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Paul Bowles @paulbowles.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

For the #InternationalTranslationDay we present a sample of the original recording in Moroccan vernacular of the novel A Life Full of Holes. Bowles recorded the autobiographical tales recounted by Larbi and translated them into English. www.paulbowles.org/translation/...

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Paul Bowles @paulbowles.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

A description of "The sheltering sky" by Paul Bowles. Photo credits: Paul Bowles #theshelteringsky #paulbowles

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Paul Bowles @paulbowles.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Unidentified fragments (private collection) from the literary archives of #PaulBowles. #manuscript

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Paul Bowles @paulbowles.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Composed in the late 1950s, the Pool K III is Paul Bowles’s most significant work in musique concrète, a genre that uses recorded sounds as raw material. Pool K III is fully available on streaming platforms: paulbowles.lnk.to/poolkiii. #musiqueconcrete #paulbowles

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John W Buaas @johnwbuaas.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

What a happy surprise to learn that there's a site dedicated to Bowles' life and work.

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Paul Bowles @paulbowles.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Year by year, milestones in Paul Bowels’s life: 1952. Find out more at www.paulbowles.org.

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Paul Bowles @paulbowles.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

It's #ReadABookDay! Celebrate it by reading some words from the Paul Bowles books in your bookshelf! #NationalReadABookDay #PaulBowles #library

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Paul Bowles @paulbowles.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Virgil Thomson on Paul Bowles's work as a composer. #Virgil Thomson #paulbowles #americancomposer

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Paul Bowles @paulbowles.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Athéna Manuscript score (c. 1935) from Memnon, suite for voice and piano with lyrics by Jean Cocteau. First performed at Town Hall, New York, New York, 1944 (courtesy of the Harry Ransom Center, at The University of Texas at Austin). #jeancocteau #score #manuscript #music

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Paul Bowles @paulbowles.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Sponsored by the Library of Congress with a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation, Paul Bowles traveled by car throughout Morocco in 1959 to make recordings its musical heritage. The song in the reel is Cheikha Haddouj bent Fatma Rohou and ensemble - Qim Rhori (Khenifra). #morocco #music

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Paul Bowles @paulbowles.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Quote from an interview with The New York Times in 1995. #PaulBowles #TheShelteringSky

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Paul Bowles @paulbowles.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Year by year, milestones in Paul Bowels’s life: 1951. Find out more at www.paulbowles.org.

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Paul Bowles @paulbowles.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Quote from “An allegory of man and his sahara”, Tennessee Williams’s review of The Sheltering Sky. #paulbowles #theshelteringsky #tennesseewilliams

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Paul Bowles @paulbowles.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Which Paul Bowles's book are you bringing with you today to celebrate #BookLoversDay? #BookLoversDay2026 #bookloversday📚 #PaulBowles

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Paul Bowles @paulbowles.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

The Heart Grows Old has been composed by Paul Bowles in 1936. It has been written by Villiers David and performed by Sofia Kirwan-Baez and Zeynep Özsuca in 2024. You can find the song in the Dream Cantata collection paulbowles.lnk.to/dreamcantata paulbowles.org #dreamcantata #music #soprano

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Paul Bowles @paulbowles.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

In the library of Paul Bowles you can find a collection of literary works exploring the cultural, historical, and medicinal significance of cannabis and its multifaceted aspects. #hemp #cannabis #opium #library

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Paul Bowles @paulbowles.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

"He is a wonder, and I have learned a lot from him." Handwritten note by Leonard Bernstein to professor Lawrence J. Shifreen in a letter dated 03/10/77 www.paulbowles.org/music/on-pau... #Bernstein #composer #americancomposer

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Paul Bowles @paulbowles.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Year by year, milestones in Paul Bowels’s life: 1950. Find out more at www.paulbowles.org.

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Paul Bowles @paulbowles.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Typescript with author’s corrections of the preface to She Woke Me Up so I Killed Her, c. 1984 (courtesy of University of Delaware Library Special Collections and Museums). #typewriter #handwriting #creativeprocess #paulbowles

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Paul Bowles @paulbowles.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

In 1976, Gore Vidal wrote the introduction to Paul Bowles’s Collected Stories for Black Sparrow Press. You can read the complete introduction on the paulbowles.org website. #paulbowles #gorevidal #americanliterature

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Paul Bowles @paulbowles.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

My Sister’s Hand in Mine has been written by Jane Bowles and composed by Paul Bowles. In 2024 it has been performed by Sofia Kirwan-Baez and Zeynep Özsuca. paulbowles.lnk.to/dreamcantata paulbowles.org #paulbowles #unreleased #music #dreamcantata #janebowles

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Paul Bowles @paulbowles.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

In 1946, Paul Bowles translated Jean Paul Sartre’s Huis Clos [No Exit]. Bowles’s translation of the play remains the standard version for English language productions. #translation #quote #paulbowles #paulsartre

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Paul Bowles @paulbowles.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Since their encounter in 1960, Paul Bowles translated Mohammed Mrabet's oral tales until 1992. These have been published in fourteen different books. #mrabet #MohammedMrabet #storyteller #morocco #translations #paulbowles

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Paul Bowles @paulbowles.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Year by year, milestones in Paul Bowels’s life: 1949. Find out more at www.paulbowles.org. #paulbowles

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Paul Bowles @paulbowles.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Join us in celebrating National Typewriter Day with Paul Bowles' original typewriter! #NationalTypewriterDay #paulbowles

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Paul Bowles @paulbowles.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

The Irene Herrmann Paul Bowles music collection spans the dates 1935–2002, and consists of music manuscripts, published sheet music, and sound recordings related to the American composer and writer Paul Bowles, as collected by Irene Herrmann, the executor of his musical estate. #americancomposer

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Paul Bowles @paulbowles.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

The Pool K III is Paul Bowles’s most significant work in musique concrète, a genre that uses recorded sounds as raw material. Composed in the late 1950s, last release is by Cadmus Editions/Dom America. Fully available on streaming platforms: paulbowles.lnk.to/poolkiii #sperimentalmusic

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Paul Bowles @paulbowles.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Paul Bowles and Jane Auer met in 1937 and get married in 1938. Through countless affairs on both sides they remained married and permanently attached to each other until Jane's death in 1973. Bowles said: "We played everything by ear. Each one did what he pleased." #paulbowles #janeauer #marriage

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Paul Bowles @paulbowles.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Notebook with handwritten notes for Bowles’s autobiography Without Stopping (1972) (courtesy of University of Delaware Library Special Collections and Museums). Find more at www.paulbowles.org #paulbowles #handwriting #notebook #autobiography #withourstopping

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Paul Bowles @paulbowles.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Year by year, milestones in Paul Bowels’s life: 1948. Find out more at www.paulbowles.org. #trumancapote #gorevidal #paulbowles

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Paul Bowles @paulbowles.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

In the Paul Bowles library you can find… The first number of Antaeus, the literary magazine founded by Paul Bowles and Daniel Halpern in Tangier in 1970. www.paulbowles.org/library #paulbowles #antaeus #library #librarylife #librarylove #books #booklovers #bookbook #bookcollection

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Paul Bowles @paulbowles.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

James Purdy has been in steady correspondence with Paul Bowles since they met at Carl Van Vechten's house in 1957. #jamespurdy #paulbowles

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Paul Bowles @paulbowles.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Photo from the Paul Bowles Archive at the Fotostiftung Schweiz. Watch more photos from the archive on paulbowles.org. #paulbowles #morocco #travel #romantic

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Paul Bowles @paulbowles.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

The tale The Night Before Thinking by Ahmed Yacoubi was recorded and translated by Bowles into English. This is the typescript of the short story. You can find the complete typescript on paulbowles.org website under the "Archives" section. #AhmedYacoubi #paulbowles #typescritp

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Paul Bowles @paulbowles.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

This song is "Mes de Mayo" composed by Paul Bowles in 1944 and performed by Brian Staufenbiel (vocals) and Irene Herrmann (piano). Recorded in 1995. Listen on the full recording on www.paulbowles.org. #piano #opera #vocals #composer #paulbowles

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Paul Bowles @paulbowles.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Year by year, milestones in Paul Bowels’s life: 1947. Find out more at www.paulbowles.org. #tangeri #AhmedYacoubi #theshelteringsky #1947 #paulbowles

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Paul Bowles @paulbowles.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

In memory of the beloved Jane Auer Bowles, who died today in 1973, at the age of 56. #janeauer #janebowles

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Paul Bowles @paulbowles.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Scores for the songs "Yet in no Sleep" and "On a Quiet Conscience," 1945 #paulbowles #scores #music

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Paul Bowles @paulbowles.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

In 1989, in a preface to a selection of stories written over a period of forty years, Paul Bowles explained his creative process. #paulbowles

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Paul Bowles @paulbowles.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Happy World Book Day! 🌍📚 Immerse yourself in the world of Paul Bowles' writing and discover his literary and musical legacy: www.paulbowles.org. #paulbowles #WorldBookDay #WorldBookDay2026

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Paul Bowles @paulbowles.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Thanks to invaluable details offered by Paul Bowles's library we can follow the trail of his reading and see the ways it weaves through his writing process. Explore Paul Bowles's library: www.paulbowles.org/library #ThankYouForLibrariesDay

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Paul Bowles @paulbowles.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

Year by year, milestones in Paul Bowels’s life: 1946. Find out more at www.paulbowles.org. #1946 #paulbowles

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Paul Bowles @paulbowles.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

The Pool K III is Paul Bowles’s most significant work in #musiqueconcrète, a genre that uses recorded sounds as raw material. Composed in the late 1950s. Last release is by Cadmus Editions/Dom America. Fully available on streaming platforms: paulbowles.lnk.to/poolkiii #music

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Paul Bowles @paulbowles.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

For which of Paul Bowles's books would you drop everything and read? #DEARDay #DropEverythingandReadDay #DEARDay2026 #paulbowles

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Paul Bowles @paulbowles.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

When Paul Bowles turned eight he began keeping an imaginary diary, which he illustrated. On the paulbowles's website you can see select pages of his Holograph Juvenilia Notebook. #NationalEncourageAYoungWriterDay #PaulBowles #kidsdrawing #americanwriter #diary

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Paul Bowles @paulbowles.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Paul Bowles publishes "The Scorpion" in 1945. The short novel was inspired by his reading of indigenous Mesoamerican myths. #shortnovels #writersmood #americanwriter #paulbowles

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Paul Bowles @paulbowles.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Manuscript notebook with a transcription of an interview with Mohamed Choukri, c. 1975 (courtesy of University of Delaware Library Special Collections and Museums). #PaulBowles #MohamedChoukri #Choukri #handwriting #manuscript

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Paul Bowles @paulbowles.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

A selection of travel photography by Paul Bowles himself is available to view on the Paul Bowles website. #PaulBowles #photography #morocco #tangier #travelphotography

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