing the launch of our new series: Thinking with James Baldwin
The series explores new approaches to Baldwin’s work, incl his fiction, essays, poetry, short stories, interviews & activism manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/series/think...
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"Het bed met de gouden poot is tegelijk een ideale introductie tot de Letse cultuur en een tijdloze vertelling die uitnodigt om verder na te denken over hoe de geschiedenis zich misschien niet zozeer herhaalt, als wel steeds gekleurd wordt door ons eigen referentiekader."
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Zigmunds Skujins’ ‘Het bed met de gouden poot’: 500 pagina’s uitstekende literatuur ★★★★☆
Eindelijk is er een Nederlandse vertaling van Zigmunds Skujins’ Het bed met de gouden poot. De imposante familiekroniek is tegelijk een ideale introductie tot de Letse cultuur en een tijdloze allegorie.
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July 26, 2025 at 10:24 AM
"Het bed met de gouden poot is tegelijk een ideale introductie tot de Letse cultuur en een tijdloze vertelling die uitnodigt om verder na te denken over hoe de geschiedenis zich misschien niet zozeer herhaalt, als wel steeds gekleurd wordt door ons eigen referentiekader."
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This week’s episode is Mahmoud v. Taylor, where the Court held that some children’s books are just too gay for public schools.
Mahmoud v. Taylor
Podcast Episode · 5-4 · 07/22/2025 · 1h 2m
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July 22, 2025 at 12:22 PM
This week’s episode is Mahmoud v. Taylor, where the Court held that some children’s books are just too gay for public schools.
I wrote about the underground circulation of James Baldwin translations in the USSR and Francoist Spain by way of the missing link between Baldwin and Jorge Luis Borges. Featured in Revista Ártemis' special issue Inqueerir a tradução: sexualidades, línguas e textos periodicos.ufpb.br/index.php/ar...
Borgesian Baldwin: Giovanni’s Room , “The Aleph,” and Queer Translation Practices
| Revista Ártemis
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July 19, 2025 at 10:07 AM
I wrote about the underground circulation of James Baldwin translations in the USSR and Francoist Spain by way of the missing link between Baldwin and Jorge Luis Borges. Featured in Revista Ártemis' special issue Inqueerir a tradução: sexualidades, línguas e textos periodicos.ufpb.br/index.php/ar...
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"Throughout Fielder’s oeuvre, a lifetime in TV is betrayed by the ease with which he can slip into virtually any mode of contemporary filmmaking." Paul Thompson reviews Nathan Fielder’s “The Rehearsal” https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/i-became-a-better-magician/
July 2, 2025 at 6:20 PM
"Throughout Fielder’s oeuvre, a lifetime in TV is betrayed by the ease with which he can slip into virtually any mode of contemporary filmmaking." Paul Thompson reviews Nathan Fielder’s “The Rehearsal” https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/i-became-a-better-magician/
Together with Pieter Vermeulen, I co-wrote an essay on James Baldwin's posthumous career for Parallax's special issue on Literature and Public World-Making. Here's an eprint link for 50 free online copies of the article!
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/F78UK...
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/F78UK...
Afterlives of the Literary: James Baldwin’s Posthumous Publics
Published in Parallax (Vol. 30, No. 1, 2024)
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May 30, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Together with Pieter Vermeulen, I co-wrote an essay on James Baldwin's posthumous career for Parallax's special issue on Literature and Public World-Making. Here's an eprint link for 50 free online copies of the article!
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/F78UK...
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/F78UK...