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R J Dent
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November 24, 2025 at 10:00 PM
My short story 'Derek Jarman and D.H. Lawrence Meet the Beatles' is published in the Winter issue (No.19) of Exacting Clam.

Read 'Derek Jarman and D.H. Lawrence Meet the Beatles' here:

www.exactingclam.com/issues/no-19...

or buy Exacting Clam No. 19 here:

www.exactingclam.com/issues/no-19...
November 19, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Lautréamont's Apocrypha is available for pre-order. From Infinity Land Press on 12th December 2025, it includes the first draft of Canto 1 of Maldoror, Poésies, the fragments, and the letters.
Illustrated by Karolina Urbaniak
rjdent.wordpress.com/lautreamonts...
rjdent.wordpress.com/the-songs-of...
November 16, 2025 at 7:51 PM
I have spare copies of my English translations of Charles Baudelaire's The Flowers of Evil and Fanfarlo.

DM if you're interested in purchasing a copy of either book.

Book details (The Flowers of Evil): rjdent.wordpress.com/the-flowers-...
Book details (Fanfarlo): rjdent.wordpress.com/fanfarlo/
November 9, 2025 at 4:03 PM
French coffee and Catherine Breillat's I Only Believe in Myself...
October 29, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Red wine and three different editions of The Atrocity Exhibition...
October 28, 2025 at 9:48 PM
The Diary of Frida Kahlo and red wine...
October 19, 2025 at 9:54 PM
The Persecution and Assassination of Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade, written by Peter Weiss, published by Marion Boyars, 1994 reprint edition.

Marat/Sade and French coffee...
October 18, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Two of my translations of important works by Charles Baudelaire are published simultaneously today. The Flowers of Evil is rightfully regarded as the most influential poetry collection ever - Fanfarlo is Baudelaire's only sustained work of prose fiction.

Book details: incunabulamedia.com/r-j-dent-1
October 13, 2025 at 7:01 PM
There is now an R J Dent author page at Incunabula Media. Twelve of my books (fiction, non-fiction and translations) published by Incunabula are available there.
The link to the page is here: incunabulamedia.com/r-j-dent-1
October 13, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Strange and unsettling, The Bridges describes the changing relationships between a young mother who has drowned her newborn child, and Aud and Torvil, a couple who befriend her.

ISBN: 978-1-300-27138-3
Language: English
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Incunabula

incunabulamedia.com/r-j-dent-1
October 11, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Making a Cloak
Copyright © R J Dent (2025)
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October 10, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Drinking continental coffee and making notes for my next book...
October 9, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Coffee and the 10th draft of a new poem...
October 9, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Actual colours at 7.19 this morning. Phone camera magnified to give the photo the look of a painting.
September 30, 2025 at 5:06 PM
True crime and coffee.

Title: Screaming at the Window
Subtitle: The tragic story of Blanche Monnier, the Prisoner of Poitiers
Author: R J Dent
ISBN: 979-8-9865233-9-2
Language: English
Format: Paperback
Pages: 222
Genre: True Crime

www.kernpunktpress.com/store/p42/sc...
September 27, 2025 at 9:23 PM
David Greenslade's piece on Jennifer Allan, the artist responsible for 'Removal of the Mask' the powerful image used on the cover of my book, Emily Dickinson's Sexual Personae.

Book details: www.rjdent.com/sexual-perso...
September 24, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Absolutely floored by Thomas Moore's review of my English translation of Rene Crevel's Scattered Leaves, published by Incunabula.
Book link: incunabulamedia.com/r-j-dent-1
Original post: www.instagram.com/p/DOq46GdjGn...
September 17, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Very proud to have my English translation of Jean Lorrain's eerie short story, The Man Who Made Wax Heads, included in the Autumn Issue (No. 18) of Exacting Clam. Thank you to the editors for giving it such a prestigious home.
www.exactingclam.com/issues/no-18...
September 9, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Very proud to have my short story, Miranda's Polymorphic Adventures published in Cum Punk. Thank you to Kum V for editing my story so beautifully.

cumpunk.me
September 7, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Head (1912) by Amedeo Modigliani - Tate St. Ives.
September 5, 2025 at 4:58 PM
A St. Michael's Mount notebook and pen, Glen Duncan's Love Remains and black coffee.
September 4, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Botallack tin mine, Pendeen, Cornwall, England.
September 2, 2025 at 8:04 PM
August 24, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Deliverance - clockwise from top left: Deliverance, the screenplay by James Dickey; Deliverance, the film starring John Voight and Burt Reynolds, directed by John Boorman; coffee; Deliverance, the novel by James Dickey.
August 18, 2025 at 8:53 PM