farsouthproject @farsouthproject.bsky.social · 21hTo celebrate Barry Gifford's 80th birthday, the American Cinematheque is hosting a retrospective of his indelible film work, from Wild at Heart and Lost Highway (my favorite) to Perdita Durango and Nelson Algren Live.The series concludes on Sunday, Oct. 18 with Roy's World: Barry Gifford's Chicago 040
Reposted by farsouthprojectBandcamp @bandcamp.com · 29/09/2026Synthetic swamps, church organs, insect hisses from the Sonoran Desert: September’s Best Ambient Music on Bandcamp follows the genre wherever it wanders. Explore new music from Sarah Davachi, Space Afrika, Bitchin Bajas, Slowfoam, and more.daily.bandcamp.comThe Best Ambient Music on Bandcamp, September 2026Our guide to the month’s crucial electronic music. 1176
Reposted by farsouthprojectNina Antonia @ninaantonia13.bsky.social · 30/09/2026#WyrdWednesday William Blake (1757-1827) was commissioned to do a series of illustrations based on the Biblical 'Book of Revelations' which is a visionary apocalyptic meltdown featuring 'The Great Dragon' depicted here with 'The Woman Clothed In The Sun'. 04414
Reposted by farsouthprojectSacred Parasite @sacredparasite.bsky.social · 30/09/2026There they are, @wildtwin.bsky.social's Latchkey and JWGoll's The Terminal Art in Saint George's Bookshop in Berlin. Big thanks to St. George's and to all the other bookstores that continue to throw their weight behind Sacred Parasite. www.sacredparasite.com/bookstores 192
Reposted by farsouthprojectminor literature[s] @minorliteratures.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Monthly Dispatch #38 out NOW! feat. @katewagner.wehwalt.net @lucykulwiec.bsky.social @dreamsofbeing.bsky.social Nate Lippens, Dragan Aleksić (tr. David Vichnar) Susan Finlay, Adrian Duncan, Denise Rose Hansen & more ... minorlits.substack.com/p/monthly-di... 076
Reposted by farsouthprojectTobias Ryan @tobiasvryan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026new @ Attic Scraps ... tobiasryan.substack.com/p/idiot-talk... 042
Reposted by farsouthprojectL'Oie de Cravan @oiedecravan.bsky.social · 23/08/2025At last, reading Moby Dick: "In this world, shipmates, sin that pays its way can travel freely and without a passport; whereas Virtue, if a pauper, is stopped at all frontiers." 1358
Reposted by farsouthprojectJeff Young @wildtwin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Happy publication day to Latchkey! There’s a stack of signed copies in Liverpoo’s mighty News from Nowhere. They’re already selling fast so if you want one get down there! @sacredparasite.bsky.social 22913
Reposted by farsouthprojectDavenant 📸 @marcdavenant.bsky.social · 28/09/2026“I always print my pictures dark,” he said. “I want my picture to hurt you. I don’t want you having any free rides. I’m there to upset you, and I’m there to make you feel uncomfortable... Otherwise, there’s no point in me going there in the first place.” www.digitalcameraworld.com/photography/...digitalcameraworld.com“I want my picture to hurt you.” Now 90, renowned Vietnam War photographer Don McCullin shares why he wants to create photos to lose sleep over – and why he hates his most famous photograph | Digital Camera WorldAhead of his final book – and 91st birthday – Don McCullin recounts stories of working as a war photographer through decades of global conflict 37425
Reposted by farsouthprojectMartin Shaw @thebooksdesk.bsky.social · 27/09/2026“When I was younger, I imagined that one of the things that people in the publishing world would enjoy most was interacting with brilliant writers. I didn’t realize that people went to great lengths to avoid discussing texts with an author.” english.elpais.com/culture/2026...english.elpais.comHelen DeWitt: ‘Publishers treat authors like outcasts until it’s time to go out and sell books’The acclaimed author of ‘The Last Samurai’ recently saw her 2018 short story collection, ‘Some Trick,’ as well as her 2022 novella, ‘The English Understand Wool,’ released in Spanish as part of a sing... 1285
Reposted by farsouthprojectᴡᴇ ʙᴜɪʟᴛ ᴛʜɪꜱ ᴄɪᴛʏ @webuiltthiscity.bsky.social · 21/09/2026This genuinely made me laugh out loud today 104035816
farsouthproject @farsouthproject.bsky.social · 27/09/2026If your library subscription to Kanopy has this movie available it is two and a half hours of mystery masterwork with fantastic cinematography that won International Critics Prize at Cannes 2018. It's based on Haruki Murakami and William Faulkner short stories Barn Burning. Lee Chang-Dong's BURNING. 141
Reposted by farsouthprojectFrank Garrett @frankgarrett.online · 26/09/2026Spent the afternoon with Yukinori Yanagi at The Warehouse. 0112
Reposted by farsouthprojectYuri Herrera @yuriherrera.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Lina Meruane explica: lo que estudiantes y escritoras condenaron era "la normalización del genocidio": "yo asumo mi compromiso con el pueblo palestino: con su libertad de expresión, históricamente negada, con su libertad para vivir dignamente en su tierra, con su libertad para sobrevivir."elpais.comQué decir del genocidioToda intervención en el espacio público debe asumir una responsabilidad política y ética, sobre todo si el asunto es tan atroz como los crímenes de Israel en Gaza 082
farsouthproject @farsouthproject.bsky.social · 26/09/2026‘Refusing to meet Trump was an easy no’: Colin Kaepernick on being ‘blackballed’ for taking the knee, racism, and why he’s still ready to play www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...theguardian.com‘Refusing to meet Trump was an easy no’: Colin Kaepernick on being ‘blackballed’ for taking the knee, racism, and why he’s still ready to playTen years ago, the San Francisco 49ers quarterback refused to stand for the national anthem. He was accused of disrespecting the flag, the game, and America. In a rare interview, he talks about inspir... 010
Reposted by farsouthprojectYuri Herrera @yuriherrera.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Mikeas Sánchez, "Cómo ser un buen salvaje" Mi abuelo era un poeta que curaba con las palabras. Pero él quiso ser un buen salvaje, aprendió a usar la cuchara, y admiró la electricidad. [...] Pero él quiso ser un buen salvaje, aunque nunca lo consiguió. www.revistadelauniversidad.mx/articles/bc2...revistadelauniversidad.mxCómo ser un buen salvaje | Mikeas Sánchez 072
Reposted by farsouthprojectAndrew Nette @pulpcurry.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Travelling at present so next Substack newsletter is delayed. Meanwhile, here’s a short story I wrote about Lee Marvin’s passion for deep sea fishing, his unlikely friendship with actor Toshiro Mifune & the film that they made together, HELL IN THE PACIFIC (1968) open.substack.com/pub/andrewne...open.substack.com"I only make movies to finance my fishing": A short story about Lee Marvin, Toshiro Mifune, the film they made together and deep sea fishing.Lee Marvin was a lot of things. 0115
Reposted by farsouthprojectR S Thomas (poet) @rsthomaspoet.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Welsh poet RS Thomas died #OnThisDay in 2000. Here's a tribute by Rowan Williams (patron of the RS Thomas & ME Eldridge Society)… 33015
Reposted by farsouthprojectOLAMBRILLAS @olambrillas.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Palimpsesto contemporáneo Suspensivos #NationalPunctuationDay 5277
Reposted by farsouthprojectXina @ciw.bsky.social · 11/09/2026“[I]ndeterminacy, what we might call irresolution, might be our only befitting fate as beings of language. Hiding right there on the surface of the poem is the very concrete, literal effacement of surface meaning, but that surface meaning is the only thing that is there.” @frankgarrett.online 065
Reposted by farsouthprojectIñaki @inaki-salinas.bsky.social · 24/09/2026“‘Tu presencia aquí es muy importante’. Fue con esta frase que Matilde Urrutia, esposa de Pablo Neruda, recibió al fotógrafo bahiano Evandro Teixeira en la pequeña sala de la Clínica Santa María, en Santiago de Chile”. 111
Reposted by farsouthprojectJohn Wynberg @johnwynberg.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Delacroix, lac de sang hanté des mauvais anges, Ombragé par un bois de sapins toujours vert, Où, sous un ciel chagrin, des fanfares étranges Passent, comme un soupir étouffé de Weber [...] » Charles Baudelaire, « Les Phares », Les Fleurs du mal, 1857. 021
Reposted by farsouthprojectARTE @artefr.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Elle a joué pour Jean-Luc Godard et Orson Welles, enregistré des disques, écrit des récits et des romans, signé le manifeste des 343, manifesté contre l’OAS, milité pour un monde plus juste… Autrement dit elle a une vie qui fait de l’ombre à sa mort. Merci pour tout Marina Vlady. 417853
Reposted by farsouthprojectValarie Smith @valarie.bsky.social · 24/09/2026America’s Joy Spreader in Chief 191
farsouthproject @farsouthproject.bsky.social · 20/09/2026The Cow by Robert Louis Stevenson illustrated by Brian Wildsmith. Spring is here in the Southern Hemisphere. . 050
farsouthproject @farsouthproject.bsky.social · 20/09/2026The Tubs new album is out... www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ui_...youtube.comIf You Don't Love MeYouTube video by The Tubs - Topic 020
farsouthproject @farsouthproject.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Great documentary on Ken Kesey miraculously without ads/ www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJqZ...youtube.comKen Kesey: Oregon’s countercultural icon | Oregon ExperienceYouTube video by Oregon Public Broadcasting 191
farsouthproject @farsouthproject.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Afternoon at Tadao-Ando-designed MPavilion... writing down this morning's dream... Not a bad way to begin Spring 060
Reposted by farsouthprojectNaomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 17/09/2026On CNN's Amanpour Astra answered the question that’s on lots of people’s minds this week: How should we understand all of the Silicon Valley executives and engineers warning that AI might destroy humanity? Her advice: watch what they do more than what they say. @astra.bsky.social 930794
Reposted by farsouthprojectIrish Literary Times @irishlittimes.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Good for Sally Rooney and all the other people who objected to it. "Data centre opposed by author Sally Rooney has planning overturned on climate concerns." www.irishtimes.com/environment/...irishtimes.comData centre opposed by author Sally Rooney has planning overturned on climate concernsUS firm had chosen Mayo because of electricity constraints around Dublin 015132
Reposted by farsouthprojectRónán Hession @ronanhession.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Loved The Left and the Lucky by Willy Vlautin. A warm and naturalistic story about male friendship, class, family, dysfunction, care and vulnerability. I'll be interviewing Willy about it at the Cheltenham literature festival on 18th October. You should all take the day off the Internet and come. 2172
farsouthproject @farsouthproject.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Had long exchange this week talking about Africa De Las Heras and Felisberto Hernandez after using his piano compositions for Butoh/improv sessions. Takes me back to the origins of the Far South novel and all that was happening back then... 010
Reposted by farsouthprojectIñaki @inaki-salinas.bsky.social · 16/09/2026“«Pedro Páramo» es el único libro que, de verdad, sin ninguna duda, le deja a uno la aterradora impresión de que el hombre que lo escribió fue a la muerte, vio cómo era y regresó a contárnoslo” —GGM sobre “el problema con Rulfo” 122
Reposted by farsouthprojectDr Carrie Etter @carrieetter.bsky.social · 15/09/2026The National Association of Writers in Education has launched its first flash fiction competition in conjunction with its annual conference, details: bit.ly/4gS0OTZ 054
Reposted by farsouthprojectSalena Godden @salenagodden.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Poetry news: Next weekend I'm doing a full set at The Winter Gardens, Morecambe Poetry Festival, Saturday 19 September. Are any of you planning to go? Look at this stunning line up of poetry family and friends, cannot wait, see you in sunny Morecambe! tix: morecambewintergardens.com/event/moreca... 3113
Reposted by farsouthprojectAndrés Diplotti @diplotti.com · 15/09/2026Que los CEOs de las compañías IA nos estén advirtiendo de lo peligroso que es su producto en vez de esforzarse por negarlo y ocultarlo es un claro indicio de que nos están tomando por imbéciles. 23612
Reposted by farsouthprojectAndrés Diplotti @diplotti.com · 15/09/2026¿Se acuerdan de cuando las tabacaleras dijeron «tenemos que dejar de vender tabaco porque es dañino»? ¿Se acuerdan de cuando las petroleras dijeron «tenemos que dejar los combustibles fósiles porque el daño ambiental puede ser mayúsculo»? Trasládenlo a la IA. 27740
Reposted by farsouthprojectspooky biblioklept @biblioklept.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Mass-market Monday | Donald Barthelme's Snow White biblioklept.org/2026/09/14/m...biblioklept.orgMass-market Monday | Donald Barthelme’s Snow WhiteSnow White, 1967, Donald Barthelme. Bantam Books (7th. printing, 1971). No cover designer credited. 181 pages. The collector in me finally picked up this awful horny late sixties photographically-c… 051
Reposted by farsouthprojectOregon State University Press @osupress.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Excellent segment this morning with Brian Libby (@brianlibby.bsky.social) on AM Northwest featuring "In Search of Portland: Exploring a Transforming City" and the launch event tomorrow night (9/15, 7 pm) at @powells.bsky.social! beav.es/YdNkatu.com"In Search of Portland" - Brian LibbyKATU ABC 2 offers coverage of news, weather, sports and community events for Portland, Oregon and surrounding towns, including Beaverton, Lake Oswego, Milwaukie, Happy Valley, Gresham, Vancouver, Hillsboro, Oregon City, Tualatin, West Linn, Woodburn, Tigard, Tualatin and Garden Home. 095
Reposted by farsouthprojectLit Hub @literaryhub.bsky.social · 14/09/2026How raising a multilingual child taught Bo Wang to seamlessly incorporate English and Mandarin into her fiction. buff.ly/X2XzhnLlithub.comHow Raising a Multilingual Tot Helped Me Write a Multicultural NovelWhen he was three, my son often said his heart was wounded. The reasons for these heart wounds were varied: someone didn’t want to be his best friend; I accidentally swept his latest artistic maste… 081
Reposted by farsouthprojectfarsouthproject @farsouthproject.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Herakleitos - a Greek koan - trans. after Charles H Khan. From Jan Zwicky's Wisdom and Metaphor. 053
farsouthproject @farsouthproject.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Herakleitos - a Greek koan - trans. after Charles H Khan. From Jan Zwicky's Wisdom and Metaphor. 053
Reposted by farsouthprojectDaniel Sturniolo @dansturn.bsky.social · 12/09/2026I’m here in the ruins of the halfway expressed 03111
Reposted by farsouthprojectCorrinne F @traviata.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Arvo Pärt, 91 today: “Love is the source of all arts. Art will exist for as long as there exists an ability to love.” rhystranter.com/2021/06/28/a...rhystranter.com“When you seek from almost nothing”: Arvo Pärt’s Musical DiariesIn a 30-minute documentary produced in collaboration with the Arvo Pärt Centre, the composer discusses the significance of his personal diaries to the formation and development of his music. 0216