Cory Oldweiler
@coryoldweiler.bsky.social
Book critic. Translated lit evangelist. Runner. Cinephile. Disillusioned vagabond.
“For I, you see, dwelling upon the rim of life, see everyone in the arena as acting blindly.”
“For I, you see, dwelling upon the rim of life, see everyone in the arena as acting blindly.”
Pinned
Cristina Rivera Garza confronts the past in her latest genre-bending book - The Boston Globe
The Mexican author's latest work melds fiction and family history, grief and guilt.
www.bostonglobe.com
I’m very grateful to @bostonglobe.com for the chance to write about Cristina Rivera Garza‘s rewarding “Autobiography of Cotton,” trans. by Christina MacSweeney, a deeply researched hybrid of fictionalized memoir, history, and sociology in the border states of northeastern Mexico.
This…
“There are almost certainly stories we’re missing out on by only reading English-language fiction… The more translated fiction we read, the more our view of the world expands.”
The art of translation and why it matters | The Booker Prizes
As Tomb of Sand wins the 2022 International Booker Prize, readers and translators tell Sarah Shaffi how translated literature can help us learn more about ourselves and each other
thebookerprizes.com
February 2, 2026 at 5:26 PM
This…
Textbook failing upward for these two dudes.
It is instructive that Flynn, who like Blagojevich is a registered lobbyist of the Russian-backed secessionist regime in Banja Luka, is linking tearing up the Dayton Agreement w/ the dismantling of NATO. Because Moscow sees breaking up Bosnia & NATO as part of the same project.
February 2, 2026 at 5:24 PM
Textbook failing upward for these two dudes.
Every episode of “Industry” advances the story more than basically any other current season of television. We need more storytellers willing to take risks like Konrad and Mickey. (And I get the show is not for everyone, but their creative daring is just bonkers, especially four seasons in.)
February 2, 2026 at 5:21 PM
Every episode of “Industry” advances the story more than basically any other current season of television. We need more storytellers willing to take risks like Konrad and Mickey. (And I get the show is not for everyone, but their creative daring is just bonkers, especially four seasons in.)
Based on the brief Q&A I heard Kleber do after a screening of “The Station Agent” in November, I’m guessing this interview will be excellent.
Extraordinary interview with Kleber Mendonça Filho, by my colleague Stephania Taladrid, that goes far into the sources, ideas, and methods of The Secret Agent; his approach to the archival is a fundamental and far-reaching ethic of cinema:
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
The Brazilian Director Who’s Up for Multiple Oscars
Kleber Mendonça Filho wants his films to reclaim lost history.
www.newyorker.com
February 1, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Based on the brief Q&A I heard Kleber do after a screening of “The Station Agent” in November, I’m guessing this interview will be excellent.
Reposting this now that people are awake. I’m jet-lagged but trust me, CRG knows what she’s doing.
I’m very grateful to @bostonglobe.com for the chance to write about Cristina Rivera Garza‘s rewarding “Autobiography of Cotton,” trans. by Christina MacSweeney, a deeply researched hybrid of fictionalized memoir, history, and sociology in the border states of northeastern Mexico.
Cristina Rivera Garza confronts the past in her latest genre-bending book - The Boston Globe
The Mexican author's latest work melds fiction and family history, grief and guilt.
www.bostonglobe.com
January 29, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Reposting this now that people are awake. I’m jet-lagged but trust me, CRG knows what she’s doing.
Reposted by Cory Oldweiler
NBCC member Cory Oldweiler wrote about "Eating Ashes," written by Brenda Navarro and translated from the Spanish by Megan McDowell, for the Los Angeles Review of Books:
We Lived Inside Sadness Itself | Los Angeles Review of Books
On Brenda Navarro’s novel ‘Eating Ashes,’ newly translated by Megan McDowell.
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January 29, 2026 at 3:02 PM
NBCC member Cory Oldweiler wrote about "Eating Ashes," written by Brenda Navarro and translated from the Spanish by Megan McDowell, for the Los Angeles Review of Books:
I’m very grateful to @bostonglobe.com for the chance to write about Cristina Rivera Garza‘s rewarding “Autobiography of Cotton,” trans. by Christina MacSweeney, a deeply researched hybrid of fictionalized memoir, history, and sociology in the border states of northeastern Mexico.
Cristina Rivera Garza confronts the past in her latest genre-bending book - The Boston Globe
The Mexican author's latest work melds fiction and family history, grief and guilt.
www.bostonglobe.com
January 29, 2026 at 11:01 AM
I’m very grateful to @bostonglobe.com for the chance to write about Cristina Rivera Garza‘s rewarding “Autobiography of Cotton,” trans. by Christina MacSweeney, a deeply researched hybrid of fictionalized memoir, history, and sociology in the border states of northeastern Mexico.
@deadline.com regarding the assertion in Max Goldbart’s article about WKW’s Blossoms Shanghai that “There remains no word on a U.S. or UK release,” I regret to tell you that the show started airing on the Criterion Channel in November.
Mubi Unveils Release Date For Wong Kar Wai’s First TV Series ‘Blossoms Shanghai’
Mubi has unveiled February 26 premiere date for ‘Blossoms Shanghai’ series from Wong Kar Wai
deadline.com
January 27, 2026 at 1:43 PM
@deadline.com regarding the assertion in Max Goldbart’s article about WKW’s Blossoms Shanghai that “There remains no word on a U.S. or UK release,” I regret to tell you that the show started airing on the Criterion Channel in November.
Hope “retirement” doesn’t bring him a moment’s peace until the day his trial starts.
January 27, 2026 at 12:27 AM
Hope “retirement” doesn’t bring him a moment’s peace until the day his trial starts.
This this this. Too many people take a single positive development or example and leap to “we’re winning” or “the tide is turning,” which is an understandable reflex, but turning the tide starts in 2028 and “winning” comes years after that when the (reparable) damage done has been reversed.
Homan to MN, Trump speaks with Walz, Leavitt marginally distances Trump from Noem—all show Trump’s feeling a little heat. But these gestures mean as much as Putin suggesting he’s changed and wants peace with Ukraine.
Don’t fall for it.
Insist: ICE and CBP off the streets of Minnesota.
Don’t fall for it.
Insist: ICE and CBP off the streets of Minnesota.
January 26, 2026 at 9:08 PM
This this this. Too many people take a single positive development or example and leap to “we’re winning” or “the tide is turning,” which is an understandable reflex, but turning the tide starts in 2028 and “winning” comes years after that when the (reparable) damage done has been reversed.
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I guess it’s good for the networks to have all the Trump apparatchiks on to lie, so we can see how despicable they are. I admire the anchors who ask them tough questions. I couldn’t be in the same room as them. And if I were on a panel afterwards, all I would say is: “They lie. They lie. They lie.”
January 25, 2026 at 3:56 PM
I guess it’s good for the networks to have all the Trump apparatchiks on to lie, so we can see how despicable they are. I admire the anchors who ask them tough questions. I couldn’t be in the same room as them. And if I were on a panel afterwards, all I would say is: “They lie. They lie. They lie.”
Gov’t keeps lying because the media has allowed them to do so for 13 mos (& 4 yrs). Every WH press briefing is filled with lies. Every time potus opens his mouth he lies. Reporters rarely follow up or push back and NEVER backup their fellow journos. They just reprint whatever lies they’re told.
January 25, 2026 at 12:46 AM
Gov’t keeps lying because the media has allowed them to do so for 13 mos (& 4 yrs). Every WH press briefing is filled with lies. Every time potus opens his mouth he lies. Reporters rarely follow up or push back and NEVER backup their fellow journos. They just reprint whatever lies they’re told.
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So important. What they say is not the story. That is never the story. What happened is the story. Write what happened.
Media: do not lead with the false government framing of what happened
January 25, 2026 at 12:05 AM
So important. What they say is not the story. That is never the story. What happened is the story. Write what happened.
Any country who agrees to play in the US is just risking one of their citizens getting murdered by some masked entitled manchild who gets off on aggression and believes—rightly so far—that he can act with impunity.
If you're living somewhere outside the USA, one thing you can do is pressure your leaders to boycott World Cup and Olympic events here.
January 24, 2026 at 8:43 PM
Any country who agrees to play in the US is just risking one of their citizens getting murdered by some masked entitled manchild who gets off on aggression and believes—rightly so far—that he can act with impunity.
Reposted by Cory Oldweiler
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — NBA postpones Warriors-Timberwolves game at the Target Center 'to prioritize the safety and security' of the community.
January 24, 2026 at 8:08 PM
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — NBA postpones Warriors-Timberwolves game at the Target Center 'to prioritize the safety and security' of the community.
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years and years of avoiding plain language and the active voice do make the choice to use it more impactful, I suppose
January 24, 2026 at 8:31 PM
years and years of avoiding plain language and the active voice do make the choice to use it more impactful, I suppose
Stunned it has taken this long for what I consider an absolute no-brainer to even be broached. There is no way anyone should even consider coming here.
BERLIN (AP) — A German soccer federation executive committee member says it’s time to consider a World Cup boycott because of the actions of U.S. President Donald Trump.
German soccer federation official wants World Cup boycott considered because of Trump
BERLIN (AP) — A German soccer federation executive committee member says it’s time to consider a World Cup boycott because of the actions of U.S. President Donald Trump.
www.winnipegfreepress.com
January 23, 2026 at 11:10 PM
Stunned it has taken this long for what I consider an absolute no-brainer to even be broached. There is no way anyone should even consider coming here.
Shoutout to the Chilean rapper on the 7 train just now: best subway performer I’ve ever heard, rivaled only for the all-time title by the freestyle dancers of the before times who always made it feel like they were going to kick someone or break their necks.
January 23, 2026 at 4:12 PM
Shoutout to the Chilean rapper on the 7 train just now: best subway performer I’ve ever heard, rivaled only for the all-time title by the freestyle dancers of the before times who always made it feel like they were going to kick someone or break their necks.
@chrisvfeil.bsky.social was The Mastermind blanked?
January 22, 2026 at 4:07 PM
@chrisvfeil.bsky.social was The Mastermind blanked?
@chrisvfeil.bsky.social @joereid.bsky.social Excited for the eventual Park Chan-wook THOB ep
January 22, 2026 at 2:03 PM
@chrisvfeil.bsky.social @joereid.bsky.social Excited for the eventual Park Chan-wook THOB ep
If this feature can’t be disabled, I will be going back to a rotary phone. I’ve loved Apple products since the early 80s and in all that time have never felt so genuinely disinterested in their development direction (not to mention disgusted with their endless drive for profit over all else).
Apple is turning Siri into an AI bot that’s more like ChatGPT
SiriGPT?
www.theverge.com
January 21, 2026 at 10:43 PM
If this feature can’t be disabled, I will be going back to a rotary phone. I’ve loved Apple products since the early 80s and in all that time have never felt so genuinely disinterested in their development direction (not to mention disgusted with their endless drive for profit over all else).
Yes it is! Read everything Falco writes (and everything Croft translates and Charco publishes for that matter).
The Plains, by Federico Falco and translated by Jennifer Croft, is a "moving and beautifully made novel".
Thank you @review31.bsky.social!
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Thank you @review31.bsky.social!
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Chard and Beans
Review 31 is an online literary review.
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January 21, 2026 at 5:19 PM
Yes it is! Read everything Falco writes (and everything Croft translates and Charco publishes for that matter).
This kind of childish shit from elected officials is part of why we’re in the mess we’re in. Dems have no power, so telling them to impeach (which they’ve done twice) or invoke constitutional safeguards is pointless and silly, but that doesn’t mean they should act as if any of this is funny.
Reasons why Trump wants to invade Greenland…
A). If you’re going to distract from the Epstein files, you might as well go big.
B). What’s the Mercator Projection?
C). If you can steal a Nobel Prize, why not Greenland?
D). Sadly, all true.
A). If you’re going to distract from the Epstein files, you might as well go big.
B). What’s the Mercator Projection?
C). If you can steal a Nobel Prize, why not Greenland?
D). Sadly, all true.
January 20, 2026 at 9:48 PM
This kind of childish shit from elected officials is part of why we’re in the mess we’re in. Dems have no power, so telling them to impeach (which they’ve done twice) or invoke constitutional safeguards is pointless and silly, but that doesn’t mean they should act as if any of this is funny.
For @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social I wrote about Brenda Navarro’s EATING ASHES in Megan McDowell’s new translation, a novel that considers many domestic issues often addressed in contemporary Mexican fiction from the position of emigrants longing for the friends, family, and homeland left behind.
We Lived Inside Sadness Itself | Los Angeles Review of Books
On Brenda Navarro’s novel ‘Eating Ashes,’ newly translated by Megan McDowell.
lareviewofbooks.org
January 20, 2026 at 5:09 PM
For @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social I wrote about Brenda Navarro’s EATING ASHES in Megan McDowell’s new translation, a novel that considers many domestic issues often addressed in contemporary Mexican fiction from the position of emigrants longing for the friends, family, and homeland left behind.
Reposted by Cory Oldweiler
Just to clarify things for those of you who don't live here in Minnesota: the only violence comes from ICE shooting our neighbors, beating our neighbors, terrorizing our neighbors and detaining our neighbors. Will those Arctic paratroopers stop the violence? Only if they stop ICE.
January 18, 2026 at 1:25 PM
Just to clarify things for those of you who don't live here in Minnesota: the only violence comes from ICE shooting our neighbors, beating our neighbors, terrorizing our neighbors and detaining our neighbors. Will those Arctic paratroopers stop the violence? Only if they stop ICE.