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wrote a short story for this anthology, to be honest half the excitement is having literally no idea what everyone else has written and being unable to wait to find out
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ALLES WIRD REIN – ALL WILL BE CLEAN – is a sinister recurring trope in László Krasznahorkai’s fiction: tidy towns are typically fascist towns.
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some thoughts on the Booker
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some thoughts on this year’s miles franklin. last time the abc used this format it was to discuss the new beyoncé album, just to give you a rough idea how exciting this shortlist is
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“I keep eating, so to speak; the digesting will have to be done then the shitting; and the shit had better be good!”
kathy acker was something else
during a period of decline the best elements of any medium tend to fade. back before ‘blog post’ was a punchline it was an avenue for some cool writing, just look at Kate Zambreno’s list (from Heroines) of the kind of stuff that existed circa 2010
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in his magnum opus peep show david mitchell remarked, I’ve said too much, haven’t I? Damn. Damn these lips of mine, I guess witold must have sympathised cos everyone’s lips are cursed in this one. also it is about tennis and trent reznor should do the soundtrack
funny also cos dorothy’s marketing went pretty hard
Zach’s review of the new Donoso translation and phenomenon of the so-called ‘Latin American Boom’ at @The_Millions is lovely, well worth reading
The greatest horror novel of all time returns! José Donoso's The Obscene Bird of Night is out today, in a new unabridged translation from @meganalimcd by @NewDirections.
This novel is one of my greatest reading experiences, and it could be yours too. Do yourself a favor, read!
thank you @paperback_books for this @honfordstar hook up. esp since the new seoul park jelly massacre wasn’t even meant to be out until may
spoke to kill your darlings about lit fests & dionysos speed
.@_DeclanFry on literary festivals in our latest 'What I Wish I'd Known'.
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ALT “A good question is its own statement. If you cannot end with a question become a writer.”
the paywall is down on this one – come and dissolve yourself
@Meanjin has announced @_DeclanFry as the winner of the 2023 Hilary McPhee Award for his essay ‘911 Lonely: Call Me Call Me Call Me’ on the work of @MckenzieWark FAHA. Congratulations both! bit.ly/3vZPiT4
Kristen Stewart crew assemble. Bit of a break for Katy O’Brian. Kicks off in the last quarter. If there’s an award for best use of yep as a reply in a film, give it to this one.
They are, once again, coming for yours truly
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You wouldn’t steal a car, but you can steal 911 Lonely. I mean, you still have to read it, but we are giving you the piece! The paywall is down, the means of production are yours. It’s the existing conditions, Jim. The horizon keeps things possible.
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