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Apocalypse Now
Daniel Green reviews László Krasznahorkai's Baron Wenckheim's Homecoming (trans. Ottilie Mulzet).
Having Time Without Wanting It
Jessica Payn reviews Brenda Lozano's Loop (trans. Annie McDermott).
Something That Was Almost Nothing About Something That Was Almost Something
J.S. DeYoung reviews Jung Young Moon's Seven Samurai Swept Away in a River (trans. Yewon …
Lift-Off
Daniel Davis Wood reviews Linda Mannheim's This Way to Departures.
The Sawn-in-half Lady
Anna MacDonald reviews Christina Hesselholdt's Vivian (trans. Paul Russell Garrett).

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Germán Sierra on Gary Lutz
November 12, 2019
To mark the publication of The Complete Gary Lutz, a monumental collection of stories by a renowned minimalist, Germán Sierra takes the pulse of Lutz's aesthetic project in a new …
Michael Bérubé on Autism Aesthetics
October 23, 2019
In a review of three new academic texts at the Sydney Review of Books, Michael Bérubé sketches out a guide to reading literature through the lens of "autism aesthetics".
Andrew Hungate on Zadie Smith
October 22, 2019
In a review of Zadie Smith's new story collection, Grand Union, for 3AM Magazine, Andrew Hungate finds himself struggling to isolate the virtues of the book.
Ed Simon on Harold Bloom
October 18, 2019
At Berfrois, Ed Simon assesses the recent public responses to the death of Harold Bloom and ends up taking aim at everyone, sparing neither Bloom's admirers nor his detractors.
Zadie Smith on Cultural Appropriation
October 17, 2019
In a long, searching essay at the New York Review of Books, Zadie Smith makes the case against "cultural appropriation" by interrogating the language in which it is discussed.
Natasha Boyd on Ben Lerner
October 10, 2019
At the Los Angeles Review of Books, Natasha Boyd praises Ben Lerner's The Topeka School for its mastery of language and its mastery of the flow of time.
Houman Barekat on Jonathan Gibbs
September 30, 2019
At Full Stop, Houman Barekat reads Jonathan Gibbs' The Large Door as a knowing throwback to a kind of novel swept away by postmodernism.
Nathan Goldman on Ben Lerner
September 25, 2019
Writing in The Baffler, Nathan Goldman admires the ambition but questions the achievements of Ben Lerner's forthcoming novel, The Topeka School...

Burley Fisher Books, Dalston
22 November @ 7.00pm – 9.00pm

Please join Splice for the launch of Above the Fat, the début short story collection by Thomas Chadwick, at Burley Fisher Books. Chadwick’s stories have been shortlisted for the White Review prize and the Galley Beggar prize, and Above the Fat was one of this year’s “Book of the Month” selections for the Republic of Consciousness Prize.

To celebrate the launch, Thomas Chadwick will be reading live with support from Michael Conley (author of Flare and Falter, longlisted for this year’s Edge Hill Prize) and Deirdre Shanahan (author of Carrying Fire and Water, and winner of the Wasafiri New Writing Prize). There’s a bar onsite, plus giveaways — pamphlets featuring samples of forthcoming books published by Splice — and a first-look opportunity to see the Splice anthology featuring new stories from Thomas and Michael alongside Dana Diehl, Reneé Bibby, Abi Hynes, and Victoria Manifold.

View details at the Burley Fisher website.

Book Launch: Anna MacDonald's "Between the Word and the World"

The Paperback Bookshop, Melbourne
21 November @ 6.00pm

You’re invited to celebrate the launch of Between the Word and the World, a collection of literary essays by Anna MacDonald, newly published by Splice. The book will be launched by the award-winning poet, essayist, and novelist Lisa Gorton (The Life of Houses, Empirical) at the Paperback Bookshop in Melbourne, Australia. This is a free event. No bookings are required — just come along!

View details at the Paperback Bookshop’s Facebook page.

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