IN THE WAKE OF THE WAKE: The Calf by Leif Høghaug - Translated by David M. Smith YouTube video by Leaf by Leaf

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Top 10 Reads of 2025 + Subscriber Wildcard Pick + Subscriber Shoutout + 2026 Thoughts YouTube video by Leaf by Leaf

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My sincerest apologies for not getting back to you sooner! I have been away from this platform since December.

Underworld by Don DeLillo YouTube video by Leaf by Leaf

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Schattenfroh by Michael Lentz - Translated by Max Lawton YouTube video by Leaf by Leaf

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The Book of Disquiet by Fernando Pessoa - Translated by Richard Zenith YouTube video by Leaf by Leaf

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The Odyssey: A Modern Sequel by Nikos Kazantzakis - translated by Kimon Friar YouTube video by Leaf by Leaf

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A TABLE FOR FORTUNE, William T. Vollmann’s long awaited novel on whatever we might call our national character - from Cold War to War on Terror - is available for preorder! 🔗 ⬇️

If not his masterpiece, then certainly yet another precious stone set in the crown of his oeuvre.

FAUST by Goethe - translated by Zsuzsanna Ozsváth, Frederick Turner, & David Luke YouTube video by Leaf by Leaf

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Four Moments of Aesthetic Experience: Reading Huysmans, Proust, McCarthy, and Cusk by Bryan Counter YouTube video by Leaf by Leaf

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In this episode, @mookse.bsky.social and I are joined by Chris Via of @leafbyleaf.bsky.social to celebrate big books. We share stories, favorite strategies, the books that stretched us as readers, and reflect on why some big books stay with us for life.
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The Dying Grass by William T. Vollmann YouTube video by Leaf by Leaf

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Les Misérables by Victor Hugo - Translated by Christine Donougher YouTube video by Leaf by Leaf

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The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner YouTube video by Leaf by Leaf

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Republic of Consciousness Prize: Longlist & Live Zoom Party YouTube video by Leaf by Leaf

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Invidicum by Michael Brodsky (2023, Tough Poets Press, 1196 pages) YouTube video by Leaf by Leaf

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

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!

Books covers for the 10 books longlisted for the 2024 US/Canada Republic of Consciousness Prize: Like a Sky Inside by Jakuta Alikavazovic, translated by Daniel Levin Becker @fffernbbbooks To & Fro by Leah Hager Cohen @bellevueliterarypress Melvill by Rodrigo Fresán, translated by Will Vanderhyden @openletterbooks Lesser Ruins by Mark Haber @coffeehousepress Tidal Lock by Lindsay Hill @mcphersonandcompany Overstaying by @ary_coach, translated by Damion Searls (Dorothy, a publishing project) The Case of Cem by Vera Mutafchieva, translated by Angela Rodel @sandorfpassage Your Absence is Darkness by Jón Kalman Stefánsson, translated by Philip Roughton @biblioasis_books Gifted by Suzumi Suzuki, translated by Allison Markin Powel @transitbooks Lublin by Manya Wilkinson @andotherpics

2024 US/Canada Republic of Consciousness ( @usrofc.bsky.social ) Small Press Prize Longlist