This is not the book I wanted to write. I thought I should warn you before you venture any further. It is the least I can do.'
Equalising and improving statutory rates of parental leave should be a no-brainer of a policy but our state rests easy on the idea that women’s labour is more easily exploited than men’s.
My oldest NewYork friend and collaborator— Jerome Rothenberg— gone at 92 after one of the most creatively rich & accomplished poet’s lives anybody could live. I am devastated— Rest in Poetry , Jerry
"From the disappointment of the book he never published, Unwords’ author has produced something rare: a work of criticism that aspires to the condition of art".
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has written a mind-blowing review of Unwords in this week's
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! Thank you so much!
on Unwords: “Reads like those lucid thoughts that can burst into a life — and then vanish again.”
A Personal Anthology will return as normal next month, but here's a little 'hors-série' occasional post, prompted by coming across Susan Sontag's notes for an 'ideal story anthology' in her diaries: <apersonalanthology.substack.com/p/occasional-hors-serie-personal-anthology>
Loved contributing to the excellent @GalleyBeggars Cultural Highlights Advent, chatting about the things I loved from 2023 alongside @MumblinDeafRo, @larapawson, @EricaWgnr, @LoriFeathers, @StuHennigan @sammillsauthor & more. Do read, there are some great recommendations! x.com/GalleyBeggars//GalleyBeggars/status/1749402787773911289
Last night the Dodo left the launch for @andrewgallix's Unwords with his feathers drenched in absinthe and his claws covered in cigar ash. Many books were sold and signed, and you can buy a signed editions from the Dodo Ink shop dodoink.com/shop
Very excited to have received proofs of my new novel, The Watermark - out from @GrantaBooks on 1st August. A weird epic love story about free will versus fate and the joys of booksurfing... Thank you @dbirdan
