Joseph Schreiber
@roughghosts.bsky.social
Reader, writer, editor, lonely wanderer. Based in Calgary, Canada. Write about books at www.roughghosts.com Essays Editor at Minor Literature[s].
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“How many years fit into one day?”
Heaven and Hell by Jón Kalman Stefánsson
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#BookReview by @roughghosts.bsky.social
#Translation #Biblioasis
Heaven and Hell by Jón Kalman Stefánsson
roughghosts.com/2025/11/08/h...
#BookReview by @roughghosts.bsky.social
#Translation #Biblioasis
“How many years fit into one day?” Heaven and Hell by Jón Kalman Stefánsson
The sea on one side, steep and lofty mountains on the other; that’s our whole story in fact. The authorities, merchants, might rule our destitute days, but the mountains and the sea rule life, they…
roughghosts.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:16 PM
“How many years fit into one day?”
Heaven and Hell by Jón Kalman Stefánsson
roughghosts.com/2025/11/08/h...
#BookReview by @roughghosts.bsky.social
#Translation #Biblioasis
Heaven and Hell by Jón Kalman Stefánsson
roughghosts.com/2025/11/08/h...
#BookReview by @roughghosts.bsky.social
#Translation #Biblioasis
ICYMI I wrote about the first book of the Trilogy About the Boy, now available in North America from @biblioasis.bsky.social The second book The Sorrow of Angels is out now!
“How many years fit into one day?” Heaven and Hell by Jón Kalman Stefánsson roughghosts.com/2025/11/08/h...
“How many years fit into one day?” Heaven and Hell by Jón Kalman Stefánsson roughghosts.com/2025/11/08/h...
“How many years fit into one day?” Heaven and Hell by Jón Kalman Stefánsson
The sea on one side, steep and lofty mountains on the other; that’s our whole story in fact. The authorities, merchants, might rule our destitute days, but the mountains and the sea rule life, they…
roughghosts.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:16 AM
ICYMI I wrote about the first book of the Trilogy About the Boy, now available in North America from @biblioasis.bsky.social The second book The Sorrow of Angels is out now!
“How many years fit into one day?” Heaven and Hell by Jón Kalman Stefánsson roughghosts.com/2025/11/08/h...
“How many years fit into one day?” Heaven and Hell by Jón Kalman Stefánsson roughghosts.com/2025/11/08/h...
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“How many years fit into one day?” Heaven and Hell by Jón Kalman Stefánsson, tr. by Philip Roughton @biblioasis.bsky.social
roughghosts.com/2025/11/08/h...
roughghosts.com/2025/11/08/h...
“How many years fit into one day?” Heaven and Hell by Jón Kalman Stefánsson
The sea on one side, steep and lofty mountains on the other; that’s our whole story in fact. The authorities, merchants, might rule our destitute days, but the mountains and the sea rule life, they…
roughghosts.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:19 AM
“How many years fit into one day?” Heaven and Hell by Jón Kalman Stefánsson, tr. by Philip Roughton @biblioasis.bsky.social
roughghosts.com/2025/11/08/h...
roughghosts.com/2025/11/08/h...
“How many years fit into one day?” Heaven and Hell by Jón Kalman Stefánsson, tr. by Philip Roughton @biblioasis.bsky.social
roughghosts.com/2025/11/08/h...
roughghosts.com/2025/11/08/h...
“How many years fit into one day?” Heaven and Hell by Jón Kalman Stefánsson
The sea on one side, steep and lofty mountains on the other; that’s our whole story in fact. The authorities, merchants, might rule our destitute days, but the mountains and the sea rule life, they…
roughghosts.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:19 AM
“How many years fit into one day?” Heaven and Hell by Jón Kalman Stefánsson, tr. by Philip Roughton @biblioasis.bsky.social
roughghosts.com/2025/11/08/h...
roughghosts.com/2025/11/08/h...
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"In the chipped rearview mirror whose corroded edges were covered with grease, the small unobstructed circle in the center framed the passenger’s face when Fabo looked from a certain angle."
– Nebojša Lujanović, tr. @enaselimo.bsky.social
– Nebojša Lujanović, tr. @enaselimo.bsky.social
Cloud the Color of Skin — Nebojša Lujanović (tr. @enaselimo.bsky.social )
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Cloud the Color of Skin — Nebojša Lujanović (tr. Ena Selimović)
There was nothing new in Fabo’s story about the car. He always launched into it by tightening and slackening his grip around the steering wheel with its treasured leather cover. Aaaay, those Bosnia…
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November 7, 2025 at 12:49 AM
"In the chipped rearview mirror whose corroded edges were covered with grease, the small unobstructed circle in the center framed the passenger’s face when Fabo looked from a certain angle."
– Nebojša Lujanović, tr. @enaselimo.bsky.social
– Nebojša Lujanović, tr. @enaselimo.bsky.social
Congratulations! Great book!
C. D. Rose has won this year’s Goldsmiths Prize for his novel, We Live Here Now.
C.D. Rose has won the 2025 Goldsmiths Prize.
C. D. Rose has won this year’s Goldsmiths Prize for his novel We Live Here Now. Described in the press copy as “DeLillo meets Kafka,” the novel sounds absolutely wild—as befits a …
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November 7, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Congratulations! Great book!
"In the chipped rearview mirror whose corroded edges were covered with grease, the small unobstructed circle in the center framed the passenger’s face when Fabo looked from a certain angle."
– Nebojša Lujanović, tr. @enaselimo.bsky.social
– Nebojša Lujanović, tr. @enaselimo.bsky.social
Cloud the Color of Skin — Nebojša Lujanović (tr. @enaselimo.bsky.social )
minorliteratures.com/2025/11/06/c...
minorliteratures.com/2025/11/06/c...
Cloud the Color of Skin — Nebojša Lujanović (tr. Ena Selimović)
There was nothing new in Fabo’s story about the car. He always launched into it by tightening and slackening his grip around the steering wheel with its treasured leather cover. Aaaay, those Bosnia…
minorliteratures.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:49 AM
"In the chipped rearview mirror whose corroded edges were covered with grease, the small unobstructed circle in the center framed the passenger’s face when Fabo looked from a certain angle."
– Nebojša Lujanović, tr. @enaselimo.bsky.social
– Nebojša Lujanović, tr. @enaselimo.bsky.social
Cloud the Color of Skin — Nebojša Lujanović (tr. Ena Selimović) minorliteratures.com/2025/11/06/c...
Cloud the Color of Skin — Nebojša Lujanović (tr. Ena Selimović)
There was nothing new in Fabo’s story about the car. He always launched into it by tightening and slackening his grip around the steering wheel with its treasured leather cover. Aaaay, those Bosnia…
minorliteratures.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Cloud the Color of Skin — Nebojša Lujanović (tr. Ena Selimović) minorliteratures.com/2025/11/06/c...
“It’s not just that the far right is reactionary, that it reacts to something, but it’s a preventive counter-revolution”: An Interview with Jack Z. Bratich — Daniel Lukes minorliteratures.com/2025/11/04/i...
“It’s not just that the far right is reactionary, that it reacts to something, but it’s a preventive counter-revolution”: An Interview with Jack Z. Bratich — Daniel Lukes
As pundits scramble to define fascism for Trump 2.0, a recent book by media scholar Jack Z. Bratich, investigating the theme of “microfascism,” may come in handy. The term, coined by Gilles Deleuze…
minorliteratures.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:41 PM
“It’s not just that the far right is reactionary, that it reacts to something, but it’s a preventive counter-revolution”: An Interview with Jack Z. Bratich — Daniel Lukes minorliteratures.com/2025/11/04/i...
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ALSO! Monthly Dispatch #28 — feat. everything we published in October & more — went out ...
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Monthly Dispatch #28 — October 2025
A letter from the editor[s]
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November 2, 2025 at 9:38 AM
ALSO! Monthly Dispatch #28 — feat. everything we published in October & more — went out ...
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Books finished in October.
November 3, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Books finished in October.
ICYMI, I wrote about this excellent collection of short stories by an important Slovak writer, now available in English from @karolinumpress.cuni.cz @juliasherwood.bsky.social
“Pain is a privilege of the living.” The Last Thing by Leopold Lahola roughghosts.com/2025/10/30/p...
“Pain is a privilege of the living.” The Last Thing by Leopold Lahola roughghosts.com/2025/10/30/p...
“Pain is a privilege of the living.” The Last Thing by Leopold Lahola
One day, a hundred thousand years ago, during the Ice Age or soon after, when the world began to melt from below, an iceberg must have carved out this valley, with its body dragging its tail behind…
roughghosts.com
October 31, 2025 at 11:07 PM
ICYMI, I wrote about this excellent collection of short stories by an important Slovak writer, now available in English from @karolinumpress.cuni.cz @juliasherwood.bsky.social
“Pain is a privilege of the living.” The Last Thing by Leopold Lahola roughghosts.com/2025/10/30/p...
“Pain is a privilege of the living.” The Last Thing by Leopold Lahola roughghosts.com/2025/10/30/p...
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Here are the key events from day 1,345 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.
Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,345
Here are the key events from day 1,345 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.
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October 31, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Here are the key events from day 1,345 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.
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"In Syros, you struggled to separate your fantasy of Greece from the Greece around you. Pink dawns, laundry on balconies, and exhaust fumes wrestled with Styx, Lethe, coins on cold tongues."
— @dluntz.bsky.social
— @dluntz.bsky.social
October 28, 2025 at 5:11 PM
"In Syros, you struggled to separate your fantasy of Greece from the Greece around you. Pink dawns, laundry on balconies, and exhaust fumes wrestled with Styx, Lethe, coins on cold tongues."
— @dluntz.bsky.social
— @dluntz.bsky.social
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"It’s not that I fail. It’s that this is what succeeding now looks like
..."
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I Am Afraid to Die
minor beef[s] is a new feature where you can express your literary gripes, complaints and pet hates … Is there a writer you despise who is getting too much praise? a lauded critic whose opinio…
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October 30, 2025 at 1:23 PM
"It’s not that I fail. It’s that this is what succeeding now looks like
..."
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“Pain is a privilege of the living.” The Last Thing by Leopold Lahola, tr. by Julia and Peter Sherwood @karolinumpress.cuni.cz @juliasherwood.bsky.social
roughghosts.com/2025/10/30/p...
roughghosts.com/2025/10/30/p...
“Pain is a privilege of the living.” The Last Thing by Leopold Lahola
One day, a hundred thousand years ago, during the Ice Age or soon after, when the world began to melt from below, an iceberg must have carved out this valley, with its body dragging its tail behind…
roughghosts.com
October 30, 2025 at 7:47 AM
“Pain is a privilege of the living.” The Last Thing by Leopold Lahola, tr. by Julia and Peter Sherwood @karolinumpress.cuni.cz @juliasherwood.bsky.social
roughghosts.com/2025/10/30/p...
roughghosts.com/2025/10/30/p...
"I’d show you my modest library, a playhouse fantasy fitting in as a poor substitute for the lost sanctuary of my youth. Or maybe it’s more than that."
The Sentimental Monster — Mikra Namani minorliteratures.com/2025/10/30/t...
The Sentimental Monster — Mikra Namani minorliteratures.com/2025/10/30/t...
The Sentimental Monster — Mikra Namani
“He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind…” Dear Mother, I am often reminded of King Solomon’s proverb whenever I think of the history and trajectory of our family, our lives, and all…
minorliteratures.com
October 30, 2025 at 5:40 PM
"I’d show you my modest library, a playhouse fantasy fitting in as a poor substitute for the lost sanctuary of my youth. Or maybe it’s more than that."
The Sentimental Monster — Mikra Namani minorliteratures.com/2025/10/30/t...
The Sentimental Monster — Mikra Namani minorliteratures.com/2025/10/30/t...
“Pain is a privilege of the living.” The Last Thing by Leopold Lahola, tr. by Julia and Peter Sherwood @karolinumpress.cuni.cz @juliasherwood.bsky.social
roughghosts.com/2025/10/30/p...
roughghosts.com/2025/10/30/p...
“Pain is a privilege of the living.” The Last Thing by Leopold Lahola
One day, a hundred thousand years ago, during the Ice Age or soon after, when the world began to melt from below, an iceberg must have carved out this valley, with its body dragging its tail behind…
roughghosts.com
October 30, 2025 at 7:47 AM
“Pain is a privilege of the living.” The Last Thing by Leopold Lahola, tr. by Julia and Peter Sherwood @karolinumpress.cuni.cz @juliasherwood.bsky.social
roughghosts.com/2025/10/30/p...
roughghosts.com/2025/10/30/p...
I Am Afraid to Die minorliteratures.com/2025/10/29/i...
I Am Afraid to Die
minor beef[s] is a new feature where you can express your literary gripes, complaints and pet hates … Is there a writer you despise who is getting too much praise? a lauded critic whose opinio…
minorliteratures.com
October 29, 2025 at 9:23 PM
I Am Afraid to Die minorliteratures.com/2025/10/29/i...
" I don’t know what it is about him, but I sympathize with his neuroses and anxieties. He was an intensely neurotic and a very fearful person, and it comes out a lot in in his fiction."
@mortenhoijensen.bsky.social discusses his new book on Thomas Mann with @monalisavitti.bsky.social
@mortenhoijensen.bsky.social discusses his new book on Thomas Mann with @monalisavitti.bsky.social
“[W]e do inhabit, similar to the the years before modernism, a sense that our world has irrevocably changed”: An Interview with @mortenhoijensen.bsky.social — @monalisavitti.bsky.social
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“[W]e do inhabit, similar to the the years before modernism, a sense that our world has irrevocably changed”: An Interview with Morten Høi Jensen — Cristina Politano
Morten Høi Jensen is a Danish-American writer whose recent book, The Master of Contradictions: Thomas Mann and the Making of The Magic Mountain (Yale University Press, 2025) presents, through the l…
minorliteratures.com
October 29, 2025 at 5:54 PM
" I don’t know what it is about him, but I sympathize with his neuroses and anxieties. He was an intensely neurotic and a very fearful person, and it comes out a lot in in his fiction."
@mortenhoijensen.bsky.social discusses his new book on Thomas Mann with @monalisavitti.bsky.social
@mortenhoijensen.bsky.social discusses his new book on Thomas Mann with @monalisavitti.bsky.social
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my latest interview with the writer @mortenhoijensen.bsky.social on his book about thomas mann and the magic mountain
“[W]e do inhabit, similar to the the years before modernism, a sense that our world has irrevocably changed”: An Interview with @mortenhoijensen.bsky.social — @monalisavitti.bsky.social
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minorliteratures.com/2025/10/29/a...
“[W]e do inhabit, similar to the the years before modernism, a sense that our world has irrevocably changed”: An Interview with Morten Høi Jensen — Cristina Politano
Morten Høi Jensen is a Danish-American writer whose recent book, The Master of Contradictions: Thomas Mann and the Making of The Magic Mountain (Yale University Press, 2025) presents, through the l…
minorliteratures.com
October 29, 2025 at 10:04 AM
my latest interview with the writer @mortenhoijensen.bsky.social on his book about thomas mann and the magic mountain
Nonfiction at @minorliteratures.bsky.social will open for submissions in December as well.
early warning — @minorliteratures.bsky.social will open for fiction submissions in December (if we've already accepted something from you this calendar year, please hold off)
October 28, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Nonfiction at @minorliteratures.bsky.social will open for submissions in December as well.
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"Before she left, you thought you’d understood music. But really you hadn’t ..."
Things That Break You — @dluntz.bsky.social
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Things That Break You — @dluntz.bsky.social
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Things That Break You — David Luntz
Music as a Brass Bell falling into the Sea Before she left, you thought you’d understood music. But really you hadn’t. You learned this in Greece when you watched a giant brass bell plunge into the…
minorliteratures.com
October 28, 2025 at 12:50 PM
"Before she left, you thought you’d understood music. But really you hadn’t ..."
Things That Break You — @dluntz.bsky.social
minorliteratures.com/2025/10/28/t...
Things That Break You — @dluntz.bsky.social
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"After she left without a goodbye, you thought about love, music, death. About how all you could do was echolocate yourself out of grief. " — @dluntz.bsky.social
Things That Break You — David Luntz minorliteratures.com/2025/10/28/t...
Things That Break You — David Luntz minorliteratures.com/2025/10/28/t...
Things That Break You — David Luntz
Music as a Brass Bell falling into the Sea Before she left, you thought you’d understood music. But really you hadn’t. You learned this in Greece when you watched a giant brass bell plunge into the…
minorliteratures.com
October 28, 2025 at 4:55 PM
"After she left without a goodbye, you thought about love, music, death. About how all you could do was echolocate yourself out of grief. " — @dluntz.bsky.social
Things That Break You — David Luntz minorliteratures.com/2025/10/28/t...
Things That Break You — David Luntz minorliteratures.com/2025/10/28/t...
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Have an hallucinatory lyric essay/prose poem about memory, myth, music, and getting wrecked by love @minorliteratures.bsky.social thanks @roughghosts.bsky.social minorliteratures.com/2025/10/28/t...
Things That Break You — David Luntz
Music as a Brass Bell falling into the Sea Before she left, you thought you’d understood music. But really you hadn’t. You learned this in Greece when you watched a giant brass bell plunge into the…
minorliteratures.com
October 28, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Have an hallucinatory lyric essay/prose poem about memory, myth, music, and getting wrecked by love @minorliteratures.bsky.social thanks @roughghosts.bsky.social minorliteratures.com/2025/10/28/t...