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‘Today’s publishers must be relieved they do not have to deal with Flaubert, or some mutant facsimile of him; at worst, they have to put up with writers who are crazy, or criminal, or incorrigible hermits.’
Julian Barnes on Flaubert’s relationship with his publisher.
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Julian Barnes on Flaubert’s relationship with his publisher.
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Julian Barnes · Ouvriers de luxe: Author v. Publisher
Gustave Flaubert’s first three novels, Madame Bovary, Salammbô and L’Éducation sentimentale, were all published by...
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October 23, 2025 at 10:15 AM
‘Today’s publishers must be relieved they do not have to deal with Flaubert, or some mutant facsimile of him; at worst, they have to put up with writers who are crazy, or criminal, or incorrigible hermits.’
Julian Barnes on Flaubert’s relationship with his publisher.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Julian Barnes on Flaubert’s relationship with his publisher.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Burning all my candles.
July 22, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Burning all my candles.
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“Problems of human behavior still continue to baffle us, but at least in the Library we have them properly filed.”
― Anita Brookner
― Anita Brookner
July 16, 2025 at 5:09 PM
“Problems of human behavior still continue to baffle us, but at least in the Library we have them properly filed.”
― Anita Brookner
― Anita Brookner
“How many cities have revealed themselves to me in the marches I undertook in the pursuit of books!”#WalterBenjamin was born onthis day in 1892. #OneWayStreet #No13
July 16, 2025 at 11:39 AM
“How many cities have revealed themselves to me in the marches I undertook in the pursuit of books!”#WalterBenjamin was born onthis day in 1892. #OneWayStreet #No13
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If you read anything today, let it be Lori O'Dea's astonishing piece on Neige Sinno's SAD TIGER, the Alice Munro revelations and Vanessa Springora's Consent, also translated by Natasha Lehrer in the new issue of @liberreview.bsky.social:
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“Sad Tiger” by Neige Sinno, translated by Natasha Lehrer“Consent” by Vanessa Springora, translated by Natasha Lehrer“You Won’t Get Free of It” by Rachel Aviv“Alice Munro’s Retreat” by Anne Enright“My ...
Voicing experiences of childhood sexual abuse counteracts the techniques perpetrators use to sustain their patterns of criminal abuse; namely, silencing the victim and controlling the narrative about ...
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July 11, 2025 at 1:19 PM
If you read anything today, let it be Lori O'Dea's astonishing piece on Neige Sinno's SAD TIGER, the Alice Munro revelations and Vanessa Springora's Consent, also translated by Natasha Lehrer in the new issue of @liberreview.bsky.social:
www.liberreview.com/oh-mother-wh...
www.liberreview.com/oh-mother-wh...
Dior totes.
June 29, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Dior totes.
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One day you will no longer be employed in your current job. Your place will be taken by another worker, then another, potentially for decades. The forces of capital have rendered you indistinguishable from your predecessors and successors. Enjoy your commute. www.backlisted.fm/episodes/242...
242. The Corner That Held Them by Sylvia Townsend Warner — Backlisted
Sylvia Townsend Warner's The Corner That Held Them (1948) is the subject of this episode, almost ten years since Backlisted covered the same author's classic debut Lolly Willowes ...
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June 24, 2025 at 4:29 PM
One day you will no longer be employed in your current job. Your place will be taken by another worker, then another, potentially for decades. The forces of capital have rendered you indistinguishable from your predecessors and successors. Enjoy your commute. www.backlisted.fm/episodes/242...
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does anyone just dash off a book and then publish it, if so I hate them
June 24, 2025 at 8:13 PM
does anyone just dash off a book and then publish it, if so I hate them
June 16, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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🎧 PODCAST 🎧
In this powerful and deeply affecting conversation, Neige Sinno speaks with Adam Biles about her landmark book SAD TIGER, at @shakespeareandcompany.com.
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In this powerful and deeply affecting conversation, Neige Sinno speaks with Adam Biles about her landmark book SAD TIGER, at @shakespeareandcompany.com.
Listen here: podfollow.com/shakespeare-...
Shakespeare and Company: Writing the Unspeakable: Neige Sinno on Abuse, Memory, and Language
Trigger Warning: This episode contains detailed discussions of child sexual abuse, rape, trauma, and the failures of the justice system.In this powerful and deeply affecting conversation, Neige Sin...
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June 13, 2025 at 1:08 PM
🎧 PODCAST 🎧
In this powerful and deeply affecting conversation, Neige Sinno speaks with Adam Biles about her landmark book SAD TIGER, at @shakespeareandcompany.com.
Listen here: podfollow.com/shakespeare-...
In this powerful and deeply affecting conversation, Neige Sinno speaks with Adam Biles about her landmark book SAD TIGER, at @shakespeareandcompany.com.
Listen here: podfollow.com/shakespeare-...
@laurenelkin.bsky.social has given a completely brilliant translation of #SimonedeBeauvoir’s #TheImageofHer. Can’t put it down! @backlisted.bsky.social
June 8, 2025 at 7:20 PM
@laurenelkin.bsky.social has given a completely brilliant translation of #SimonedeBeauvoir’s #TheImageofHer. Can’t put it down! @backlisted.bsky.social
“A strange melancholy pervades me to which I hesitate to give the grave and beautiful name of sorrow.” #FrançoiseSagan’s #BonjourTristesse youtu.be/jKYEyYcraDY?si…
May 3, 2025 at 6:10 PM
“A strange melancholy pervades me to which I hesitate to give the grave and beautiful name of sorrow.” #FrançoiseSagan’s #BonjourTristesse youtu.be/jKYEyYcraDY?si…
