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Tobias Ryan @tobiasvryan.bsky.social · Nov 7

Attic Scraps | various writings

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Attic Scraps | Tobias Ryan | Substack

various writings. Click to read Attic Scraps, by Tobias Ryan, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.

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Tobias Ryan @tobiasvryan.bsky.social · 21h

it was a poster on rollers

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Tobias Ryan @tobiasvryan.bsky.social · 21h

« Mais la vie te prive de ton amour, Gabriel, et tu fais ce geste sublime d'enterrer ton œuvre avec ton amour, la littérature même n'a plus d'importance, c'est l'amour, l'amour que la mort scelle dans l'absolu, qui renvoie la littérature à sa futilité. »

— Jourde

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Tobias Ryan @tobiasvryan.bsky.social · 1d

big fan of these ominous ads

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Tobias Ryan @tobiasvryan.bsky.social · 1d

send us your gripes, complaints and pet hates ...

minor literature[s] @minorliteratures.bsky.social · 1d

got beef?

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Tobias Ryan @tobiasvryan.bsky.social · 1d

from the river to the sea

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Tobias Ryan @tobiasvryan.bsky.social · 2d

they seem to be alternating on gender, so next year?

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minor literature[s] @minorliteratures.bsky.social · 2d

Beyond Grandeur — @matthewkinlin.bsky.social

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Beyond Grandeur — Matthew Kinlin

Rhinoplasty. Cheek implants. Ultra-sonic assisted liposuction. A purple exoskeleton was admitted to the clinic last week. His name is Robert and he’s the oldest twink in Cheshire. They washed his s…

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minor literature[s] @minorliteratures.bsky.social · 4d

“[Literature is] a dance around silence, an attempt to get closer to what we are not saying”: A Conversation with Bothayna Al-Essa — @noonanerik.bsky.social

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“[Literature is] a dance around silence, an attempt to get closer to what we are not saying”: A Conversation with Bothayna Al-Essa—Erik Noonan

Anglophone audiences first encountered the Kuwaiti novelist, publisher, and bookseller Bothanya Al-Essa through excerpts of her 2004 novel A Soundless Collision (trans. Chris Bredin), published in …

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minor literature[s] @minorliteratures.bsky.social · 6d

AND! Monthly Dispatch #27 — feat. everything we published in September — went out ...

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minor literature[s] | Substack

minor literatures ; stuttering cultures. Click to read minor literature[s], a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.

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minor literature[s] @minorliteratures.bsky.social · 6d

last week @ minor lits ...

— new fiction from @robrubsam.bsky.social

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— alphabetical images from @eoghancarrick.bsky.social

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[un]inhabited initials [after Holbein] — Eoghan Carrick

from Alphabet with Dance of Death, Hans Holbein the Younger Chronically cash-strapped, the Emperor [Maximilian I] stimulated contemporary local artists […] to try out new techniques and form…

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minor literature[s] @minorliteratures.bsky.social · 7d

get in touch for details

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minor literature[s] @minorliteratures.bsky.social · 8d

Monthly Dispatch #27 —
ft. @addisonzeller.bsky.social
@robrubsam.bsky.social
@andrewgallix.bsky.social Charlotte Northall, Adam Judah Krasnoff, Joseph Nechvatal, Tim MacGabhann @alinaetc.bsky.social Austyn Wohlers, reviews & more — now up ...

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Monthly Dispatch #27 — September 2025

A letter from the editor[s]

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Tobias Ryan @tobiasvryan.bsky.social · 8d

an extract from @autreauxp.bsky.social 's L'Époux (The Husband) will appear in Issue 10 of @tolkajournal.bsky.social

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Issue Ten — TOLKA

ISBN: 978-1-7398226-8-2 Issue Ten, publishing in November 2025, is available to pre-order. It includes writing by: John Patrick McHugh Tim MacGabhann Hannah Sargeant Kim Keum Hee translated...

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minor literature[s] @minorliteratures.bsky.social · 8d

Monthly Dispatch #27 — September 2025

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Monthly Dispatch #27 — September 2025

A letter from the editor[s]

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Tobias Ryan @tobiasvryan.bsky.social · 8d

render time gap relationship

Tobias Ryan @tobiasvryan.bsky.social · 8d

an extract from @autreauxp.bsky.social 's L'Époux (The Husband) will appear in Issue 10 of @tolkajournal.bsky.social

pre-order a copy here:

www.tolkajournal.org/shop/p/issue...

Issue Ten — TOLKA

ISBN: 978-1-7398226-8-2 Issue Ten, publishing in November 2025, is available to pre-order. It includes writing by: John Patrick McHugh Tim MacGabhann Hannah Sargeant Kim Keum Hee translated...

www.tolkajournal.org

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Tolka @tolkajournal.bsky.social · 9d

🔥❤️ Tolka Issue Ten ❤️🔥
We're delighted to unveil the line up for our tenth issue!
This issue will publish on 10 November and launch on Friday 5 December.
You can pre-order the issue here: www.tolkajournal.org/shop/p/issue...