Sontag's "Against Interpretation" and "On Style" are favorites of mine, and Gass' essays go well with them. You might enjoy Powers of Abjection by Kristeva. It's still in my tbr, but The Gothic Sublime by Vijay Mishra might interest you. The Weird and the Eerie too if you haven't already read it
One must imagine Sisyphus absolutely fucking gacked
Yes, yes. You need rest. But I need art!
Somehow the days that are logistically best for extensive reading and writing are always the days in which my body conspires against me
Can't wait to get my hands on the Gass reprint
I'd been meaning to read this for a while, but when I saw it with this cover at the store I bought it immediately
Really enjoyed this
“In a time replete with manifold political monsters,” José Donoso’s The Obscene Bird of Night “seems prescient in its presentation of gender, religion, and…the breakdown of the ties binding the individual and the community.” —Larry Rohter
"This was where we put people we wanted to forget, in places beyond time, beyond space; places where the senses were suspended, that rested on the periphery, the margins ..."
Rest Home — @djamelbouchenaki.bsky.social (tr. Jordan Barger)
minorliteratures.com/2026/02/12/r...
Keshed by Stu Hennigan
@stuhennigan.bsky.social's new book has reached the Netherlands. Been eagerly awaiting this one for many months
#GetKeshed
How bizarre: Epstein offered to fund a proposed book by Brian Boyd on Lolita newsroom.co.nz/2026/02/01/a...
We've our final historical texts for this mid-week ULTRAVIOLET offering at @thearsonista.bsky.social: excerpts from Octave Mirbeau's The Torture Garden and Jean-Baptiste Del Amo's Pornographia: burninghousepress.com/2026/01/28/e...
I enjoyed your excerpts from Mirbeau!
I wish someone would do a new English translation of The Torture Garden. I really didn't care for the Richardson
Truest thing I've read on this app in a minute
Nostalgia is quickly becoming a new favorite short story collection. "The Roulette Player" is one of the best short stories I've ever read
"I don't like the substance from which poetry is made: smells too much like ether, like nail polish. You have to consume your own self too much, like Nasrudin Hodja. The true prose writer consumes others."
-"REM", Mirceau Cărtărescu
What a fucking banger
"That the sinister obligations of my life impose work on me, so be it; that anyone ask me to believe in it, to revere my or others' labor, never. I prefer, one again, to walk in darkness while believing I'm walking in daylight. There is no point in being alive if you have to work."
-Nadja by Breton
Hurricane Season is a close second for my favorite of 2025.
Ya, the early "yum yum" stuff is really what caused me to put it down initially. I went off and read Hell Has No Limits and it gave me some more trust in him and caused me to go back. So glad I did
This is probably my favorite read of 2025. I initially dnf'd it and then came back to it and was blown away
Literature isn't mimetic and you can't change my mind
It's been weeks and I'm still thinking about how dog shit Frankenstein was. A deeply affecting film
I want to go back here
Either end capitalism or bring back patrons
I've read a number of these and loved them. Adding The Taiga Syndrome to the tbr
Taking time off has been amazing for my manuscript. It's almost like capitalism strangles your creativity and gorges itself on your time and energy
The Wax Child by Olga Ravn
Finally got a copy of The Wax Child.
I'm easily disappointed when books are heavily hyped, but I'm pleased to say this one is delivering so far. I'm looking forward to seeing where she takes things
Sacred Cow by Diamela Eltit
Read this in a single sitting. Absolutely devastating.
It was like The Hour of the Star only better
The Obscene Bird of Night by José Donoso
This book really opens up on a reread. I'm so glad I gave Obscene Bird a second chance. A truly unique and inspiring work of art
No, this was how I found out about her! Even more exciting knowing that she's a poet