‘Prose Poems’, Ian Seed and Max Jacob: extended thoughts before writing a short review I am about to review two Ian Seed books for Tears i...

Translated, with an afterword, by Scott Nicolay / April 2026 / 5.375 x 8, 216 pp. / 978-1-962728-09-6 A window in the night is a terror. I have known people who went crazy just waiting for the nightma...

Translated, with an introduction, by Michael Day / December 2025 / 4.5 x 7, 80 pp. / 978-1-962728-10-2 “My literature is a cancer which attacks and destroys the literature of the past.”—Yumiko Kurahas...

The strange occurrence of Jean Ray and The Last Canterbury Tales

Austrian poet, writer and librettist, Hugo von Hofmannsthal signalled a break with his earlier works when, in 1902, he published the story “A Letter,” also known as “The Lord Chandos Letter.” It is…

The Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast features a series of conversations with past and present Windham-Campbell Prize winners about their favorite books and plays. Hosted by Michael Kelleher. Our win…

In the title story of Diabelli – a collection of short fiction by the Swiss writer Hermann Burger (1942–89), first published in 1979 – a washed-up

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I have not applied for the post of orchestra minion in order to revive the old feud between strings and woodwind.

A review, and links to other information about and reviews of New Inventions and the Latest Innovations by Gaston de Pawlowski.

Credit where credit is due: I picked up Jean-Pierre Martinet’s With Their Hearts In Their Boots (translated by Alex Andriesse) in no small part due to the fact that its introduction was by William …

Credit where credit is due: I picked up Jean-Pierre Martinet’s With Their Hearts In Their Boots (translated by Alex Andriesse) in no small part due to the fact that its introduction was by William …

Credit where credit is due: I picked up Jean-Pierre Martinet’s With Their Hearts In Their Boots (translated by Alex Andriesse) in no small part due to the fact that its introduction was by William …