Avital Gad-Cykman
@avitalgadcykman.bsky.social
I'm deeply interested in understanding better.
Flashes, short stories, poetry in magazines and anthologies, and in my books "Life In, Life Out" (Matter Press) & "Light Reflection Over Blues" (Ravenna Press) and there's more (Novels! A collection!).
Flashes, short stories, poetry in magazines and anthologies, and in my books "Life In, Life Out" (Matter Press) & "Light Reflection Over Blues" (Ravenna Press) and there's more (Novels! A collection!).
The film 12.12: The Day (2023) from South Korea. in the shadow of the coup attempt last week, this film is highly informative, disturbing and interesting. The 1979 coup and the absurd of the occurrences probably sustained democracy and left the president on his own. .
Directed by Kim Sung-su.
Directed by Kim Sung-su.
December 12, 2024 at 2:38 AM
The film 12.12: The Day (2023) from South Korea. in the shadow of the coup attempt last week, this film is highly informative, disturbing and interesting. The 1979 coup and the absurd of the occurrences probably sustained democracy and left the president on his own. .
Directed by Kim Sung-su.
Directed by Kim Sung-su.
I enjoyed my e-interview with one of my favorite flash fiction writers, @kathyfish.bsky.social, for today’s Friday Five Q&A. I hope you enjoy it too! andrewcareaga.com/2024/12/06/f... #writingcommunity
Friday Five: Q&A with writer/’Art of Flash Fiction’ Substacker Kathy Fish
‘I sort of fell into flash writing before I knew there was such a thing.’
andrewcareaga.com
December 6, 2024 at 5:33 PM
Marmoset and opossum: 4 bananas
Avital and Pablo: many.
Avital and Pablo: many.
December 5, 2024 at 7:45 PM
Marmoset and opossum: 4 bananas
Avital and Pablo: many.
Avital and Pablo: many.
A massive asteroid is due to make closest-ever approach to Earth tonight. But don't change your plans.
The rock will reach a minimum distance of 1.37 million miles (2.2 million kilometers) from Earth.
(From Live Science)
The rock will reach a minimum distance of 1.37 million miles (2.2 million kilometers) from Earth.
(From Live Science)
December 4, 2024 at 8:45 PM
A massive asteroid is due to make closest-ever approach to Earth tonight. But don't change your plans.
The rock will reach a minimum distance of 1.37 million miles (2.2 million kilometers) from Earth.
(From Live Science)
The rock will reach a minimum distance of 1.37 million miles (2.2 million kilometers) from Earth.
(From Live Science)
I'm not sure who posted it first-anyway, there are many interesting prompts for writers here:
www.writing.upenn.edu/library/Maye...
#writingcommunity #flashwriters #writing #writingworkshop
www.writing.upenn.edu/library/Maye...
#writingcommunity #flashwriters #writing #writingworkshop
EPC DIGITL LIBRARY
www.writing.upenn.edu
November 27, 2024 at 2:11 PM
I'm not sure who posted it first-anyway, there are many interesting prompts for writers here:
www.writing.upenn.edu/library/Maye...
#writingcommunity #flashwriters #writing #writingworkshop
www.writing.upenn.edu/library/Maye...
#writingcommunity #flashwriters #writing #writingworkshop
A book that kept you up?
Last night it was Happiness by Aminatta Forna.
Didn't manage to finish it, though. :)
#reading #literaryfiction #novels #writing #reviews
Last night it was Happiness by Aminatta Forna.
Didn't manage to finish it, though. :)
#reading #literaryfiction #novels #writing #reviews
November 26, 2024 at 3:26 PM
A book that kept you up?
Last night it was Happiness by Aminatta Forna.
Didn't manage to finish it, though. :)
#reading #literaryfiction #novels #writing #reviews
Last night it was Happiness by Aminatta Forna.
Didn't manage to finish it, though. :)
#reading #literaryfiction #novels #writing #reviews
"Monster" is a wonderful Japanese film from 2023.
I highly recommend watching it without reading about it before.
The story is not linear and far from obvious. #Cinema #goodmovies #culture
I highly recommend watching it without reading about it before.
The story is not linear and far from obvious. #Cinema #goodmovies #culture
November 26, 2024 at 12:37 AM
"Monster" is a wonderful Japanese film from 2023.
I highly recommend watching it without reading about it before.
The story is not linear and far from obvious. #Cinema #goodmovies #culture
I highly recommend watching it without reading about it before.
The story is not linear and far from obvious. #Cinema #goodmovies #culture
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Another day, another design for a ballet costume for a vegetable. Today’s special: the radish (pen and ink and watercolour on pencil, V&A)
November 23, 2024 at 10:45 AM
Another day, another design for a ballet costume for a vegetable. Today’s special: the radish (pen and ink and watercolour on pencil, V&A)
I find this poem beautiful, and Ursula K. Le Guin is a queen.
Might as well say I am the shadow / of a leaf of the acacia tree
November 23, 2024 at 6:51 PM
I find this poem beautiful, and Ursula K. Le Guin is a queen.
Joking aside, I'm responsible for a part of the design of this handrail, leaving the glasswork to Pablo and the metal work to Carlos.
November 22, 2024 at 6:49 PM
Joking aside, I'm responsible for a part of the design of this handrail, leaving the glasswork to Pablo and the metal work to Carlos.
Reposted by Avital Gad-Cykman
What's the weirdest thing that's happened to you in your writing career? Hands down, mine was when an ex wrote a book about me (a romance, no less) and subbed it to my agent.
November 17, 2024 at 2:08 PM
What's the weirdest thing that's happened to you in your writing career? Hands down, mine was when an ex wrote a book about me (a romance, no less) and subbed it to my agent.
Have you read Arvind Adiga books?
They're fiction with political and social awareness, speaking about castes, economic differences, corruption and the (im) possibility of change.
They're fiction with political and social awareness, speaking about castes, economic differences, corruption and the (im) possibility of change.
November 18, 2024 at 3:25 PM
Have you read Arvind Adiga books?
They're fiction with political and social awareness, speaking about castes, economic differences, corruption and the (im) possibility of change.
They're fiction with political and social awareness, speaking about castes, economic differences, corruption and the (im) possibility of change.
Reposted by Avital Gad-Cykman
A photo I took in a Weiwei's exhibition in Sao Paulo.
November 16, 2024 at 7:39 PM
A photo I took in a Weiwei's exhibition in Sao Paulo.
More books I've read this year and would love to discuss:
The Magician by Colm Toibin
Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights by Salman Rushdie
A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan (reread)
Baumgartner by Paul Auster
The Book of Words by Jenny Erpenbeck
#reading #literary #writing
The Magician by Colm Toibin
Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights by Salman Rushdie
A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan (reread)
Baumgartner by Paul Auster
The Book of Words by Jenny Erpenbeck
#reading #literary #writing
November 16, 2024 at 3:45 PM
More books read in 2024: (and discuss these/others?)
Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett
Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann
TransAtlantic by Colum McCann
The Secret by Anna Enquist
The masterpiece by Anna Enquist
To Siberia by Per Patterson
A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki
Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett
Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann
TransAtlantic by Colum McCann
The Secret by Anna Enquist
The masterpiece by Anna Enquist
To Siberia by Per Patterson
A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki
November 12, 2024 at 7:41 PM
More books read in 2024: (and discuss these/others?)
Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett
Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann
TransAtlantic by Colum McCann
The Secret by Anna Enquist
The masterpiece by Anna Enquist
To Siberia by Per Patterson
A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki
Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett
Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann
TransAtlantic by Colum McCann
The Secret by Anna Enquist
The masterpiece by Anna Enquist
To Siberia by Per Patterson
A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki
Well, I'm trying to make a list of books I've read in 2024.
I'd love to hear about books you've read.
Ohh...I see I can only write so many words. So, a start:
Art of Estrangement by Tove Ditlevsen
Our Country Friends by Gary Shteyngart
Bullet Park by John Cheever
Under Water by Rachel McCallaghan
I'd love to hear about books you've read.
Ohh...I see I can only write so many words. So, a start:
Art of Estrangement by Tove Ditlevsen
Our Country Friends by Gary Shteyngart
Bullet Park by John Cheever
Under Water by Rachel McCallaghan
November 12, 2024 at 7:36 PM
Well, I'm trying to make a list of books I've read in 2024.
I'd love to hear about books you've read.
Ohh...I see I can only write so many words. So, a start:
Art of Estrangement by Tove Ditlevsen
Our Country Friends by Gary Shteyngart
Bullet Park by John Cheever
Under Water by Rachel McCallaghan
I'd love to hear about books you've read.
Ohh...I see I can only write so many words. So, a start:
Art of Estrangement by Tove Ditlevsen
Our Country Friends by Gary Shteyngart
Bullet Park by John Cheever
Under Water by Rachel McCallaghan