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“Ich habe kein Papier, keinen Stift, keine Schreibmaschine, keinen Computer. Ich schreibe in mein Gehirnwasser.”
I’m pretty sure Schattenfroh speaks of this
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I’m pretty sure Schattenfroh speaks of this
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and it is
“I started to read and write poetry as if it were the most important thing in the world.” (Bolaño, The Savage Detectives)
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Michael Bible’s THE TERRIBLE — 3.2.27
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Cărtărescu on his novel in progress: “I’m working very hard, and it's actually killing me, on a new book, the strangest I have done so far and maybe one of the strangest possible. Its title is The Impudic Death.” amsterdamreview.org/the-moum…
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It’s pronounced “Boondocks Moondocks.” February 23rd, 2027
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Happy International Literature in Translation Day from your friends at Deep Vellum!
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Happy International Translation Day, dear translators!
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Happy International Literature in Translation Day! Did you know that Deep Vellum is the largest independent publisher of translated literature in the United States? In 2026 alone, we published work in 25 languages: Arabic, Bikol, Braj Bhasa, Cantonese, Chinese, Filipino …
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… French, German, Guaraní, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latgalian, Norwegian, Persian, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovenian, Spanish, Swahili, Turkish, Ukrainian, Welsh, and Xitsonga.
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today’s plane reading is Solenoid
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good news imminent, watch this space
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El Troiacord is described in El País as “a cetacean as colossal, violent and elusive as Melville’s white whale.”
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October’s Dalkey Archive Essentials Subscription Pick is IN TRANSIT by Brigid Brophy! A postmodern romp about a traveler who suddenly “loses” their gender and sets out to find it again — Brophy’s comic masterpiece. Subscribe here: dalkeyarchive.store/products…
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Texas mentioned😤😤😤
the Borges doc is hilarious — there’s a 20 minute digression where Llinás rants about how much he hates Texas
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My candidate for this year's Nobel Prize in literature I have one book under review theuntranslated.wordpress.co…
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Wine and
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Well folks, looks like this event has been cancelled due to inclement weather. We are immensely disappointed, but can’t wait to be back next year! Stay safe out there, y’all.
The Deep Vellum NYC Crew will be tabling at the Brooklyn Book Festival on Sunday 9/27! Come visit us at Booth 312 and you might even run into some special guests…
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