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Joseph Schreiber
@roughghosts.bsky.social
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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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My 2025 best books, over at Dorian’s blog:
February 14, 2026 at 10:23 PM
roughghosts.bsky.social
Wrapping a good week for book mail, two forthcoming titles from @transitbooks.bsky.social , due in August and April.
Two books: Slow Elephants of Milan by Ángel Bonomini (Aug) and Abyss by Jeyamohan (April)
February 15, 2026 at 3:34 AM
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lonningspils.bsky.social
great write up from the best site.

i'm still grappling with where it stands in his oeuvre... outside of his Big 3 great works, this may be my favourite so far.
February 14, 2026 at 3:06 AM
roughghosts.bsky.social
ICYMI I wrote about this charming novella by Halldór Laxness (tr. Philip Roughton), out this week from @archipelagobooks.bsky.social

The church that falls again will rise again: A Parish Chronicle by Halldór Laxness roughghosts.com/2026/02/12/t...
The church that falls again will rise again: A Parish Chronicle by Halldór Laxness
This is the story of a church, one that exists whether it is standing or not. Standing high above the Mosfellsdalur Valley in southwest Iceland, not far from the nation’s capital, Mosfell Church ha…
roughghosts.com
February 14, 2026 at 2:42 AM
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My philosophy study group starts back up in a few weeks. The 2026 topic is 𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 bc…

And I've scheduled the first 2 seminar modules over 𝗠𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗻 𝗝𝗲𝘄𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗧𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁: Ethics and Poetics.

You can find descriptions & schedules here: frankgarrett.online/philosophy/. Feel free to dm for more info.
Philosophy - Frank Garrett Online
Study Group/Seminars Since January 2021 I have been conducting a monthly online study group. The theme changes every year. If you are interested in studying philosophy with me and an international gro...
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February 12, 2026 at 10:47 PM
roughghosts.bsky.social
"Ah, I think I see him in the closet. Yeah, there he is. His hiding place was actually really good this time, only thing that gave him away was cracking the door to breathe."
(original French linked below)
Rest Home —Djamel Bouchenaki (tr. @norsk.bsky.social)
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Rest Home —Djamel Bouchenaki (tr. Jordan Barger)
June 25th, 2025 Today, Granddad goes to the sea. Mom says he needs peace and quiet, that he needs time to recover, so we’re taking him to a rest home west of Algiers. There, so close to the Mediter…
minorliteratures.com
February 13, 2026 at 2:56 AM
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"This was where we put people we wanted to forget, in places beyond time, beyond space; places where the senses were suspended, that rested on the periphery, the margins ..."

Rest Home — @djamelbouchenaki.bsky.social (tr. Jordan Barger)

minorliteratures.com/2026/02/12/r...
Rest Home —Djamel Bouchenaki (tr. Jordan Barger)
June 25th, 2025 Today, Granddad goes to the sea. Mom says he needs peace and quiet, that he needs time to recover, so we’re taking him to a rest home west of Algiers. There, so close to the Mediter…
minorliteratures.com
February 12, 2026 at 5:52 PM
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The church that falls again will rise again: A Parish Chronicle by Halldór Laxness, tr. by Philip Roughton @archipelagobooks.bsky.social
roughghosts.com/2026/02/12/t...
The church that falls again will rise again: A Parish Chronicle by Halldór Laxness
This is the story of a church, one that exists whether it is standing or not. Standing high above the Mosfellsdalur Valley in southwest Iceland, not far from the nation’s capital, Mosfell Church ha…
roughghosts.com
February 12, 2026 at 11:43 AM
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The church that falls again will rise again: A Parish Chronicle by Halldór Laxness, tr. by Philip Roughton @archipelagobooks.bsky.social
roughghosts.com/2026/02/12/t...
The church that falls again will rise again: A Parish Chronicle by Halldór Laxness
This is the story of a church, one that exists whether it is standing or not. Standing high above the Mosfellsdalur Valley in southwest Iceland, not far from the nation’s capital, Mosfell Church ha…
roughghosts.com
February 12, 2026 at 11:43 AM
roughghosts.bsky.social
New arrivals, recent releases from Seagull Books. Looking good! Two from the Pride List plus novels by Austrian and Czech writers. Many thanks!
Four books, clockwise from upper left: Hymn to Mornay Eels by Mirielle Best, Chapal Rani, the Last Queen of Bengal by Sandip Roy, My Mother's Silver Fox by Alois Hotschnig, and The Mushroom Gatherer by Viktorie Hanišová.
February 12, 2026 at 8:10 AM
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yanina.bsky.social
Free novella by Fernando Sdrigotti just dropped 👀
Open Mic
A free novella for you
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February 11, 2026 at 5:57 PM
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minorliteratures.bsky.social
"The demand for verified profiles…dismantles a valuable feature of the early web: the ability to step outside the boundaries of offline gender, class, racial categories and appear as pure language ..."

@monalisavitti.bsky.social interviews @badaude.bsky.social

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“Most people are still scrolling because there’s nowhere else to go”: An Interview with Joanna Walsh — Cristina Politano
Joanna Walsh’s Amateurs!: How We Built the Internet and Why It Matters was recently published by Verso Books. In it, Walsh charts the ascendancy of a new kind of digital creative, one who mud…
minorliteratures.com
February 10, 2026 at 5:26 PM
roughghosts.bsky.social
"Most people are still scrolling because there’s nowhere else to go: rather than lose touch with their friends, family, audiences, work networks, until better platforms emerge as alternatives, they stay."
February 11, 2026 at 12:48 AM
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“Most people are still scrolling because there’s nowhere else to go”: An Interview with @badaude.bsky.social — @monalisavitti.bsky.social

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“Most people are still scrolling because there’s nowhere else to go”: An Interview with Joanna Walsh — Cristina Politano
Joanna Walsh’s Amateurs!: How We Built the Internet and Why It Matters was recently published by Verso Books. In it, Walsh charts the ascendancy of a new kind of digital creative, one who mud…
minorliteratures.com
February 10, 2026 at 9:00 AM
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marklemley.bsky.social
Unbelievably horrific. A lot of people in positions of power in Israel belong in jail, starting at the very top

www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
‘No rules’: Gaza’s doctors say they were tortured, beaten and humiliated in Israeli detention
Healthcare workers are protected under international law yet hundreds were detained during the war. Now, some of Gaza’s most senior doctors have spoken of the violence and abuse they say they faced
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2026 at 10:52 PM
roughghosts.bsky.social
Gradually spending the gift cards my gave me for Christmas...
@penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social @nyrb-imprints.bsky.social
Two books: Vilhelm's Room by Tove Ditlevsen, The Lord by Soraya Antonius
February 10, 2026 at 3:09 AM
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tracepress.bsky.social
"Finally, translation is also recognized as an act of resistance, speaking to the dislocation from homelands due to colonial actions, war, and migration, and the displacements of the Indigenous Peoples of Turtle Island."
- Joseph Schreiber
#Review
#TamilTerrains
#Bksky
#Poetry
#Translation
February 9, 2026 at 11:47 AM
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The landscapes that shape us, the landscapes we carry with us: Tamil Terrains, Edited by Nedra Rodrigo and Geetha Sukumaran roughghosts.com/2026/02/05/t...
The landscapes that shape us, the landscapes we carry with us: Tamil Terrains, Edited by Nedra Rodrigo and Geetha Sukumaran
Raging winds howl to the vakai trees as their pods tremble in fear. A land cloaked with countless peaks yet not an ounce of soul. It was this cold grim path that he, the ruler of my heart, chose ov…
roughghosts.com
February 7, 2026 at 3:22 AM
roughghosts.bsky.social
In the mail today. A collection of work by a cult poet of the 70s and 80s, translated from the Hindi by @saudaminideo.bsky.social
Book: The World is Made Up Every Day: Selected Poems by Alok Dhanwa, translated by Saudamini Deo
February 6, 2026 at 6:46 AM
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yanina.bsky.social
"And if nobody gives a shit about you, if reality itself is shit, then the truth disclosed by the song is that existence is already excremental. To live in time is to live in waste, to be struck by blows that do not heal but only pile up..."

👀 Read Iqbal's experimental essay & philosophical inquiry
You Have Got to Go Straight Ahead: The Aesthetics of Insistence in The Kills’ “Tape Song” — Yanis Iqbal
In The Kills’ “Tape Song,” there is enjoyment, but enjoyment of a peculiar kind, enjoyment that doesn’t come from aiming at enjoyment, but enjoyment that is simply picked up, assumed along the way,…
minorliteratures.com
February 6, 2026 at 5:18 AM
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You Have Got to Go Straight Ahead: The Aesthetics of Insistence in The Kills’ “Tape Song” — Yanis Iqbal minorliteratures.com/2026/02/05/y...
You Have Got to Go Straight Ahead: The Aesthetics of Insistence in The Kills’ “Tape Song” — Yanis Iqbal
In The Kills’ “Tape Song,” there is enjoyment, but enjoyment of a peculiar kind, enjoyment that doesn’t come from aiming at enjoyment, but enjoyment that is simply picked up, assumed along the way,…
minorliteratures.com
February 6, 2026 at 1:21 AM
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The landscapes that shape us, the landscapes we carry with us: Tamil Terrains, Edited by Nedra Rodrigo and Geetha Sukumaran @tracepress.bsky.social
roughghosts.com/2026/02/05/t...
The landscapes that shape us, the landscapes we carry with us: Tamil Terrains, Edited by Nedra Rodrigo and Geetha Sukumaran
Raging winds howl to the vakai trees as their pods tremble in fear. A land cloaked with countless peaks yet not an ounce of soul. It was this cold grim path that he, the ruler of my heart, chose ov…
roughghosts.com
February 5, 2026 at 11:15 AM
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The landscapes that shape us, the landscapes we carry with us: Tamil Terrains, Edited by Nedra Rodrigo and Geetha Sukumaran @tracepress.bsky.social
roughghosts.com/2026/02/05/t...
The landscapes that shape us, the landscapes we carry with us: Tamil Terrains, Edited by Nedra Rodrigo and Geetha Sukumaran
Raging winds howl to the vakai trees as their pods tremble in fear. A land cloaked with countless peaks yet not an ounce of soul. It was this cold grim path that he, the ruler of my heart, chose ov…
roughghosts.com
February 5, 2026 at 11:15 AM
roughghosts.bsky.social
Latest book mail. Coming out from @biblioasis.bsky.social in March.
Book: Every Time We Say Goodbye by Ivana Sajko, translated from the Croatian by Mima Simić.
February 5, 2026 at 4:42 AM