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Remo Verdickt @removerdickt.bsky.social · 15h

and ours!

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About halfway through I was so numbed by all of his ridiculously tiresome monologues that I misread his comment about Charlie Kirk as Thiel saying that it was "above his gay pride." Could have fooled me...

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Adrian Daub @adriandaub.bsky.social · 2d

I wrote about Peter Thiel’s lectures on the Antichrist and how the fact that there’s a strong chance Thiel thinks Greta Thunberg is the literal Antichrist isn’t even the weirdest thing about them — at the @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/technology/n...

Peter Thiel’s off-the-record antichrist lectures reveal more about him than Armageddon

Silicon Valley titan desperately tries to detach self from power in amateurish talks attempting to ape his favorite philosopher

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Daniel Pérez Castrillón @mangrii.bsky.social · 2d

Super interesante entrevista👇🏻

Andrei @theuntranslated.bsky.social · 3d

Mircea Cărtărescu’s Interview for De Standaard: On Theodoros, Giorgio de Chirico, Surrealism, writing methods, literary fame, ambition, tyranny, and his work in progress

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Mircea Cărtărescu’s Interview for De Standaard: On Theodoros, Giorgio de Chirico, Surrealism, writing methods, literary fame, ambition, tyranny, and his work in progress

Photo: C.Stadler/Bwag I am honoured again to publish on The Untranslated an interview with Mircea Cărtărescu. Like the previous time, the interview was conducted by my Belgian friends Emiel Roothoo…

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Remo Verdickt @removerdickt.bsky.social · 2d

¡Muchas gracias, Daniel!

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Andrei @theuntranslated.bsky.social · 3d

Mircea Cărtărescu’s Interview for De Standaard: On Theodoros, Giorgio de Chirico, Surrealism, writing methods, literary fame, ambition, tyranny, and his work in progress

theuntranslated.wordpress.com/2025/10/09/m...

Mircea Cărtărescu’s Interview for De Standaard: On Theodoros, Giorgio de Chirico, Surrealism, writing methods, literary fame, ambition, tyranny, and his work in progress

Photo: C.Stadler/Bwag I am honoured again to publish on The Untranslated an interview with Mircea Cărtărescu. Like the previous time, the interview was conducted by my Belgian friends Emiel Roothoo…

theuntranslated.wordpress.com

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Remo Verdickt @removerdickt.bsky.social · 3d

Pretty pleased with myself about that "wolves get the last word" line :p

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Remo Verdickt @removerdickt.bsky.social · 3d

Tight deadline, just following the lava flow. @theuntranslated.bsky.social www.standaard.be/media-en-cul...

Bij Nobelprijswinnaar Laszlo Krasznahorkai krijgen wolven het laatste woord

Laszlo Krasznahorkai is misschien wel de meest pessimistische Nobelprijswinnaar Literatuur ooit. Al veertig jaar timmert de Hongaar aan een monumentaal oeuvre waarin wel veel komma’s, maar weinig punten staan, en waarin hoop ver te zoeken is.

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Remo Verdickt @removerdickt.bsky.social · 3d

Jan Willem Bos did a fantastic job with Theodoros, out next week in Dutch. All eyez on u, Sean Cotter!

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Andrei @theuntranslated.bsky.social · 4d

Deep Vellum to publish Mircea Cărtărescu’s THEODOROS in October 2026

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Deep Vellum to publish Mircea Cărtărescu’s THEODOROS in October 2026 — Deep Vellum

Deep Vellum is thrilled to announce the acquisition of Mircea Cărtărescu’s Theodoros , which will be published in English translation by Sean Cotter on October 27, 2026 . Originally published ...

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Remo Verdickt @removerdickt.bsky.social · 4d

great interview, Claudia! Something tells me that @theuntranslated.bsky.social will also publish something very soon...

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Remo Verdickt @removerdickt.bsky.social · 12d

James Baldwin Review vol. 11, our special issue on 'European Baldwins,' is out now!
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Read Justin Joyce's editorial preface on the American conundrum here: www.manchesterhive.com/view/journal...

The entire volume is available here : www.manchesterhive.com/view/journal...

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Remo Verdickt @removerdickt.bsky.social · 14d

Thank you so much for this wonderful interview, René, and even more for your brilliant book Der Zeuge!

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René Aguigah @aguigah.bsky.social · 14d

Feeling so honored to be part of this issue of James Baldwin Review, with an Interview on „James Baldwin. Der Zeuge“, thanks to @removerdickt.bsky.social 🙏🏾
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James Baldwin Review @jbrjournal.bsky.social · 16d

James Baldwin Review (JBR) is proud to announce the publication of its eleventh volume with thanks to the extraordinary collaborative vision of three European guest editors: Remo Verdickt, Pieter Vermeulen, and Gianna Zocco.
#JamesBaldwin

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Cover art for JBR Vol 11, featuring James Baldwin's US passport. courtesy of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture.

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 19d

The #JamesBaldwin Review (JBR) is an annual journal, bringing together work on the life, writings, and legacy of James Baldwin

Volume 11 is now available to buy as a paperback bit.ly/46gAHlK

Find out more about our brand new series #ThinkingWithJamesBaldwin bit.ly/3KAncol

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Manchester University Press - James Baldwin Review

James Baldwin Review - Browse and buy the Paperback edition of James Baldwin Review by Douglas Field

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Remo Verdickt @removerdickt.bsky.social · Sep 8

Next up he's gonna complain about wasting $ 50 on Pynchon, only then to find out that hefty hardcover *gasp* wasn't a vindication of James Nolan Mason and Thomas Dixon Jr

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Remo Verdickt @removerdickt.bsky.social · Sep 4

Pretty sure Anthony Kennedy's just gonna kick off his book tour with a reenactment of the Brooks Brothers Riot

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Lindsay Ellis @lindsayellis.bsky.social · Aug 26

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The Unforgivable Sin of Ms Rachel

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Los Angeles Review of Books @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social · Aug 22

Nicholas Boggs joins #LARBRadioHour to talk his new biography. “James Baldwin: A Love Story” offers an intimate portrait of the literary legend anchored by the romances that shaped his life, writing, and political vision. https://lareviewofbooks.org/av/nicholas-boggss-james-baldwin-a-love-story/

Nicholas Boggs’s “James Baldwin: A Love Story” | Los Angeles Review of Books

Eric Newman speaks with Nicholas Boggs about his monumental new biography, James Baldwin: A Love Story.

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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · Aug 21

May this portion of the dissent by Ketanji Brown Jackson haunt John Roberts forever and be the final word on his tenure as Chief Justice.

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Remo Verdickt @removerdickt.bsky.social · Aug 14

If I may borrow a phrase: nicht alle 'Dead books' solten wieder auferstehen!

Remo Verdickt @removerdickt.bsky.social · Aug 14

Something similar happened with the Dutch translation (originally published by AFD's Flemish counterpart Vlaams Belang) in 2016, when Schwob (funded by the Dutch Foundation for Literature) included the translation in its series of "forgotten or unexplored books" www.schwob.nl/boeken/index...

Jean Raspail - De ontscheping - Schwob

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5-4 Podcast @fivefourpod.bsky.social · Aug 8

Due to popular demand, we’ve unlocked this episode for public consumption.

Trump Brings the War Home [UNLOCKED]

Podcast Episode · 5-4 · 08/08/2025 · 58m

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Remo Verdickt @removerdickt.bsky.social · Aug 6

Between Trump's love for Hannibal Lecter, Vance's Chigurhesque affectations and Clarence Thomas invoking Native Son, “Western literature has become an amalgam of key resources in posttruth politics—its various meanings obfuscated, oversimplified or wildly distorted to fit neoreactionary ideologies."