Rob Madole
@robmadole.bsky.social
Writer & translator in Berlin /// SOFT POWER coming in 2026
Prophetic Dostoyevsky
November 27, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Prophetic Dostoyevsky
My novel is coming out with Melville House next year and I’m very excited to share it with you!
November 26, 2025 at 1:05 PM
My novel is coming out with Melville House next year and I’m very excited to share it with you!
BREAKING NEWS: BERLIN
March 19, 2025 at 2:41 PM
BREAKING NEWS: BERLIN
“If we maintain our faith in God, our love of freedom, and superior global air power, I think we can look to the future with confidence.”
March 9, 2025 at 6:11 PM
“If we maintain our faith in God, our love of freedom, and superior global air power, I think we can look to the future with confidence.”
“so schmeckt frische”
February 24, 2025 at 4:36 PM
“so schmeckt frische”
there are also toilets here
February 21, 2025 at 10:59 PM
there are also toilets here
huw just look at the table of contents
February 13, 2025 at 3:06 PM
huw just look at the table of contents
i was suckered by a dropshipper with the world's worst book design
February 13, 2025 at 2:20 PM
i was suckered by a dropshipper with the world's worst book design
"I know you won't believe that I've changed; you'll say 'That's the twentieth time you've said it, and there's no good in you and you're the emptiest of fellows.' But no, this time I've changed quite differently from the way I used to change before."
—Tolstoy
—Tolstoy
January 29, 2025 at 5:42 PM
"I know you won't believe that I've changed; you'll say 'That's the twentieth time you've said it, and there's no good in you and you're the emptiest of fellows.' But no, this time I've changed quite differently from the way I used to change before."
—Tolstoy
—Tolstoy
“Just try and remember all Chekhov's different heroes . . . Doctors, engineers, lawyers, teachers, lecturers, landlords, shopkeepers, industrialists, nannies, lackeys, students, civil servants of every rank, cattle-dealers, tram-conductors, marriage-brokers, sextons, bishop, peasants, workers . . .”
January 8, 2025 at 4:25 PM
“Just try and remember all Chekhov's different heroes . . . Doctors, engineers, lawyers, teachers, lecturers, landlords, shopkeepers, industrialists, nannies, lackeys, students, civil servants of every rank, cattle-dealers, tram-conductors, marriage-brokers, sextons, bishop, peasants, workers . . .”
J. Edgar Hoover introduces Grandpa Pete to day drinking
November 18, 2024 at 4:03 PM
J. Edgar Hoover introduces Grandpa Pete to day drinking
no occupation does professional portraiture better than classical musicians
October 31, 2023 at 4:20 PM
no occupation does professional portraiture better than classical musicians
i like this self-portrait by wolfgang herrndorf
October 17, 2023 at 1:25 PM
i like this self-portrait by wolfgang herrndorf