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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

I hope New Yorkers will challenge Mamdani about this. Too often, people feel they need to be absolutely for or against a politician — ignoring their missteps or throwing them out with the bathwater. You can like and/or believe in someone and still challenge them to deliver on their promises.

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Mayor Mamdani Breaks His Promise to NYC Public Libraries

The Struggle Against Defunding Libraries Continues...

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MinnMax @minnmax.com · 23/01/2026

In solidarity with today's ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA blackout, MinnMax is donating $1 to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota for every share of this Bluesky post for the next hour.

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Trevor Berrett @mookse.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

We have a new episode out today! This week @bibliopaul.bsky.social and I talk about Books We Wish We Could Read for the First Time Again! We thought it would be an easy subject, what is magical about that sense of discovery? open.substack.com/pub/mookse/p...

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Episode 124: Books We Wish We Could Read for the First Time Again

We’ve all said it: “I wish I could read that again for the first time.” But what do we really mean when we say it?

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The Word as Bait @wordasbait.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

This is a BEASTLY object. I feel so fortunate to live in a time where, 100 years after its debut, a bold, brave work of language-pushing experimentation can find a new audience. As always, thank you @dalkeyarchive.bsky.social

The blue and white spine of a very thick book called “The Making of Americans” by Gertrude Stein.

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Neglected Books @neglectedbooks.com · 13/12/2025

I'm delighted to announce that we've now sold over 100 sets of the new US edition of Dorothy Richardson's Pilgrimage. And I hope it's a special sign that the 100th set was purchased by none other than the superb writer Carmen Maria Machado. Reading Pilgrimage 2026 starts in 19 days!

Two sets of the new US edition of Dorothy Richardson's Pilgrimage, published by Libroj Books

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James @exhaustdata.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

If I can convince 14 more people to pre-order Gertrude Stein's Making of Americans before 12/16, it will bring us to 501 copies, surpassing the entire first print run of the book from 1925. I feel like we can correct a wrong, at least symbolically, or like, cosmically.

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Trevor Berrett @mookse.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

This week @bibliopaul.bsky.social and I are joined by translator Max Lawton to celebrate the release of Michael Lenz’s Schattenfroh from @deepvellum.bsky.social. We also open the conversation to a wider theme: the joy of reading books that resist. mookse.substack.com/p/episode-11...

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Episode 114: Through a Glass, Darkly: Entering Schattenfroh and Other Books that Refuse to Yield at Once

This week we are joined by translator Max Lawton to celebrate the release of Michael Lenz’s Schattenfroh from Deep Vellum.

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Andrei @theuntranslated.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

To those who are going to read Schattenfroh when it's published in a month. I encourage you to use my visual guide, but it is not a good idea to go through it before you start reading the book. Consult it as you make progress through the novel. theuntranslated.wordpress.com/2025/06/19/a...

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A Visual Guide to Schattenfroh

I finished my 2019 review of Schattenfroh with these words: “it would be great to have an album with complete colour reproductions of all the artworks described in the novel, preferably in the orde…

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The Word as Bait @wordasbait.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

Absoltely thrilled that these have arrived. Thank you again to @neglectedbooks.com for putting Richardson on my radar, and for reissuing Pilgrimage! Dedicated, passionate readers like you make the world go round. #literature #womeninliterature #pilgrimage

A set of 4 books with their spines facing out. They make up parts 1 through 4 of “Pilgrimage” by Dorothy Richardson

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The Word as Bait @wordasbait.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

A couple of weeks ago I finished my first ever read-through of Miss MacIntosh, My Darling. It cemented itself as an all-time favourite that will linger in my mind for years to come. I can’t wait for its dualities and dreamscapes to pull me back in the future. THANK YOU @dalkeyarchive.bsky.social

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The Word as Bait @wordasbait.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

Got some gems! These four authors are particularly high on my priority list. #literature #bookish #bookhaul #translatedliterature

4 book lay cover-up on a brown, wood coffee table. They are “Life, a User’s Manual,” “Hind’s Kidnap,” “Frontier,” and “Omensetter’s Luck.”

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The Word as Bait @wordasbait.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

I’m reaching the end of my days as a multi-book reader. No longer can I read 3 or more complex works in parallel. But these Latin American masterworks have served as the best peripheral companions in 2025. (“Peripheral” is used loosely here. These each demand immense attention and reverence)

A stack of 5 novels with the spines facing out.

A display of 5 novels, each one sitting face-up on a red tablecloth.

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The Word as Bait @wordasbait.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

I was officially influenced by @wastemailinglist.bsky.social I’ve read slivers of “The 120 Days of Sodom” out of a curiosity that I imagine many readers flirt with. But it really wasn’t doing much for me outside of the shock factor. However, Seth made a great case for this collection!

A paperback copy of Sade’s “Stories, Tales, & Fables” sits cover-up on a wooden coffee table.

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The Word as Bait @wordasbait.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

What an incredible #independentbookstoreday. I’m so fortunate to have remarkably well-curated new and used bookstores within an hour drive from my home. Wonderful works from @dalkeyarchive.bsky.social @deepvellum.bsky.social @nyrb-imprints.bsky.social @contramundumpress.bsky.social

A stack of 10 books with the spines facing the camera.

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The Word as Bait @wordasbait.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Treated myself to a copy of Les Misérables today, only to accidentally discover that I’ve been building a collection of @penguinbooksusa.bsky.social Classic Deluxe novels! Love these editions. The art, deckled edging and French flaps raise the bar for me.

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The Word as Bait @wordasbait.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

“My mother had always wanted to die while travelling-as then she would never completely die-for every traveller dies merely by passing through a city, and none will know that landscape which he passes through in the long night. Death is that which is caused by our partial knowledge”

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The Word as Bait @wordasbait.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Failure to launch as far as posting consistently here… Nevertheless, I feel compelled to share my current read: the sumptuous, spiraling “Miss Macintosh, My Darling”. I won’t jump to any solid conclusions for another 1000 pages, but it’s so, so special. Thank you @dalkeyarchive.bsky.social

The 2024 Dalkey Archive Press edition of Miss Macintosh, My Darling in paperback form. Sitting flat on top of a dark desk.

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The Word as Bait @wordasbait.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

Well, I’m as spoiled as they come. What an incredible surprise to receive a hardcover copy of William Gass’ “The Tunnel” under the tree this year 😵 And right after @leafbyleaf.bsky.social posts his 10-hour review special, too!

A glossy, laminated hardcover edition of William H. Gass’ “The Tunnel” sitting in a wood container beside a stack of other books

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Deep Vellum @deepvellum.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

NEWS: Venerable small press Fum d’Estampa joins the Deep Vellum family in 2025, and we couldn't be more excited! Check out the full press release on our website: www.deepvellum.org/news/deep-ve...

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Deep Vellum Welcomes Fum d'Estampa! — Deep Vellum

Deep Vellum Publishing could not be more thrilled to announce that we have acquired Fum d’Estampa, a British small press founded by translator and book designer Douglas Suttle...

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The Word as Bait @wordasbait.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

@dalkeyarchive.bsky.social @wastemailinglist.bsky.social and anyone else invested in book content like this: please share this incredible work! This surely deserves the same level of attention as his Gravity’s Rainbow video, if not more. youtu.be/HYOR62TCvVw?...

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The Tunnel by William H. Gass

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The Word as Bait @wordasbait.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

He’s at it again, this time taking on #JaneAusten for the first time! If this just becomes a @leafbyleaf.bsky.social fan account, I might just be okay with that! youtu.be/X2kVDacPwmQ?...

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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

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The Word as Bait @wordasbait.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

I recently finished #TheEmpusium, my second #Tokarczuk novel. Her biting prose and distinct, oddball protagonists cement her as an all-time favourite already. But now my Tokarczukian pursuits have lead me to The Hearing Trumpet by Leonora Carrington (#NYRB) Share your thoughts if you’ve read it!

The cover of “The Hearing Trumpet” by Leonora Carrington. The cover depicts a surreal, layered painting from the author herself.

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The Word as Bait @wordasbait.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

The #bookish corners of Blue Sky really need to hit the ground running with @leafbyleaf.bsky.social’s content. So, here’s just one entry in what’s sure to be a stacked month of videos! youtu.be/R0b-5-YkuGA?... #literature #books #bookreviews

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Suttree by Cormac McCarthy

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