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"https://roughghosts.com/2025/08/18/that-day-was-a-little-bit-odd-the-minotaurs-daughter-selected-poems-by-eva-luka/", "published_at": "2025-08-18T09:53:08+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dd10-8f1f-71f3-9fb3-532adfbcde52", "title": "To go with the flow, or not: We Live Here Now by C. D. Rose", "url": "https://roughghosts.com/2025/08/12/to-go-with-the-flow-or-not-we-live-here-now-by-c-d-rose/", "published_at": "2025-08-12T08:17:55+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dd10-8f1f-71f3-9fb3-532ae0b72ef0", "title": "“I never forgot. Everything is there. All I have to do is close my eyes.”: The Emperor by Mackenzy Orcel", "url": "https://roughghosts.com/2025/08/08/i-never-forgot-everything-is-there-all-i-have-to-do-is-close-my-eyes-the-emperor-by-mackenzy-orcel/", "published_at": "2025-08-08T10:22:15+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dd10-8f1f-71f3-9fb3-532ae0d22d42", "title": "An anguish like ether: Dreaming of Dead People by Rosalind Belben", "url": "https://roughghosts.com/2025/08/05/an-anguish-like-ether-dreaming-of-dead-people-by-rosalind-belben/", "published_at": "2025-08-05T09:42:06+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dd10-8f1f-71f3-9fb3-532ae12a432b", "title": "The words / created their own states of being: “it” by Inger Christensen", "url": "https://roughghosts.com/2025/07/26/the-words-created-their-own-states-of-being-it-by-inger-christensen/", "published_at": "2025-07-26T10:35:03+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dd10-8f1f-71f3-9fb3-532ae2272cc4", "title": "As we live by metaphors so we die: The Limit by Rosalind Belben", "url": "https://roughghosts.com/2025/07/16/as-we-live-by-metaphors-so-we-die-the-limit-by-rosalind-belben/", "published_at": "2025-07-16T08:58:43+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dd10-8f1f-71f3-9fb3-532ae2eed47d", "title": "For all the possible and impossible futures: Earthrise Stories Pasts Potentials Prophesies by Priya Sarukkai Chabria", "url": "https://roughghosts.com/2025/07/12/for-all-the-possible-and-impossible-futures-earthrise-stories-pasts-potentials-prophesies-by-priya-sarukkai-chabria/", "published_at": "2025-07-12T08:04:56+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dd10-8f1f-71f3-9fb3-532ae3bd489f", "title": "Dream follows dream: Ceilings by Zuzana Brabcová", "url": "https://roughghosts.com/2025/07/07/dream-follows-dream-ceilings-by-zuzana-brabcova/", "published_at": "2025-07-07T08:26:38+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dd10-8f1f-71f3-9fb3-532ae4bcc6c4", "title": "Halfway through 2025: Less reading, but hope for the future beyond the page", "url": "https://roughghosts.com/2025/07/03/halfway-through-2025-less-reading-but-hope-for-the-future-beyond-the-page/", "published_at": "2025-07-03T07:14:38+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dd20-833e-7059-b671-7462e79f6919", "title": "“There is something about only being able to get lost when you’re not thinking about it”: Natalja’s Stories by Inger Christensen", "url": "https://roughghosts.com/2025/06/22/there-is-something-about-only-being-able-to-get-lost-when-youre-not-thinking-about-it-nataljas-stories-by-inger-christensen/", "published_at": "2025-06-22T10:38:44+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dd20-833e-7059-b671-7462e7a663cd", "title": "A life lost in stories: My Kingdom is Dying by Evald Flisar", "url": "https://roughghosts.com/2025/06/19/a-life-lost-in-stories-my-kingdom-is-dying-by-evald-flisar/", "published_at": "2025-06-19T20:25:24+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dd20-833e-7059-b671-7462e8406f77", "title": "Memories, visions, and grief: The Dissenters by Youssef Rakha", "url": "https://roughghosts.com/2025/06/14/memories-visions-and-grief-the-dissenters-by-youssef-rakha/", "published_at": "2025-06-14T20:45:11+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dd20-833e-7059-b671-7462e8d6818c", "title": "Marking eleven years of roughghosts with a few thoughts about writing book reviews", "url": "https://roughghosts.com/2025/06/01/marking-eleven-years-of-roughghosts-with-a-few-thoughts-about-writing-book-reviews/", "published_at": "2025-06-01T10:13:07+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dd20-833e-7059-b671-7462e9220112", "title": "A mirror to a life: Self-Portrait in the Studio by Giorgio Agamben", "url": "https://roughghosts.com/2025/05/31/a-mirror-to-a-life-self-portrait-in-the-studio-by-giorgio-agamben/", "published_at": "2025-05-31T08:34:44+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dd20-833e-7059-b671-7462e984df52", "title": "What the streets cannot retain: Border Documents by Arturo Soto", "url": "https://roughghosts.com/2025/05/23/what-the-streets-cannot-retain-border-documents-by-arturo-soto/", "published_at": "2025-05-24T04:35:58+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dd20-833e-7059-b671-7462ea5d83d0", "title": "What passes and what remains: Walter Benjamin Stares at the Sea by C.D. Rose", "url": "https://roughghosts.com/2025/05/09/what-passes-and-what-remains-walter-benjamin-stares-at-the-sea-by-c-d-rose/", "published_at": "2025-05-09T08:46:38+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dd20-833e-7059-b671-7462eb136f5b", "title": "Elegy on the wing: Butterfly Valley by Inger Christensen", "url": "https://roughghosts.com/2025/05/01/elegy-on-the-wing-butterfly-valley-by-inger-christensen/", "published_at": "2025-05-01T06:28:48+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dd20-833e-7059-b671-7462eb437a43", "title": "In that strange, that golden light: Psyche Running – Selected Poems, 2005–2022 by Durs Grünbein", "url": "https://roughghosts.com/2025/04/26/in-that-strange-that-golden-light-psyche-running-selected-poems-2005-2022-by-durs-grunbein/", "published_at": "2025-04-26T07:22:26+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dd20-833f-7277-8f96-dc402b05c387", "title": "To translate the human experience: Arabic, between Love and War edited by Yasmine Haj and Norah Alkharashi", "url": "https://roughghosts.com/2025/04/11/to-translate-the-human-experience-arabic-between-love-and-war-edited-by-norah-alkharrashi-and-yasmine-haj/", "published_at": "2025-04-12T04:08:11+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dd30-aca5-70ca-b0b8-ee6d95d06f56", "title": "I who dreamed of Africas: The Harmattan Winds by Sylvain Trudel", "url": "https://roughghosts.com/2025/04/02/i-who-dreamed-of-africas-the-harmattan-winds-by-sylvain-trudel/", "published_at": "2025-04-02T08:28:24+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dd30-aca5-70ca-b0b8-ee6d96055cc5", "title": "The woman on page eight: Azorno by Inger Christensen", "url": "https://roughghosts.com/2025/03/30/the-woman-on-page-eight-azorno-by-inger-christensen/", "published_at": "2025-03-30T09:16:33+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dd30-aca5-70ca-b0b8-ee6d96fac992", "title": "No, it’s not complicated at all: Recognizing the Stranger by Isabella Hammad and One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar Al Akkad", "url": "https://roughghosts.com/2025/03/26/no-its-not-complicated-at-all-recognizing-the-stranger-by-isabella-hammad-and-one-day-everyone-will-have-always-been-against-this-by-omar-al-akkad/", "published_at": "2025-03-26T10:12:43+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dd30-aca5-70ca-b0b8-ee6d975b5a29", "title": "The space between who you are and the role you play: Near Distance by Hanna Stoltenberg", "url": "https://roughghosts.com/2025/03/16/the-space-between-who-you-are-and-the-role-you-play-near-distance-by-hanna-stoltenberg/", "published_at": "2025-03-17T02:02:26+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dd30-aca5-70ca-b0b8-ee6d981e282f", "title": "Staying too literal is a dead end: Nevermore by Cécile Wajsbrot", "url": "https://roughghosts.com/2025/03/07/staying-too-literal-is-a-dead-end-nevermore-by-cecile-wajsbrot/", "published_at": "2025-03-07T11:35:28+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dd30-aca5-70ca-b0b8-ee6d99105cf3", "title": "Look closely, wait: Seeing Further by Esther Kinsky", "url": "https://roughghosts.com/2025/02/26/look-closely-wait-seeing-further-by-esther-kinsky/", "published_at": "2025-02-26T08:35:29+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dd30-aca5-70ca-b0b8-ee6d99cbb8ab", "title": "“somewhere I am suddenly born”: alphabet by Inger Christensen", "url": "https://roughghosts.com/2025/02/21/somewhere-i-am-suddenly-born-alphabet-by-inger-christensen/", "published_at": "2025-02-21T10:39:57+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dd30-aca5-70ca-b0b8-ee6d9a1416ac", "title": "I accept. I accept it all: Return to My Native Land by Aimé Césaire", "url": "https://roughghosts.com/2025/02/14/i-accept-i-accept-it-all-return-to-my-native-land-by-aime-cesaire/", "published_at": "2025-02-14T11:34:07+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dd30-aca5-70ca-b0b8-ee6d9ac82c27", "title": "The invisible man’s story: Children of the Ghetto II: Star of the Sea by Elias Khoury", "url": "https://roughghosts.com/2025/02/08/the-invisible-mans-story-children-of-the-ghetto-ii-star-of-the-sea-by-elias-khoury/", "published_at": "2025-02-08T09:41:28+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dd30-aca5-70ca-b0b8-ee6d9b494337", "title": "To go where the language goes: Ten Thousand Miles of Clouds and Moons – New Chinese Writing, edited by Zuo Fei, Xiao Yue Shan and Simon Shieh", "url": "https://roughghosts.com/2025/02/02/to-go-where-the-language-goes-ten-thousand-miles-of-clouds-and-moons-new-chinese-writing-edited-by-xuo-fei-xiao-yue-shan-and-simon-shieh/", "published_at": "2025-02-02T10:51:18+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dd43-32fa-7308-9233-6f2e058a7634", "title": "“and every day / you elucidate a knot”: Of Desire and Decarceration by Charline Lambert", "url": "https://roughghosts.com/2025/01/28/and-every-day-you-elucidate-a-knot-of-desire-and-decarceration-by-charline-lambert/", "published_at": "2025-01-28T09:31:56+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dd43-32fa-7308-9233-6f2e064049a4", "title": "An inexhaustible landscape of words: The Condition of Secrecy by Inger Christensen", "url": "https://roughghosts.com/2025/01/19/an-inexhaustible-landscape-of-words-the-condition-of-secrecy-by-inger-christensen/", "published_at": "2025-01-19T09:17:30+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dd43-32fa-7308-9233-6f2e06885821", "title": "“Most of the things you ‘recognise’ you’ve never seen before” Sojourn by Amit Chaudhuri", "url": "https://roughghosts.com/2025/01/07/most-of-the-things-you-recognise-youve-never-seen-before-sojourn-by-amit-chaudhuri/", "published_at": "2025-01-07T10:59:41+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dd43-32fa-7308-9233-6f2e0786738f", "title": "Looking back at a year of reading: 2024 edition", "url": "https://roughghosts.com/2025/01/01/looking-back-at-a-year-of-reading-2024-edition/", "published_at": "2025-01-01T09:11:19+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dd43-32fa-7308-9233-6f2e083c5773", "title": "‘I thought femininity was something that could be learned’: Antiboy by Valentijn Hoogenkamp", "url": "https://roughghosts.com/2024/12/31/i-thought-femininity-was-something-that-could-be-learned-antiboy-by-valentijn-hoogenkamp/", "published_at": "2024-12-31T09:07:23+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dd43-32fa-7308-9233-6f2e0849fb75", "title": "Dramatically, melodramatically, or obliquely: American Abductions by Mauro Javier Cárdenas", "url": "https://roughghosts.com/2024/12/29/dramatically-melodramatically-or-obliquely-american-abductions-by-mauro-javier-cardenas/", "published_at": "2024-12-29T08:28:14+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dd43-32fa-7308-9233-6f2e09319b4e", "title": "The strange and even stranger world of Nightjar Press: Fabrication by Imogen Reid and Old Tutor, New Tutor by Arthur Mandal", "url": "https://roughghosts.com/2024/12/26/the-strange-and-even-stranger-world-of-nightjar-press-fabrication-by-imogen-reid-and-old-tutor-new-tutor-by-arthur-mandal/", "published_at": "2024-12-27T06:14:13+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dd43-32fa-7308-9233-6f2e09b39751", "title": "And we turn toward the sun once again: Winter Solstice 2024", "url": "https://roughghosts.com/2024/12/21/and-we-turn-toward-the-sun-once-again-winter-solstice-2024/", "published_at": "2024-12-21T09:21:12+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dd43-32fa-7308-9233-6f2e09c070ac", "title": "The only possible way: from In Case of Loss to Pitch & Glint by Lutz Seiler (and much more)", "url": "https://roughghosts.com/2024/12/19/the-only-possible-way-from-in-case-of-loss-to-pitch-glint-by-lutz-seiler-and-much-more/", "published_at": "2024-12-19T10:31:40+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dd43-32fa-7308-9233-6f2e0a1f6fa5", "title": "“in the nostalgia of a world / from before this world”:  Walking the Earth by Amina Saïd", "url": "https://roughghosts.com/2024/12/12/in-the-nostalgia-of-a-world-from-before-this-world-walking-the-earth-by-amina-said/", "published_at": "2024-12-12T08:53:59+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dd56-dec1-7078-bf5b-4f19c603379b", "title": "People can grow old anywhere: Man in the Holocene by Max Frisch", "url": "https://roughghosts.com/2024/12/05/people-can-grow-old-anywhere-man-in-the-holocene-by-max-frisch/", "published_at": "2024-12-05T07:32:32+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dd56-dec1-7078-bf5b-4f19c60d2315", "title": "The reversal of the currents: The Lockmaster by Christoph Ransmayr", "url": "https://roughghosts.com/2024/11/28/the-reversal-of-the-currents-the-lockmaster-by-christoph-ransmayr/", "published_at": "2024-11-28T10:31:46+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dd56-dec1-7078-bf5b-4f19c68ad2e6", "title": "There be monsters: Dostoyevsky Reads Hegel in Siberia and Bursts into Tears by László Földényi", "url": 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2026

“We laugh, and I truly believe that we genuinely like each other.”: Jérôme Lindon by Jean Echenozoriginal ↗
18 Sept 2026
Voices that must be heard: Under a Pannonian Sky – Ten Women poets from Hungary, edited by Ottilie Mulzetoriginal ↗
14 Sept 2026
To each time its people: On the Other Side is March by Sólrún Michelsenoriginal ↗
29 Aug 2026
All kinds of people, all kinds of lives, and all equally lonely: The Umbrella by Tove Ditlevsenoriginal ↗
22 Aug 2026
In response to a broken world: Intelligence Is the Art of Remaining Faithful under Shifting Circumstances by Alexander Kluge and Anselm Kieferoriginal ↗
15 Aug 2026
A poet whispers: How complete+ final the feeling as I lift its curve in the net by Ellen Dillonoriginal ↗
8 Aug 2026
That strange face in the mirror: Maybe This Time by Alois Hotschnigoriginal ↗
1 Aug 2026
“I fall awake and think, I want to go home”: Is Beauty Good by Rosalind Belbenoriginal ↗
27 Jul 2026
A walk on the wild side: The Pure and the Impure by Coletteoriginal ↗
17 Jul 2026
“Is your heart still beating? If so, how?” – The Heart of Man by Jón Kalman Stefánssonoriginal ↗
11 Jul 2026
Living in exile: Dying in Toronto by Daša Drndićoriginal ↗
4 Jul 2026
To live is to love life: Aside from My Heart, All is Well by Héctor Abadoriginal ↗
26 Jun 2026
A dark, grimy fable: Glantz by Tobias Ryanoriginal ↗
19 Jun 2026
In it for the money : My Prizes—An Accounting by Thomas Bernhardoriginal ↗
7 Jun 2026
A few thoughts on twelve years of bloggingoriginal ↗
1 Jun 2026
“I don’t know, Heinz, are you the one or aren’t you?” My Mother’s Silver Fox by Alois Hotschnigoriginal ↗
23 May 2026
Of poets and prophets: Ah!merica by Allen Ginsbergoriginal ↗
15 May 2026
A jay in the grass is a turning point in history: In a Cabin, in the Woods by Michael Krügeroriginal ↗
8 May 2026
Of beggars and kings: The Abyss by Jeyamohanoriginal ↗
1 May 2026
The earth was a rose fully opened: Eternidades / Eternities (1916–1917) by Juan Ramón Jiménezoriginal ↗
26 Apr 2026
Patience is life: Gold Dust by Ibrahim al-Konioriginal ↗
17 Apr 2026
In praise of ordinary people: Maybe Even Happiness by Ludovic Brucksteinoriginal ↗
10 Apr 2026
A fragmented inventory of being: Fourteen Ways of Looking by Erin Vincentoriginal ↗
5 Apr 2026
A catalogue of farewells: Every Time We Say Goodbye by Ivana Sajkooriginal ↗
30 Mar 2026
There goes a happy woman: The Grandmother by Božena Němcováoriginal ↗
23 Mar 2026
And she ruled: Queen by Birgitta Trotzigoriginal ↗
11 Mar 2026
Even in these half-dark times: The World Is Made Up Every Day by Alok Dhanwaoriginal ↗
26 Feb 2026
“at nightfall, the night herons no longer called”: Chronicles of a Village by Nguyễn Thanh Hiệnoriginal ↗
18 Feb 2026
The church that falls again will rise again: A Parish Chronicle by Halldór Laxnessoriginal ↗
12 Feb 2026
The landscapes that shape us, the landscapes we carry with us: Tamil Terrains, Edited by Nedra Rodrigo and Geetha Sukumaranoriginal ↗
5 Feb 2026
Writing toward the endless horizon: Landscape with Landscape by Gerald Murnaneoriginal ↗
26 Jan 2026
You are neither silence nor language: The Answer to Lord Chandos by Pascal Quinardoriginal ↗
16 Jan 2026
People look so human: Becoming Animal by Teresa Präaueroriginal ↗
11 Jan 2026
I’m often out of step with the times: An Instinctive Feeling of Innocence by Dana Grigorceaoriginal ↗
5 Jan 2026
2025 Wrap Up: Reading and other stufforiginal ↗
2 Jan 2026

2025

“Here he walked. He walked here.” Advent by Gunnar Gunnarssonoriginal ↗
26 Dec 2025
Exercises in poetic alchemy: Ancient Algorithms by Katrine Øgaard Jensen (and friends)original ↗
19 Dec 2025
Limping into Decemberoriginal ↗
3 Dec 2025
Counting, accounting and recounting: The Folded Clock by Gerhard Rühmoriginal ↗
26 Nov 2025
Here at the end of the world: The Sorrow of Angels by Jón Kalman Stefánssonoriginal ↗
23 Nov 2025
“How many years fit into one day?” Heaven and Hell by Jón Kalman Stefánssonoriginal ↗
9 Nov 2025
“Pain is a privilege of the living.” The Last Thing by Leopold Laholaoriginal ↗
30 Oct 2025
In this violent solitude: Light, Grass, and Letter in April by Inger Christensenoriginal ↗
24 Oct 2025
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times: Call Me Stratos by Chrysoula Georgoulaoriginal ↗
17 Oct 2025
If all happy families are alike, each strange family is strange in its own way: Love Letter in Cuneiform by Tomáš Zmeškaloriginal ↗
10 Oct 2025
Slipping into the twilight zone: Diving Board by Tomás Downeyoriginal ↗
27 Sept 2025
War is back again: War Primer by Alexander Klugeoriginal ↗
15 Sept 2025
The reluctant barber: The Hairdresser’s Son by Gerbrand Bakkeroriginal ↗
7 Sept 2025
Slippery features, mocking voices: The Faces by Tove Ditlevsenoriginal ↗
4 Sept 2025
Of ghosts and angels: The Painted Room by Inger Christensenoriginal ↗
30 Aug 2025
The truths we know and those we don’t: No One Knows Their Blood Type by Maya Abu Al-Hayyatoriginal ↗
22 Aug 2025
That day was a little bit odd: The Minotaur’s Daughter: Selected Poems by Eva Lukaoriginal ↗
18 Aug 2025
To go with the flow, or not: We Live Here Now by C. D. Roseoriginal ↗
12 Aug 2025
“I never forgot. Everything is there. All I have to do is close my eyes.”: The Emperor by Mackenzy Orceloriginal ↗
8 Aug 2025
An anguish like ether: Dreaming of Dead People by Rosalind Belbenoriginal ↗
5 Aug 2025
The words / created their own states of being: “it” by Inger Christensenoriginal ↗
26 Jul 2025
As we live by metaphors so we die: The Limit by Rosalind Belbenoriginal ↗
16 Jul 2025
For all the possible and impossible futures: Earthrise Stories Pasts Potentials Prophesies by Priya Sarukkai Chabriaoriginal ↗
12 Jul 2025
Dream follows dream: Ceilings by Zuzana Brabcováoriginal ↗
7 Jul 2025
Halfway through 2025: Less reading, but hope for the future beyond the pageoriginal ↗
3 Jul 2025
“There is something about only being able to get lost when you’re not thinking about it”: Natalja’s Stories by Inger Christensenoriginal ↗
22 Jun 2025
A life lost in stories: My Kingdom is Dying by Evald Flisaroriginal ↗
19 Jun 2025
Memories, visions, and grief: The Dissenters by Youssef Rakhaoriginal ↗
14 Jun 2025
Marking eleven years of roughghosts with a few thoughts about writing book reviewsoriginal ↗
1 Jun 2025
A mirror to a life: Self-Portrait in the Studio by Giorgio Agambenoriginal ↗
31 May 2025
What the streets cannot retain: Border Documents by Arturo Sotooriginal ↗
24 May 2025
What passes and what remains: Walter Benjamin Stares at the Sea by C.D. Roseoriginal ↗
9 May 2025
Elegy on the wing: Butterfly Valley by Inger Christensenoriginal ↗
1 May 2025
In that strange, that golden light: Psyche Running – Selected Poems, 2005–2022 by Durs Grünbeinoriginal ↗
26 Apr 2025
To translate the human experience: Arabic, between Love and War edited by Yasmine Haj and Norah Alkharashioriginal ↗
12 Apr 2025
I who dreamed of Africas: The Harmattan Winds by Sylvain Trudeloriginal ↗
2 Apr 2025
The woman on page eight: Azorno by Inger Christensenoriginal ↗
30 Mar 2025
No, it’s not complicated at all: Recognizing the Stranger by Isabella Hammad and One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar Al Akkadoriginal ↗
26 Mar 2025
The space between who you are and the role you play: Near Distance by Hanna Stoltenbergoriginal ↗
17 Mar 2025
Staying too literal is a dead end: Nevermore by Cécile Wajsbrotoriginal ↗
7 Mar 2025
Look closely, wait: Seeing Further by Esther Kinskyoriginal ↗
26 Feb 2025
“somewhere I am suddenly born”: alphabet by Inger Christensenoriginal ↗
21 Feb 2025
I accept. I accept it all: Return to My Native Land by Aimé Césaireoriginal ↗
14 Feb 2025
The invisible man’s story: Children of the Ghetto II: Star of the Sea by Elias Khouryoriginal ↗
8 Feb 2025
To go where the language goes: Ten Thousand Miles of Clouds and Moons – New Chinese Writing, edited by Zuo Fei, Xiao Yue Shan and Simon Shiehoriginal ↗
2 Feb 2025
“and every day / you elucidate a knot”: Of Desire and Decarceration by Charline Lambertoriginal ↗
28 Jan 2025
An inexhaustible landscape of words: The Condition of Secrecy by Inger Christensenoriginal ↗
19 Jan 2025
“Most of the things you ‘recognise’ you’ve never seen before” Sojourn by Amit Chaudhurioriginal ↗
7 Jan 2025
Looking back at a year of reading: 2024 editionoriginal ↗
1 Jan 2025

2024

‘I thought femininity was something that could be learned’: Antiboy by Valentijn Hoogenkamporiginal ↗
31 Dec 2024
Dramatically, melodramatically, or obliquely: American Abductions by Mauro Javier Cárdenasoriginal ↗
29 Dec 2024
The strange and even stranger world of Nightjar Press: Fabrication by Imogen Reid and Old Tutor, New Tutor by Arthur Mandaloriginal ↗
27 Dec 2024
And we turn toward the sun once again: Winter Solstice 2024original ↗
21 Dec 2024
The only possible way: from In Case of Loss to Pitch & Glint by Lutz Seiler (and much more)original ↗
19 Dec 2024
“in the nostalgia of a world / from before this world”:  Walking the Earth by Amina Saïdoriginal ↗
12 Dec 2024
People can grow old anywhere: Man in the Holocene by Max Frischoriginal ↗
5 Dec 2024
The reversal of the currents: The Lockmaster by Christoph Ransmayroriginal ↗
28 Nov 2024
There be monsters: Dostoyevsky Reads Hegel in Siberia and Bursts into Tears by László Földényioriginal ↗
25 Nov 2024
Who holds the truth? Sister Deborah by Scholastique Mukasongaoriginal ↗
15 Nov 2024
On through the dark forest: Celebration by Damir Karakašoriginal ↗
3 Nov 2024
Memory is a wound in the soul that never heals: Children of the Ghetto I: My Name is Adam by Elias Khouryoriginal ↗
30 Oct 2024
Bound by a single image: Canoes by Maylis de Kerangaloriginal ↗
20 Oct 2024
“I don’t know what I’m doing”: Do Not Send Me Out Among Strangers by Joshua Segun-Leanoriginal ↗
12 Oct 2024
The secrets that define us: What I Know About You by Éric Chacouroriginal ↗
8 Oct 2024
God is in the details: Among the Almond Trees – A Palestinian Memoir by Hussein Barghouthioriginal ↗
3 Oct 2024
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