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The Discerning Mollusk's Guide to Arts and Ideas. From @saggingmeniscus. Quarterly, in print and online, since 2021.
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Outdoor reading of “Bore Report Part Fore” from @exactingclam.bsky.social #17, Summer 2025
November 12, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Outdoor reading of “Bore Report Part Fore” from @exactingclam.bsky.social #17, Summer 2025
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This is an intriguing teaser campaign in the run-up to the publication of the novel in June 2026: a series of acclaimed authors each reading a passage from 'The Coast of Everything' by Guillermo Stitch. Has this ever been done before?
Thanks to @cdrose.bsky.social (author of WE LIVE HERE NOW from @melvillehouse.bsky.social , winner of the @goldsmithsprize.bsky.social ) for this reading from @guillermostitch.bsky.social 's THE COAST OF EVERYTHING:
C.D. Rose Reads From Guillermo Stitch's THE COAST OF EVERYTHING
Thanks to C.D. Rose, author of WE LIVE HERE NOW — winner of the 2025 Goldsmith Prize — for reading this passage from THE COAST OF EVERYTHING by Guillermo Sti...
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November 10, 2025 at 5:59 PM
This is an intriguing teaser campaign in the run-up to the publication of the novel in June 2026: a series of acclaimed authors each reading a passage from 'The Coast of Everything' by Guillermo Stitch. Has this ever been done before?
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In here you will be able to enjoy the first short story I have had published since 1996
November 8, 2025 at 7:20 PM
In here you will be able to enjoy the first short story I have had published since 1996
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Da Da!
November 8, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Da Da!
Coming soon: the DADA issue!
November 8, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Coming soon: the DADA issue!
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At Sagging Central we've got a copy of Mike Silverton's NEW AND USED POEMS AND OBJECTS—and it's unbelievable. www.saggingmeniscus.com/catalog/new_... Preorder it for a special discount at @asterismbooks.bsky.social: asterismbooks.com/product/new-...
November 5, 2025 at 1:33 AM
At Sagging Central we've got a copy of Mike Silverton's NEW AND USED POEMS AND OBJECTS—and it's unbelievable. www.saggingmeniscus.com/catalog/new_... Preorder it for a special discount at @asterismbooks.bsky.social: asterismbooks.com/product/new-...
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Here's your periodic reminder that Sagging Meniscus relies on your support to publish literature that, quietly or loudly, defies convention, in book form and in the quarterly journal @exactingclam.bsky.social. Make a tax-deductible contribution: fundraising.fracturedatlas.org/sagging-meni...
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October 29, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Here's your periodic reminder that Sagging Meniscus relies on your support to publish literature that, quietly or loudly, defies convention, in book form and in the quarterly journal @exactingclam.bsky.social. Make a tax-deductible contribution: fundraising.fracturedatlas.org/sagging-meni...
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Come hear Sagging Meniscus in London at The Poetry Society: @davidcollard.bsky.social , Melissa McCarthy, Rufo Quintavalle, @julianstannardpoet.bsky.social , and Philip Terry. 20 November! RSVP at http://bit.ly/3Jl0JLN
October 23, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Come hear Sagging Meniscus in London at The Poetry Society: @davidcollard.bsky.social , Melissa McCarthy, Rufo Quintavalle, @julianstannardpoet.bsky.social , and Philip Terry. 20 November! RSVP at http://bit.ly/3Jl0JLN
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@davidcollard.bsky.social and Kurt Luchs talking up a storm on the @exactingclam.bsky.social podcast - Listen one, listen all for poetry & small press book release goodness: exactingclamcephalopodcast.com/episode/davi... #booksky #poetrysky
David Collard and Kurt Luchs in Conversation - The Exacting Clam Cephalopodcast
David Collard and Kurt Luchs discuss their two recent books: Collard's A Crumpled Swan: Fifty essays about Abigail Parry's 'In the dream of the cold res...
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October 21, 2025 at 6:02 PM
@davidcollard.bsky.social and Kurt Luchs talking up a storm on the @exactingclam.bsky.social podcast - Listen one, listen all for poetry & small press book release goodness: exactingclamcephalopodcast.com/episode/davi... #booksky #poetrysky
The Clam is a happy Clam, because Kurt Luchs' TRIBUTARIES is a collection of poems and essays created for and published in the magazine. (18 have been published in it so far; two are still forthcoming.)
Kurt Luchs interviewed by Shelley Irwin on @wgvupublicmedia.bsky.social about TRIBUTARIES:
Tributaries
Kurt Luch talks about his latest work.
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October 20, 2025 at 2:58 PM
The Clam is a happy Clam, because Kurt Luchs' TRIBUTARIES is a collection of poems and essays created for and published in the magazine. (18 have been published in it so far; two are still forthcoming.)
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Kurt Luchs chats poetry, comedy, & his new release on the @wgvupublicmedia.bsky.social "Shelley Irwin Show": www.wgvunews.org/the-shelley-... @saggingmeniscus.bsky.social
Tributaries
Kurt Luch talks about his latest work.
www.wgvunews.org
October 20, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Kurt Luchs chats poetry, comedy, & his new release on the @wgvupublicmedia.bsky.social "Shelley Irwin Show": www.wgvunews.org/the-shelley-... @saggingmeniscus.bsky.social
In the latest Exacting Clam Encephalopodcast, a wide-ranging conversation between two authors of unconventional books on poetry: @davidcollard.bsky.social (A CRUMPLED SWAN) and Kurt Luchs (TRIBUTARIES).
David Collard and Kurt Luchs in Conversation - The Exacting Clam Cephalopodcast
David Collard and Kurt Luchs discuss their two recent books: Collard's A Crumpled Swan: Fifty essays about Abigail Parry's 'In the dream of the cold res...
exactingclamcephalopodcast.com
October 19, 2025 at 4:34 PM
In the latest Exacting Clam Encephalopodcast, a wide-ranging conversation between two authors of unconventional books on poetry: @davidcollard.bsky.social (A CRUMPLED SWAN) and Kurt Luchs (TRIBUTARIES).
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Coming January 20th: Mike Silverton's NEW AND USED POEMS AND OBJECTS, including 70+ color photographs of this poet's fabulously imaginative art. https://www.saggingmeniscus.com/catalog/new_and_used_poems_and_objects/
October 17, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Coming January 20th: Mike Silverton's NEW AND USED POEMS AND OBJECTS, including 70+ color photographs of this poet's fabulously imaginative art. https://www.saggingmeniscus.com/catalog/new_and_used_poems_and_objects/
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The semi-finalists for the 2026 Thurber Prize for American #Humor! 📖🎉
thurberhouse.org/2026-thurber-prize-in-writing-semifinalists
@riverheadbooks.bsky.social @henryholtbooks.bsky.social @crownpublishing.bsky.social @putnambooks.bsky.social @saggingmeniscus.bsky.social @amistadbooks.bsky.social
thurberhouse.org/2026-thurber-prize-in-writing-semifinalists
@riverheadbooks.bsky.social @henryholtbooks.bsky.social @crownpublishing.bsky.social @putnambooks.bsky.social @saggingmeniscus.bsky.social @amistadbooks.bsky.social
October 9, 2025 at 3:31 PM
The semi-finalists for the 2026 Thurber Prize for American #Humor! 📖🎉
thurberhouse.org/2026-thurber-prize-in-writing-semifinalists
@riverheadbooks.bsky.social @henryholtbooks.bsky.social @crownpublishing.bsky.social @putnambooks.bsky.social @saggingmeniscus.bsky.social @amistadbooks.bsky.social
thurberhouse.org/2026-thurber-prize-in-writing-semifinalists
@riverheadbooks.bsky.social @henryholtbooks.bsky.social @crownpublishing.bsky.social @putnambooks.bsky.social @saggingmeniscus.bsky.social @amistadbooks.bsky.social
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We're tickled to annonuce that Lee Upton's TABITHA, GET UP has been selected as a semi-finalist for the 2026 Thurber Prize for American Humor in Writing! https://www.thurberhouse.org/2026-thurber-prize-in-writing-semifinalists
October 9, 2025 at 3:49 PM
We're tickled to annonuce that Lee Upton's TABITHA, GET UP has been selected as a semi-finalist for the 2026 Thurber Prize for American Humor in Writing! https://www.thurberhouse.org/2026-thurber-prize-in-writing-semifinalists
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Thanks to Michael Hughes, currently appearing in #houseofguinness and author of COUNTRY, for reading this passage from THE COAST OF EVERYTHING by Guillermo Stitch.
Preorder the novel at https://thecoastofeverything.com.
Preorder the novel at https://thecoastofeverything.com.
Michael Hughes Reads From Guillermo Stitch's THE COAST OF EVERYTHING
Thanks to Michael Hughes, currently appearing in #houseofguinness and author of COUNTRY, for reading this passage from THE COAST OF EVERYTHING by Guillermo S...
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October 8, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Thanks to Michael Hughes, currently appearing in #houseofguinness and author of COUNTRY, for reading this passage from THE COAST OF EVERYTHING by Guillermo Stitch.
Preorder the novel at https://thecoastofeverything.com.
Preorder the novel at https://thecoastofeverything.com.
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Thanks so much @exactingclam.bsky.social. Finally, the true story about the creator of Bitcoin is out in the world!
September 26, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Thanks so much @exactingclam.bsky.social. Finally, the true story about the creator of Bitcoin is out in the world!
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My micro-garble on friendship for @exactingclam.bsky.social upcoming Dada issue contains 18 hyphens. Here’s a sneak peek:
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Great day at @bkbookfest.bsky.social yesterday. 21 attendees recorded readings from our books at our booth. Here's Laura reading Melissa McCarthy. youtube.com/shorts/-jTUd...
2025 Brooklyn Book Festival Booth Reading: Laura Reads Melissa McCarthy's PHOTO, PHYTO, PROTO, NITRO
YouTube video by Sagging Meniscus
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September 22, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Great day at @bkbookfest.bsky.social yesterday. 21 attendees recorded readings from our books at our booth. Here's Laura reading Melissa McCarthy. youtube.com/shorts/-jTUd...
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Ian Monk, poète, traducteur en anglais de Perec et de Pennac, est mort
Ian Monk, poète, traducteur en anglais de Perec et de Pennac, est mort
Homme à la fois drôle et désespéré, membre de l’Oulipo, il avait choisi d’écrire en français pour se libérer du bagage culturel britannique. Il s’est éteint à 65 ans.
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September 21, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Ian Monk, poète, traducteur en anglais de Perec et de Pennac, est mort
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New Yorkers: please come say hello tomorrow (Sunday, Sep. 20) at the Brooklyn Book Festival. We'll be at Booth 333 with books old, new and forthcoming, and we'll have a video giveaway: read an excerpt on camera, get a book. @bkbookfest.bsky.social
September 20, 2025 at 11:24 PM
New Yorkers: please come say hello tomorrow (Sunday, Sep. 20) at the Brooklyn Book Festival. We'll be at Booth 333 with books old, new and forthcoming, and we'll have a video giveaway: read an excerpt on camera, get a book. @bkbookfest.bsky.social
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Ian Monk talking about translation and formal constraints: youtu.be/eQC5pp5wT9g?...
Ian Monk (with English subtitles)
YouTube video by Margarita Saad Plasticienne
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September 20, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Ian Monk talking about translation and formal constraints: youtu.be/eQC5pp5wT9g?...
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Sad news today —
Décès de l'OuLiPien (coopté en 1998) Ian Monk, poète, et par ailleurs traducteur vers l'anglais de Georges Perec, Raymond Roussel, Hervé Le Tellier, Frédéric Forte, Jacques Roubaud, Daniel Pennac, et même Hugo Pratt...
September 20, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Sad news today —