Sagging Meniscus
@saggingmeniscus.bsky.social
Independent publisher of nonconformist literature.
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The long-awaited second novel by Guillermo Stitch, coming this Bloomsday. Available now for preorder at https://thecoastofeverything.com and https://saggingmeniscus.com/catalog/the_coast_of_everything. "A timeless, extraordinary work.”—Nuala O’Connor
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An interview with Kurt Luchs. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/an-... @saggingmeniscus.bsky.social #booksky
February 10, 2026 at 7:56 PM
An interview with Kurt Luchs. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/an-... @saggingmeniscus.bsky.social #booksky
Just in — @annabellegurwitch.bsky.social on @leeupton.bsky.social's TABITHA, GET UP: “I have taken to keeping this book by the side of the bed and opening to a page at random when a giggle or courage or both are required.”
www.saggingmeniscus.com/catalog/tabi...
www.saggingmeniscus.com/catalog/tabi...
February 9, 2026 at 6:44 PM
Just in — @annabellegurwitch.bsky.social on @leeupton.bsky.social's TABITHA, GET UP: “I have taken to keeping this book by the side of the bed and opening to a page at random when a giggle or courage or both are required.”
www.saggingmeniscus.com/catalog/tabi...
www.saggingmeniscus.com/catalog/tabi...
Thanks to @alinaetc.bsky.social for this reading from @guillermostitch.bsky.social 's THE COAST OF EVERYTHING, coming this Bloomsday.
Alina Stefanescu Reads From Guillermo Stitch's THE COAST OF EVERYTHING
Thanks to Alina Stefanescu, author of MY HERESIES, for this dramatic reading from Guillermo Stitch's forthcoming THE COAST OF EVERYTHING. https://thecoastofe...
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February 9, 2026 at 4:34 PM
Thanks to @alinaetc.bsky.social for this reading from @guillermostitch.bsky.social 's THE COAST OF EVERYTHING, coming this Bloomsday.
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Washington Post is shuttering its book section, part of the ongoing war against literacy & knowledge.
We at Current Affairs want to pick up the slack by expanding book reviews. Writers: pitch us anytime! And if you subscribe/donate we'll use the funding to commission book coverage.
We at Current Affairs want to pick up the slack by expanding book reviews. Writers: pitch us anytime! And if you subscribe/donate we'll use the funding to commission book coverage.
February 4, 2026 at 8:58 PM
Washington Post is shuttering its book section, part of the ongoing war against literacy & knowledge.
We at Current Affairs want to pick up the slack by expanding book reviews. Writers: pitch us anytime! And if you subscribe/donate we'll use the funding to commission book coverage.
We at Current Affairs want to pick up the slack by expanding book reviews. Writers: pitch us anytime! And if you subscribe/donate we'll use the funding to commission book coverage.
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This novel is like five novels in one while still being a single novel. It's a delight. Pre-orderrrrrrrrrrrrrr!
The long-awaited second novel by Guillermo Stitch, coming this Bloomsday. Available now for preorder at https://thecoastofeverything.com and https://saggingmeniscus.com/catalog/the_coast_of_everything. "A timeless, extraordinary work.”—Nuala O’Connor
January 30, 2026 at 3:13 PM
This novel is like five novels in one while still being a single novel. It's a delight. Pre-orderrrrrrrrrrrrrr!
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If Kurt Luchs' TRIBUTARIES were a cocktail, you’d be on your fourth: monkeybicycle.net/if-my-book-t... @saggingmeniscus.bsky.social #poetrysky
If My Book: Tributaries, Kurt Luchs
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January 26, 2026 at 4:30 PM
If Kurt Luchs' TRIBUTARIES were a cocktail, you’d be on your fourth: monkeybicycle.net/if-my-book-t... @saggingmeniscus.bsky.social #poetrysky
If this brilliant installment of Monkeybicycle's "If My Book" column doesn't make you rush out & demand a copy of Kurt Luchs' TRIBUTARIES from your local bookstore (or equiv.) then you have our permission to eat your hat. Sauce optional.
https://monkeybicycle.net/if-my-book-tributaries-kurt-luchs/
https://monkeybicycle.net/if-my-book-tributaries-kurt-luchs/
January 26, 2026 at 4:42 PM
If this brilliant installment of Monkeybicycle's "If My Book" column doesn't make you rush out & demand a copy of Kurt Luchs' TRIBUTARIES from your local bookstore (or equiv.) then you have our permission to eat your hat. Sauce optional.
https://monkeybicycle.net/if-my-book-tributaries-kurt-luchs/
https://monkeybicycle.net/if-my-book-tributaries-kurt-luchs/
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Heads up, Detroit! Kurt Luchs' poetry reading tonight at 27th Letter Books is being postponed for weather. New date from them soon & in the meantime you can still get TRIBUTARIES here: asterismbooks.com/product/trib... @saggingmeniscus.bsky.social
Tributaries | Asterism Books
In *Tributaries*, Kurt Luchs chooses twenty poems that hold vital meaning for him as a reader and writer—many, but not all, recognized as classics—and pays twofold tribute to them. First, he explores ...
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January 23, 2026 at 6:56 PM
Heads up, Detroit! Kurt Luchs' poetry reading tonight at 27th Letter Books is being postponed for weather. New date from them soon & in the meantime you can still get TRIBUTARIES here: asterismbooks.com/product/trib... @saggingmeniscus.bsky.social
NEW AND USED POEMS AND OBJECTS is out, in paperback and hardcover. It's 90-year-old Mike Silverton's fourth collection, with not only poems, but 80+ photographs by Kevin Johnson of Mike's painting, sculpture, and assemblage. https://www.saggingmeniscus.com/catalog/new_and_used_poems_and_objects/
January 21, 2026 at 8:07 PM
NEW AND USED POEMS AND OBJECTS is out, in paperback and hardcover. It's 90-year-old Mike Silverton's fourth collection, with not only poems, but 80+ photographs by Kevin Johnson of Mike's painting, sculpture, and assemblage. https://www.saggingmeniscus.com/catalog/new_and_used_poems_and_objects/
Thanks to Tom Shakespeare for this reading from Guillermo Stitch's THE COAST OF EVERYTHING, which comes out this Bloomsday. (But you can preorder at thecoastofeverything.com.)
Tom Shakespeare Reads From Guillermo Stitch's THE COAST OF EVERYTHING
Thanks for Tom Shakespeare, author of THE ENDS, for this dramatic reading from Guillermo Stitch's forthcoming THE COAST OF EVERYTHING. We won't seek to dissu...
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January 21, 2026 at 6:43 PM
Thanks to Tom Shakespeare for this reading from Guillermo Stitch's THE COAST OF EVERYTHING, which comes out this Bloomsday. (But you can preorder at thecoastofeverything.com.)
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A wonderful interview with @leeupton.bsky.social in North Meridian, regarding her forthcoming novel The Withers.
"We might want to escape our time, but inevitably our culture imprints itself on us even if we try to resist."
thenorthmeridianreview.org/blog/lee-upt...
"We might want to escape our time, but inevitably our culture imprints itself on us even if we try to resist."
thenorthmeridianreview.org/blog/lee-upt...
Lee Upton Discusses Her New Book, “The Withers”: Interview — North Meridian Press
In winter 2026, author Lee Upton answered questions about her new book “The Withers” with managing editor Wesley R. Bishop via email. Below is that conversation that explores Upton’s new novel, her wr...
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January 19, 2026 at 10:16 PM
A wonderful interview with @leeupton.bsky.social in North Meridian, regarding her forthcoming novel The Withers.
"We might want to escape our time, but inevitably our culture imprints itself on us even if we try to resist."
thenorthmeridianreview.org/blog/lee-upt...
"We might want to escape our time, but inevitably our culture imprints itself on us even if we try to resist."
thenorthmeridianreview.org/blog/lee-upt...
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New Substack
“The first ray of light,” he said, as if in a reverie, “which illumines the gloom.”
The line completes a long goodbye in a long book of goodbyes.
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January 16, 2026 at 5:43 PM
New Substack
In PopMatters, John Loonam on Devin Jacobsen's THE SUMMER WE ATE OFF THE CHINA: “Every reader will find their favorites here while gaining a broad and complex view of how much humanity ... one writer can depict.” https://www.popmatters.com/summer-we-ate-off-the-china
January 15, 2026 at 11:06 PM
In PopMatters, John Loonam on Devin Jacobsen's THE SUMMER WE ATE OFF THE CHINA: “Every reader will find their favorites here while gaining a broad and complex view of how much humanity ... one writer can depict.” https://www.popmatters.com/summer-we-ate-off-the-china
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Hey hey, Michiganders: Don't miss Kurt Luchs this Fri at Ann Arbor-bookstore @literatibookstore.bsky.social. He'll be reading from TRIBUTARIES, the latest poetry collection fresh off the @saggingmeniscus.bsky.social press: literatibookstore.com/event/2026-0...
Poetry at Literati: Kurt Luchs
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January 12, 2026 at 6:39 PM
Hey hey, Michiganders: Don't miss Kurt Luchs this Fri at Ann Arbor-bookstore @literatibookstore.bsky.social. He'll be reading from TRIBUTARIES, the latest poetry collection fresh off the @saggingmeniscus.bsky.social press: literatibookstore.com/event/2026-0...
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V pleased with this line - "Instead small groups preferred to sit chastely beneath the nightingales, the females in the crowd listening with great patience as the males expounded upon the tonal qualities of each strain and its place in the history of birdsong."
www.vol1brooklyn.com/2026/01/11/s...
www.vol1brooklyn.com/2026/01/11/s...
Sunday Stories: “Aping the Ark”
Aping The Arkby Aug Stone Just as the rumor persists that Noah’s actual name was Yoah and therefore an anagram of ‘Ahoy’, so do reports of other ark-itects attempting similar salvation at the time …
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January 11, 2026 at 11:47 PM
V pleased with this line - "Instead small groups preferred to sit chastely beneath the nightingales, the females in the crowd listening with great patience as the males expounded upon the tonal qualities of each strain and its place in the history of birdsong."
www.vol1brooklyn.com/2026/01/11/s...
www.vol1brooklyn.com/2026/01/11/s...
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Genuinely honoured to be included in the @irishtimes.com round-up of books to look forward to in 2026. Deepest thanks to @martindoyle.bsky.social. The book, that Sagging Meniscus has made so beautiful, can be pre-ordered at www.thecoastofeverything.com
January 10, 2026 at 10:29 AM
Genuinely honoured to be included in the @irishtimes.com round-up of books to look forward to in 2026. Deepest thanks to @martindoyle.bsky.social. The book, that Sagging Meniscus has made so beautiful, can be pre-ordered at www.thecoastofeverything.com
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I write about this remarkable recording in 'Multiple Joyce: 100 essays about James Joyce's cultural legacy.' www.saggingmeniscus.com/catalog/mult...
The essay is titled 'Ramones of the Day' (see what I did there?)
The essay is titled 'Ramones of the Day' (see what I did there?)
January 8, 2026 at 7:20 PM
I write about this remarkable recording in 'Multiple Joyce: 100 essays about James Joyce's cultural legacy.' www.saggingmeniscus.com/catalog/mult...
The essay is titled 'Ramones of the Day' (see what I did there?)
The essay is titled 'Ramones of the Day' (see what I did there?)
Thanks to Youssef Rakha, author of THE DISSENTERS (Graywolf, 2025), for this reading from Guillermo Stitch's, THE COAST OF EVERYTHING, coming in June. Preorder at thecoastofeverything.com.
Youssef Ralha Reads From Guillermo Stitch's THE COAST OF EVERYTHING
Thanks to Youssef Rakha, author of THE DISSENTERS (Graywolf, 2025), for this reading from Guillermo Stitch's, THE COAST OF EVERYTHING, coming in June. Preord...
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January 5, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Thanks to Youssef Rakha, author of THE DISSENTERS (Graywolf, 2025), for this reading from Guillermo Stitch's, THE COAST OF EVERYTHING, coming in June. Preorder at thecoastofeverything.com.
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Book mail from @saggingmeniscus.bsky.social via @asterismbooks.bsky.social
Mike Silverton and Kevin Johnson. This is a FEAST!
Mike Silverton and Kevin Johnson. This is a FEAST!
January 3, 2026 at 7:39 PM
Book mail from @saggingmeniscus.bsky.social via @asterismbooks.bsky.social
Mike Silverton and Kevin Johnson. This is a FEAST!
Mike Silverton and Kevin Johnson. This is a FEAST!
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Daily(ish) #SmallPress #books Forage Like a Bear by Chris Fink & Wrongful by Lee Upton. See alt-text.
@johnporcellino.bsky.social @leeupton.bsky.social @saggingmeniscus.bsky.social #DSPBposts 💙📚 #BookSky #BooksWorthReading #bookish #readingchallenge #readingcommunity #booktok #booklovers
@johnporcellino.bsky.social @leeupton.bsky.social @saggingmeniscus.bsky.social #DSPBposts 💙📚 #BookSky #BooksWorthReading #bookish #readingchallenge #readingcommunity #booktok #booklovers
January 2, 2026 at 12:59 PM
Daily(ish) #SmallPress #books Forage Like a Bear by Chris Fink & Wrongful by Lee Upton. See alt-text.
@johnporcellino.bsky.social @leeupton.bsky.social @saggingmeniscus.bsky.social #DSPBposts 💙📚 #BookSky #BooksWorthReading #bookish #readingchallenge #readingcommunity #booktok #booklovers
@johnporcellino.bsky.social @leeupton.bsky.social @saggingmeniscus.bsky.social #DSPBposts 💙📚 #BookSky #BooksWorthReading #bookish #readingchallenge #readingcommunity #booktok #booklovers
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1/2 The Guardian's list of forthcoming 2026 fictions (www.theguardian.com/books/2025/d...) overlooks these indie highlights (alphabetically, by title):
Anti-social Behaviour by Aea Varfis-van Warmelo
As If by Isabel Waidner
The Coast of Everything by Guillermo Stitch
Anti-social Behaviour by Aea Varfis-van Warmelo
As If by Isabel Waidner
The Coast of Everything by Guillermo Stitch
Books to look out for in 2026 – fiction
Maggie O’Farrell, Yann Martel and Julian Barnes are among the authors publishing new novels this year
www.theguardian.com
December 27, 2025 at 11:20 AM
1/2 The Guardian's list of forthcoming 2026 fictions (www.theguardian.com/books/2025/d...) overlooks these indie highlights (alphabetically, by title):
Anti-social Behaviour by Aea Varfis-van Warmelo
As If by Isabel Waidner
The Coast of Everything by Guillermo Stitch
Anti-social Behaviour by Aea Varfis-van Warmelo
As If by Isabel Waidner
The Coast of Everything by Guillermo Stitch
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Ho ho ho! Get your literary eggnog! @saggingmeniscus.bsky.social poet Kurt Luchs on Drunken Pen Writing Podcast about his new release: www.youtube.com/watch?si=DI_... @calebjamesk.bsky.social
DPW Podcast #208: The Funny Side Of Poetry With Kurt Luchs
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December 26, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Ho ho ho! Get your literary eggnog! @saggingmeniscus.bsky.social poet Kurt Luchs on Drunken Pen Writing Podcast about his new release: www.youtube.com/watch?si=DI_... @calebjamesk.bsky.social