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@simonkinch.bsky.social
“A poor rate version of Ben Lerner”
Two Sketches of Disjointed Happiness [Salt Publishing]
Thoughts of Secondary Persons [Confingo]
Acknowledgements (To The Story You Have Just Finished Reading) [Exacting Clam]
Two Sketches of Disjointed Happiness [Salt Publishing]
Thoughts of Secondary Persons [Confingo]
Acknowledgements (To The Story You Have Just Finished Reading) [Exacting Clam]
Enrico Cavaletti’s 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘌𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘕𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵: the finest of beginnings to a novel which disappears in mere paragraphs
January 25, 2026 at 8:08 AM
Enrico Cavaletti’s 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘌𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘕𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵: the finest of beginnings to a novel which disappears in mere paragraphs
January 19, 2026 at 7:47 PM
‘Sensible people are like that, they tend to simplify everything, and then, but always too late, we witness their astonishment at the great diversity of life…’
José Saramago, The Double
José Saramago, The Double
January 12, 2026 at 7:42 AM
‘Sensible people are like that, they tend to simplify everything, and then, but always too late, we witness their astonishment at the great diversity of life…’
José Saramago, The Double
José Saramago, The Double
El mundo al revés; debajo de la ciudad, vuelan las aves
Ronda, Octubre 2025
Ronda, Octubre 2025
October 4, 2025 at 10:32 AM
El mundo al revés; debajo de la ciudad, vuelan las aves
Ronda, Octubre 2025
Ronda, Octubre 2025
J. M. G. Le Clézio, The Interrogation
January 1, 2025 at 7:20 PM
J. M. G. Le Clézio, The Interrogation
On seeing a post on writing about tides (this, from Danilo Claremont's 'Submissão ao periódico das inseguranças')
November 27, 2024 at 5:17 PM
On seeing a post on writing about tides (this, from Danilo Claremont's 'Submissão ao periódico das inseguranças')
𝑳'𝒉𝒐𝒕𝒆𝒍 𝑫𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒆 𝑪𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝑺𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒆 ⬝ 𝘢 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺, 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴 ⬝ apersonalanthology.substack.com/p/a-personal...
November 15, 2024 at 3:24 PM
𝑳'𝒉𝒐𝒕𝒆𝒍 𝑫𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒆 𝑪𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝑺𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒆 ⬝ 𝘢 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺, 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴 ⬝ apersonalanthology.substack.com/p/a-personal...
I’ll scan the shelves of Oxfam, Abingdon, perhaps one Saturday in four; found my own name staring back at me this weekend
September 17, 2024 at 10:15 AM
I’ll scan the shelves of Oxfam, Abingdon, perhaps one Saturday in four; found my own name staring back at me this weekend
Went to the recently-opened and well-hidden Curio bookshop in Oxford today; £12 lighter, 4 very good books heavier
January 20, 2024 at 2:23 PM
Went to the recently-opened and well-hidden Curio bookshop in Oxford today; £12 lighter, 4 very good books heavier
WELL... Since you ask me for an anthology of short stories, itself in the form of its own short story, I may just have something that you find... convoluted but nevertheless charming:
apersonalanthology.substack.com/p/a-personal...
apersonalanthology.substack.com/p/a-personal...
January 19, 2024 at 6:34 PM
WELL... Since you ask me for an anthology of short stories, itself in the form of its own short story, I may just have something that you find... convoluted but nevertheless charming:
apersonalanthology.substack.com/p/a-personal...
apersonalanthology.substack.com/p/a-personal...
This week, I'm guest-editing for @jonathangibbs.bsky.social 's wonderful A Personal Anthology – a sojourn through twelve of my favourites, via a (less than believable) stay at L'Hotel Delle Cento Storie.
Available online (and in inboxes) at 14:00 on Friday, at apersonalanthology.substack.com/about
Available online (and in inboxes) at 14:00 on Friday, at apersonalanthology.substack.com/about
January 17, 2024 at 6:27 PM
This week, I'm guest-editing for @jonathangibbs.bsky.social 's wonderful A Personal Anthology – a sojourn through twelve of my favourites, via a (less than believable) stay at L'Hotel Delle Cento Storie.
Available online (and in inboxes) at 14:00 on Friday, at apersonalanthology.substack.com/about
Available online (and in inboxes) at 14:00 on Friday, at apersonalanthology.substack.com/about
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Just a heads-up that this week's guest editor on A Personal Anthology will be @simonkinch.bsky.social, author of Two Sketches of Disjointed Happiness, a fascinating experiment in split-narrative novel-writing. I do recommend it!
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About - A Personal Anthology
A weekly guest-editor picks and introduces a personal anthology of twelve favourite short stories. Click to read A Personal Anthology, by Jonathan Gibbs, a Substack publication with thousands of subsc...
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January 15, 2024 at 11:49 AM
Just a heads-up that this week's guest editor on A Personal Anthology will be @simonkinch.bsky.social, author of Two Sketches of Disjointed Happiness, a fascinating experiment in split-narrative novel-writing. I do recommend it!
Sign up here: apersonalanthology.substack.com/about
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