Reposted by wordkunstwordkunst @wordkunst.bsky.social · 14/10/2026"They asked, So what did you do with your freedom? A kind of blackout, he said. I did what one does, I anesthetized it. That's: me." worldliteraturetoday.org/2019/spring/...worldliteraturetoday.orgScheggia / Shrapnel, by Alexander Booth“They asked, So what did you do with your freedom? A kind of blackout, he said, I did what one does. I anesthetized it.” - Alexander Booth 2207
Reposted by wordkunstTwisted Spoon Press @twistedspoon.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Now available in the US: Prague Triptych by Johannes Urzidil, trans. David Burnett Glorious Nemesis by Ladislav Klíma, trans. Marek Tomin Visions & Apparitions by Ladislav Klíma, trans. Jed Slast 0146
wordkunst @wordkunst.bsky.social · 14/10/2026Thanks, Donna, maybe someone will pick up the full manuscript at some point 000
wordkunst @wordkunst.bsky.social · 14/10/2026"They asked, So what did you do with your freedom? A kind of blackout, he said. I did what one does, I anesthetized it. That's: me." worldliteraturetoday.org/2019/spring/...worldliteraturetoday.orgScheggia / Shrapnel, by Alexander Booth“They asked, So what did you do with your freedom? A kind of blackout, he said, I did what one does. I anesthetized it.” - Alexander Booth 2207
Reposted by wordkunstwordkunst @wordkunst.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Man do I miss being around theatre co-directing Finale di partita (Endgame) in Rome in 2011 with a close friend was an incredible experience cannot wait to see André Gregory (90 y.o.!) & friends working on theirs here 👇 youtu.be/ehRxL-WBOZs?...youtu.beOne More Time | Trailer | NYFF64YouTube video by Film at Lincoln Center 071
Reposted by wordkunstJeff Young @wildtwin.bsky.social · 09/10/2026The 22nd Bird Dream and the 23rd Bird Dream. 04011
Reposted by wordkunstwordkunst @wordkunst.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Jakob van Hoddis' (1887-1942) poem 'Weltende' signaled the beginning of an explosive new literary movement : Expressionism Read my new translation here 👇 minorliteratures.com/2026/10/08/e... 0215
Reposted by wordkunstSam Stephenson @sfstephenson.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Today is Coltrane's centennial. So I'm re-upping this piece I wrote on his first biographer in 2014. Piece won an ASCAP Deems Taylor-Virgil Thomson Prize. One of my favorite projects. www.theparisreview.org/blog/2014/06...theparisreview.orgAn Absolute Truth: On Writing a Life of Coltrane by Sam StephensonJune 3, 2014 – A few years ago I found a used, first-edition hardcover of Dr. Cuthbert Ormond Simpkins’s 1975 book, Coltrane: A Biography, online for $150. I had long 2218
wordkunst @wordkunst.bsky.social · 12/10/2026It had been a while so nice to spend time again @flowerville.bsky.social 170
Reposted by wordkunstBruce Adams @bruceadams.bsky.social · 11/10/2026I did it. I finally went out and did it. bruceadams838221.substack.com/p/if-you-wan...bruceadams838221.substack.comIf you want a say, you better go out and grow it.Announcing an irregular newsletter 072
Reposted by wordkunstminor literature[s] @minorliteratures.bsky.social · 11/10/2026info here: minorliteratures.com/minor-incide...minorliteratures.comminor incident Berlin 202616/10: minor impromptu 1 venue: desirelines books, 19.30 Fraenkelufer 28, 10999 Berlin Subway: U8/U3 Kottbusser Tor; U8 Schöleinstraße; U7 Südstern readers: Alexander Booth is a poet, translator, c… 011
Reposted by wordkunstDavid Collard @davidcollard.bsky.social · 10/10/2026The first of twelve short conversations with an illustrious cohort of writers and publishers prompted by the publication of 'The Coast of Everything' - one of the novels of my lifetime! Thanks to C. D. Rose for his fascinating reflections. Look out for future encounters. 093
Reposted by wordkunstminor literature[s] @minorliteratures.bsky.social · 08/10/2026"Wherever you look there are falling tiles & rotten beams / & the coasts—you read—are rising tides & melting caps ..." End of the World (1911/2026) — Jakob van Hoddis [tr. @wordkunst.bsky.social ] minorliteratures.com/2026/10/08/e...minorliteratures.comEnd of the World (1911/2026) — Jakob van Hoddis [tr. Alexander Booth]Mr. & Mrs. Patriot keep losing their hats,While the air is alive with what sounds like screams;Wherever you look there are falling tiles & rotten beams & the coasts—you read—are ri… 191
wordkunst @wordkunst.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Jakob van Hoddis' (1887-1942) poem 'Weltende' signaled the beginning of an explosive new literary movement : Expressionism Read my new translation here 👇 minorliteratures.com/2026/10/08/e... 0215
wordkunst @wordkunst.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Rapping "The Raven" youtu.be/IIJRDwNdk7w?...youtu.beRapping Raven, hip-hop version of Edgar Allen Poe's The RavenYouTube video by candylane339 121
wordkunst @wordkunst.bsky.social · 08/10/2026"You're on earth, there's no cure for that" - Sam Beckett 010
Reposted by wordkunstwordkunst @wordkunst.bsky.social · 11/07/2026Written "under the sign" of French Surrealism's 100th anniversary, Berlin Variations + 12 Cubist Miniatures = Carnation, limited handmade ed. of 150 copies, 19 EUR postage included, DM or mail @ address in bio to order 14615
Reposted by wordkunstminor literature[s] @minorliteratures.bsky.social · 07/10/2026spotted by @wordkunst.bsky.social ! info here: minorliteratures.com/minor-incide... 054
Reposted by wordkunstJames Reeves @jamesreeves.co · 07/10/2026The latest iteration of the Inspiration Station, featuring recent additions from Francis Bacon, Raqib Shaw, and two delightful collages from @wordkunst.bsky.social. 1102
wordkunst @wordkunst.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Evensong (back after 25+ years--!) perfumetree.bandcamp.com/album/dark-g...perfumetree.bandcamp.comdark gift, by perfume tree7 track album 030
Reposted by wordkunstAndrew Wittkop @awestfell.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Friends if you find yourself near Northfield on Thursday November 5 and would like to see me read and discuss my book details are below. 184
Reposted by wordkunstFrog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social · 29/09/2026And all the next day Toad played music for his seeds. 038661
wordkunst @wordkunst.bsky.social · 26/09/2026@tobiasvryan.bsky.social Blixa lived not too far from t/here back in the early early days 010