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Booker finalists on digital billboard in Piccadilly Circus, London. Paul Harding front and center, on the curve, holding up THIS OTHER EDEN. @nationalbook.bsky.social can you get Nasdaq to do this in Times Square for your finalists, too?
October 11, 2023 at 6:05 PM
#italophiles please come to the debut in English of wonderful Neapolitan novelist Angelo Cannavacciuolo iicnewyork.esteri.it/en/gli_event...
October 7, 2023 at 1:55 PM
This is actually a superb essay, anyone seeking to write about world affairs, history, politics, needs to read it and take it as a model. Matthew Longo is among the GOATs. His unputdownable book about activism, hope, disappointment, world history, politics etc, THE PICNIC, comes out in November.
Hey Bluesky friends

I have an essay in the LARB about *Ostalgie*, East German literature, and the possibility of democratic socialism.

Discussion of books by Katja Hoyer, Brigitte Reimann and Jenny Erpenbeck

https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/ostalgie-revisiting-east-germany/
Ostalgie: Revisiting East Germany
Does nostalgia for the old East Berlin come from a deeper longing for socialism?...
lareviewofbooks.org
October 5, 2023 at 4:21 PM
"Authoritative, witty, thoughtful, and unafraid to throw a punch, Ashley Shew pushes us headlong toward a much-needed world in which disabled people are seen as experts in their lives, curators of their stories, and vibrant, essential, generative parts of our collective future." -- Ed Yong
October 5, 2023 at 4:18 PM
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Beyond the Page with Tiya Miles, Callie Crossley, and @wgbh.org discussing the magic of being outdoors. #jojodoodles #visualnotes
October 4, 2023 at 1:44 AM
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"By thinking and acting outside, these girls who matured into women bent the future of the country toward freedom." Happy pub day to "Wild Girls" by the incomparable Tiya Miles. Look for our upcoming chat on a @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social podcast
September 20, 2023 at 1:24 AM
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for The Millions, i spoke with the brilliant Vauhini Vara about her approach to the short story form,  how humor works in her writing, & the many iterations of her brand new short story collection THIS IS SALVAGED 🔥. get her book NOW!!

themillions.com/2023/09/vauh...
Vauhini Vara Doesn't Know How She Does It
"So much of the process of writing remains mysterious to me."
themillions.com
September 26, 2023 at 5:30 PM
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great time talking to author Vauhini Vara about her new short story collection THIS IS SALVAGED yesterday. www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct...
September 28, 2023 at 4:15 PM
Words without Borders published today's Nobel Prize for Literature winner, Jon Fosse, back in 2006. wordswithoutborders.org/read/article... Read WWB's other Nobelists here: wordswithoutborders.org/read/collect... Follow @wwborders.bsky.social to be 17 years ahead of the curve.
From "Night Sings Its Songs" by Jon Fosse - Words Without Borders
Norway's leading playwright Jon Fosse takes us deep into one fateful night where a young couple tries to reconnect.
wordswithoutborders.org
October 5, 2023 at 3:47 PM