Douglas Glover
@douglasglover.bsky.social
Canadian author of novels, short stories, and essays.
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Douglas Glover
@douglasglover.bsky.social
· Aug 29
The South Will Rise at Noon
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“so much of the appeal of the South is the adventure of transgression.” The Oxford American's take on my novel The South Will Rise at Noon. oxfordamerican.org/magazine/iss...
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“Throw up into your typewriter every morning. Clean up every noon.”
― Raymond Chandler
― Raymond Chandler
October 27, 2025 at 10:09 PM
“Throw up into your typewriter every morning. Clean up every noon.”
― Raymond Chandler
― Raymond Chandler
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See Russell Smith's new novel, where he lists the arts agencies that turned him down for funding.
October 11, 2025 at 11:25 PM
See Russell Smith's new novel, where he lists the arts agencies that turned him down for funding.
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my short piece on the book of sentences (University of Calgary Press, 2025), along with a few excerpts, is now online at The Woodlot; / @ucalgarypress.bsky.social @the-wood-lot.bsky.social ;
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On the book of sentences (University of Calgary Press, October 2025) and an Except
by rob mclennan I don’t hold too much stock in ideas of the muse, instead seeking the attention of craft. The working class farm-lad in me, I suppose: writing as simultaneous muscle and study, a bl…
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October 10, 2025 at 12:52 PM
my short piece on the book of sentences (University of Calgary Press, 2025), along with a few excerpts, is now online at The Woodlot; / @ucalgarypress.bsky.social @the-wood-lot.bsky.social ;
the-wood-lot.ca/2025/10/09/o...
the-wood-lot.ca/2025/10/09/o...
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László Krasznahorkai! Now I have to try to read him again. (My first attempt didn't go well.)
October 9, 2025 at 11:05 AM
László Krasznahorkai! Now I have to try to read him again. (My first attempt didn't go well.)
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don't forget im launching the book of sentences (University of Calgary Press, 2025) in Ottawa next week at Plan 99 w Stephanie Bolster + Zane Koss, also launching new books! / @ucalgarypress.bsky.social @palimpsestpress.bsky.social @invisibooks.bsky.social
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the book of sentences
, notes on my new poetry title, available from University of Calgary Press,
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October 8, 2025 at 3:59 PM
don't forget im launching the book of sentences (University of Calgary Press, 2025) in Ottawa next week at Plan 99 w Stephanie Bolster + Zane Koss, also launching new books! / @ucalgarypress.bsky.social @palimpsestpress.bsky.social @invisibooks.bsky.social
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“Of all the subjects I’m interested in...writing is way, way down at the bottom of the list.”
Cormac McCarthy
Cormac McCarthy
October 8, 2025 at 5:44 PM
“Of all the subjects I’m interested in...writing is way, way down at the bottom of the list.”
Cormac McCarthy
Cormac McCarthy
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same for translations! editors are so important
This is extremely accurate, and it's why I wish editors got a credit on books. Sometimes you learn who edited a bunch of your favorite books and you're like ah. I see. It's a job that requires a keen literary eye AND people skills, which is a tough mix!
An actual hot take: Too many authors are afraid of editors watering down their voice or whatever and not afraid enough of editors letting you put any old slop on the page.
October 9, 2025 at 4:56 AM
same for translations! editors are so important
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A very thoughtful, in-depth review of Loren Ipsum by Oscar Mardell in Review31
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review31.co.uk/article/view...
Truth Bombing
Review 31 is an online literary review.
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September 11, 2025 at 10:48 AM
A very thoughtful, in-depth review of Loren Ipsum by Oscar Mardell in Review31
review31.co.uk/article/view...
review31.co.uk/article/view...
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12 or 20 (second series) questions with Patty Nash / @thirdhandbooks.bsky.social ;
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12 or 20 (second series) questions with Patty Nash
Patty Nash's first book, Walden Pond , was published with Thirdhand Books in August 2024. Her poems have appeared in The Paris Review , the ...
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September 11, 2025 at 12:36 PM
12 or 20 (second series) questions with Patty Nash / @thirdhandbooks.bsky.social ;
robmclennan.blogspot.com/2025/09/12-o...
robmclennan.blogspot.com/2025/09/12-o...
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« So what if writing wasn’t for me either? What if I just gave up? What if the purpose of writing in my life was to stop writing? »
Why do I write? (nth version) — Sdrigotti
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Why do I write? (nth version) — Sdrigotti
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Why do I write? (nth version)
The Eternal Return of that same old question
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September 12, 2025 at 4:15 PM
« So what if writing wasn’t for me either? What if I just gave up? What if the purpose of writing in my life was to stop writing? »
Why do I write? (nth version) — Sdrigotti
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Why do I write? (nth version) — Sdrigotti
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“so much of the appeal of the South is the adventure of transgression.” The Oxford American's take on my novel The South Will Rise at Noon. oxfordamerican.org/magazine/iss...
The South Will Rise at Noon
oxfordamerican.org
August 29, 2025 at 2:27 AM
“so much of the appeal of the South is the adventure of transgression.” The Oxford American's take on my novel The South Will Rise at Noon. oxfordamerican.org/magazine/iss...
Reposted by Douglas Glover
hey recent followers: above/ground press produces 60-80 chapbook titles a year; single-author poetry chaps (along w some prose chaps) + the quarterly Touch the Donkey [a small poetry journal], etc; 2025 subscriptions (32nd year!) + backlist available: abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2024/10/abov...
above/ground press: 2025 subscriptions now available!
The race to the half-century continues! And with more than THIRTEEN HUNDRED TITLES produced to date over thirty-one-plus years, there’s been...
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December 7, 2024 at 5:59 PM
hey recent followers: above/ground press produces 60-80 chapbook titles a year; single-author poetry chaps (along w some prose chaps) + the quarterly Touch the Donkey [a small poetry journal], etc; 2025 subscriptions (32nd year!) + backlist available: abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2024/10/abov...
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Anne Enright, in this @nybooks.com piece on Alice Munro and her daughter Andrea, vets the short stories for "open secrets" more thoroughly than anyone else has done.
www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
Alice Munro’s Retreat | Anne Enright
In July, two months after Alice Munro died, her daughter Andrea Skinner revealed not only that she had been sexually abused by her stepfather for several
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November 24, 2024 at 2:06 AM
Anne Enright, in this @nybooks.com piece on Alice Munro and her daughter Andrea, vets the short stories for "open secrets" more thoroughly than anyone else has done.
www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
Demon Lover, a microstory with edifying commentary and a questionnaire for readers and their demon lovers. Not very serious.
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Demon Lover
Microstory
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January 27, 2024 at 5:15 PM
Demon Lover, a microstory with edifying commentary and a questionnaire for readers and their demon lovers. Not very serious.
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Reading the Grenada slave registries to learn something of their daily lives.
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January 23, 2024 at 3:34 PM
Reading the Grenada slave registries to learn something of their daily lives.
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Learning to read the landscape - sugar plantation ruins in Grenada.
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January 15, 2024 at 4:01 PM
Learning to read the landscape - sugar plantation ruins in Grenada.
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