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24 Jan 2025
I've a ton of new followers recently, so I'd like to say: Hello! I'm a writer, editor, and educator who believes that experimental literature can be as fun as it's demanding. If you're ever looking for book recs -or even my own work- check out my website!
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Jun 11
It's time for a summer vacation! As I travel red-eyed across continents, under channels, and along city riversides, I'll be listening to a new playlist.
Now, to remain awake for the next day and a half...
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Briefly free from work, I saw Curry Barker's Obsession! What true horror - I feel terrible. Barker synthesized his influences for something breakneck, with wonderful comedic timing.
Navarrette's role is heartbreaking, comparable only to Sheryl Lee as Laura Palmer in FWWM.
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My friend @Chris_Byrd published a fantastic essay on the work of Mathias Énard, which I recommend to anyone who's curious about the author or already a fan of his work!
I appreciate the length of time Chris takes to study each author's approach to metaphor and form.
Christopher Byrd (@Chris_Byrd) on Mathias Énard’s dizzyingly beautiful novels go.nybooks.com/4uBSyNA
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If you can't read Énard in French (yet!), you can thank translators @avecsesdoigts and Frank Wynne for their titanic efforts. These translators take their time producing sonically enthralling works.
Both @open_letter and @NewDirections support these translators, and so can you!
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May 29
My new novels for summer have arrived! Many thanks to @chariscircle for always being the best local book hub.
I'm excited to read all three books through the summer rains with Moshi at my side, or abroad at some cafe with a morning treat. You should check each author out now!
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May 29
I'm especially excited for the latest @dedreytnien translation of Copi. I was first recommended Copi's work by my dear friend Chris, who gifted me The Queen's Ball.
If you ever wanted a book that feels like Nathan Lane in a surreal Giallo film, read it!
mitpress.mit.edu/97819658740…
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May 26
My most anticipated new fiction is out today! Missouri Williams' The Doloriad was a terrifying and sonically flared debut several years ago, sardonic and playful in the tradition of Rikki Ducornet.
My pre-order for her latest arrived just in time for my Eurotrip this summer.
my book is out in the USA today! thank you to everyone at @fsgbooks and @mcdbooks, my amazing editor @jaxxonhoward, and my brilliant agent John Ash for everything he does for me, including sending me this picture of the book by his pond after I gave away my only copy
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May 26
May the memory of Sonny Rollins be a blessing! What an incomparable artist, whose work provoked me in my most generative, secluded moods.
I spent a summer wandering the streets of Vienna, listening on loop to his modulations at Village Vanguard. His work echoes in my memory.
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May 24
One of my students wanted to join the Ulysses reading group, but tapped out because of its difficulty. That's completely okay! We have entire lifetimes to return to art and engage ourselves once again.
Instead, they asked for a list of books influenced by Ulysses. Try them too!
This month, I'm re-reading Ulysses with some friends! Even if some parts can be tough, it's such a joyous, playful, and heartfelt novel. James Joyce wrote a big, bright book about humanity for dark times.
Re-reading now, I can't help but see its influence in everything I love...
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May 22
Toni Morrison is inarguably one of the greatest novelists of all time, an author whose work felt accessible to new readers and deeply rewarding to fans of dense, layered literature.
This podcast is a great way to approach her fiction! The passion of each guest is infectious.
May 21
I always tell my students, you can be certain that Toni Morrison herself carefully chose every word she ever wrote. That's what makes close reading her work so enjoyable and so fruitful. Today, we launch PASSAGES, a podcast about reading Morrison together. sites.prh.com/passages
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May 14
A sad farewell to @turtlewowteam! I was late to this fan project - an 8-year experiment in community building - but it captivated me.
A global team believed in a simple mission, accessibility blended seamlessly with curation to bring people together. What an inspired effort.
15 Dec 2025
And my favorite games I played for the first time this year:
Look Outside
Turtle WoW
Path of Achra
& Total War: Warhammer III!
Look Outside was far and above my favorite gaming experience in several years. I cannot recommend this game enough to any fans of Undertale and LISA.
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This month, I'm re-reading Ulysses with some friends! Even if some parts can be tough, it's such a joyous, playful, and heartfelt novel. James Joyce wrote a big, bright book about humanity for dark times.
Re-reading now, I can't help but see its influence in everything I love...
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Apr 29
Lists are fun! I can rewrite them forever. But if I had to pick five fictions that everyone could and should try, they would be:
1. Frankenstein by Shelley
2. Invisible Man by Ellison
3. The Red & The Black by Stendhal
4. Song of Solomon by Morrison
5. The Trial by Kafka
i am against such universal statements, but here's a list of five books bookish-people should consider reading.
1. ficciones, borges
2. war with the newts, capek
3. kalevala, compiled by elias lonnrot
4. first dream, sor juana inés de la cruz
5. paradise, hervé guibert
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Apr 26
Summer break's almost here, which means I've a new set of students taking directed study! Teaching literature is a joy for me, because I learn there's ever a greater breadth of perspective to share.
If you're interested, I wrote about my teaching method in an earlier thread!
6 Feb 2025
Each summer, students of mine ask me for directed study, where I assign them fiction to help develop an appreciation and stamina for great books. I teach them that literacy can feel like a muscle, requiring practice and care.
Today, I thought I might share how I assign books!
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Apr 22
Recent reads and rereads, all great!
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Apr 16
As the season warms, I need a new playlist! The change of albums helps me move through writing, work, and my students' directed studies.
Does it mean I'm going to draft something new this summer? Who knows! But like spring cleaning, I've made space for what comes next.
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Apr 11
Continuing this thought into today! Reading slumps can and will happen; life simply surrounds us and we must sit with it. But there are some incredible, inexplicable novels that have jolted me back into reading onward.
Here's a few that might help you during that next slump.
Apr 11
Try these! Each of these novels helped me break through the dense fug of reader's block when I desperately needed them.
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Minor Lits continues to publish great contemporary voices! @DoubleEBooks' piece on Marguerite Duras' craft and metaphor is out now.
Elkind writes breezily and in swirls around language, memory, and history in their fibrous overlay across language art.
"Has an author ever used the conditional tense as poignantly as Marguerite Duras?" @DoubleEBooks asks, answering that question in this experimental essay.
Duras Variations — Daniel Elkind minorliteratures.com/2026/04…
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Sometimes, we need breaks to focus on what matters most! My spring has been busy, guiding my students and preparing summer readings, but I found time to reread some stories and novellas, while also exploring new voices.
Currently reading Flaubert for the first time ever!
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Mar 27
Congratulations to Natasha Lehrer and @7StoriesPress for winning the National Book Critics Circle Translation Award! Neige Sinno's Sad Tiger was a deeply affecting and delicately wrought work for me last year.
It is a work which gifts new language with its unrelenting honesty.
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