@_michaelbarron

writer / editor | formerly @NewDirections @MelvilleHouse | currently board member @andothertweets |

 Washington D.C. / Firenze
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I'm available for feedback on manuscripts, stories, and pitches. My experiences as an editor at New Directions, Melville House, and the Rumpus means I've seen it all. Let me help you. Fees negotiable and on a sliding scale.
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For @NewLeftReview's Sidecar, I wrote about Victor Serge: newleftreview.org/sidecar/po…

Morten Høi Jensen, Against the Tide — Sidecar

A new biography of Victor Serge.

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Aaron Shulman@amshulmanSep 15
I'm writing a book about the life and afterlife of Roberto Bolaño for @BloomsburyPub. It's coming out in 2028 but in the meantime the Bolaño-heads can read about my research and assorted Bolaño rabbit holes on my Substack: aaronshulman.substack.com/
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I was also part of this group and grateful for it - one of the best and most hysterical books I read this year.
Ryan Alexanderplatz@ryanhasbadtasteSep 4
hey oomfs, just finished a group read of The Beginnings and looking for our next book. the theme is “new translations” which means the work can have been written whenever, but the translation should be relatively recent. also, let me know if you want to join us!
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Someone has been removing images of Roberto Bolaño from his Wikipedia pages, either leaving them blank or replacing them with this dubious sketch:
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CHRISTIAN LORENTZEN@xlorentzenAug 31
Quite fascinating. newleftreview.org/issues/ii1…

Mao Jian, Rogue Verbs, NLR 160, July–August 2026

China’s dizzying modernization, concurrent with the advent of the online world, has found cultural expression in a starburst of new modes and forms, from avant-garde literature to users’ video posts,...

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CHRISTIAN LORENTZEN@xlorentzenAug 21
Ruby on Cusk. newleftreview.org/sidecar/po…

Ryan Ruby, Unhappy Consciousness — Sidecar

Rachel Cusk’s ‘Life of M’.

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Been waiting for this one:
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Michael Barron@_michaelbarronJun 9
For @thebafflermag, I reviewed William T. Vollmann's four-volume, 3000+ page novel A Table for Fortune: thebaffler.com/latest/you-wh…

You Who Forsake the Lord | Michael Barron

William T. Vollmann has paid a high price for his iconoclasm.

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For @thebafflermag, I reviewed William T. Vollmann's four-volume, 3000+ page novel A Table for Fortune: thebaffler.com/latest/you-wh…

You Who Forsake the Lord | Michael Barron

William T. Vollmann has paid a high price for his iconoclasm.

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Back in the States, but paid a visit to Italo Calvino's grave before I departed from Italy.
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RIP to a master, Alexander Kluge. A filmmaker and writer of singular mind and style. THE DEVIL'S BLINDSPOT, AIR RAID, and THE SNOWS OF VENICE, his collaboration with Ben Lerner, are gems. You can watch the event for their New York launch here: youtube.com/watch?v=j4Bjo8dA…
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Jesse Barron@_jessebarronMar 21
Three more days to read this online at @GrantaMag before it slinks back into its paywall cave—
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Happy Saint Patrick's Day to the forthcoming "Great Dublin Novel" DOONEEN by the singular Keith Rigdway
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.@FitzcarraldoEds has signed 'the Great Dublin Novel' - Dooneen by Keith Ridgway is 'an extraordinary book, funny and odd and moving and angry, quite unlike anything else in contemporary fiction' bookbrunch.co.uk/page/articl… (£)
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For anyone interested, this site keeps a database (just over 900 entries atm) of Persian / Iranian literature in English translation. Mostly short stories and poetry but some novels and non-fiction too. persiantranslated.com/public…
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Very sorry to hear of António Lobo Antunes’s passing. A genuine literary giant who refused to be silent about Portugal’s fascist and colonial history, and a novelist who pushed the boundaries of the form. Que descanse em paz.
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Kevin Lozano@kevlloydlozanoFeb 16
Gutted to hear that Michael passed away. He taught so many of us how to read and how to listen nybooks.com/online/2023/05/0…

The Oracle of Public Radio | Kevin Lozano

Michael Silverblatt’s voice has been described as “so hypnotic, so compelling, that it apparently has prevented people driving on the LA freeways from

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"To read her work is to witness the entire American poetic tradition distilled and reconfigured in the hands of a devotee, moved by a never-quite-explicable love." @cementeriocc on Susan Howe
Federico Perelmuter@cementerioccFeb 9
For @PoetryFound, I wrote about my beloved Susan Howe and how her writing and her voice have shaped my own private and public image of America and my invented English voice. Link below!
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Michael Luo@michaelluoFeb 9
Some @newyorker news! Becca Rothfeld (@heidegrrrrl) and Jordan Salama (@JordanSalama19) coming aboard. Welcome!
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Jacob Brogan@Jacob_BroganFeb 4
If you'd like to support laid off journalists at the Post, some of my colleagues are started a go fund me gofundme.com/f/standing-toge…

Donate to Washington Post 2026 layoff fund, organized by Rachel Siegel

On Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026, The Washington Post laid off hundreds of journalists. We ar… Rachel Siegel needs your support for Washington Post 2026 layoff fund

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WaPo had one of the most considerate and considerable book reviews in the country. Grateful to have written for it and wish Becca Rothfeld, Jacob Brogan and the rest of its staff the best.
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