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Christina Tudor-Sideri @dreamsofbeing.bsky.social · 1d

It feels so long ago... But I still believe that, same as I still believe that writing, any kind of writing, remains a therapy that deepens the wound it soothes.

Christina Tudor-Sideri @dreamsofbeing.bsky.social · 1d

Coincidentally, or perhaps because of all this rain, I woke up with thoughts of fog and disintegration and the urge to rewatch Damnation, but this fragment from Cărtărescu also reminded me that it has been a while since I have read my favorite from Krasznahorkai, Animalinside.

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Christina Tudor-Sideri @dreamsofbeing.bsky.social · 1d

This reminded of how, for a brief moment in time, when Under the Sign of the Labyrinth was not yet Under the Sign of the Labyrinth, it bore the title Wound Separation.

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Christina Tudor-Sideri @dreamsofbeing.bsky.social · 1d

“We are all strange inside,” writes Cărtărescu in his newest journal. “But only authors know it, for they have seen themselves from within... What I do is describe myself even as the vivisection is taking place, while the scalpel cuts, while the retractor pulls the wound apart.”

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Christina Tudor-Sideri @dreamsofbeing.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you kindly, Hyo 🤍 I hope you are well.

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Jeremy Millar @jeremymillar.bsky.social · 1d

Draught is about making, and so it’s only right that the first piece in the journal is a visit to an artist’s studio, in this case the brilliant Rosalind Nashashibi.

Draught @draughtjournal.bsky.social · 1d

'Day trip to the River Beane and back to London, August 2025': Studio Visit with artist Rosalind Nashashibi featuring a short text by Elena Narbutaitė and photos by GD
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Christina Tudor-Sideri @dreamsofbeing.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you, Jeff.

Christina Tudor-Sideri @dreamsofbeing.bsky.social · 2d

I love this

Christina Tudor-Sideri @dreamsofbeing.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you for reading, Kim 🖤

Christina Tudor-Sideri @dreamsofbeing.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you, Stephen. It was wonderful putting them together and losing myself in those memories...

On Bookmarks and Other Ruins

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Christina Tudor-Sideri @dreamsofbeing.bsky.social · 2d

For the inaugural issue of Draught Journal @draughtjournal.bsky.social:

On Bookmarks and Other Ruins—a reflection on the bookmark as a fragile site of memory, desire, and incompletion, accompanied by images of my own bookmarks.

draughtjournal.com/article/on-b...

<p>There is something indescribably intimate about the act of interrupting one’s reading, the act of marking one’s place in a book, a subtle gesture t

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Christina Tudor-Sideri @dreamsofbeing.bsky.social · 2d

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Christina Tudor-Sideri @dreamsofbeing.bsky.social · 2d

How wonderful! Congratulations, Róisín!

Róisín Ní Neachtain - I, bird | Broken Sleep Books

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Róisín Ní Neachtain @roisinnineachtain.com · 3d

This happened just now.

Pre-orders up!!! Deeply grateful to @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social and all my teachers at UCD and the kind writers who wrote the blurbs including @gagebybell.bsky.social and @martinadalton.bsky.social and so many others …

www.brokensleepbooks.com/product-page...

Róisín Ní Neachtain's I, bird is a fragmented, lyrical reckoning with grief, trauma, and the porous boundary between body and voice. Structured in poetic prose and verse, the collection moves between ...

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Christina Tudor-Sideri @dreamsofbeing.bsky.social · 2d

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Jeremy Millar @jeremymillar.bsky.social · 2d

I don't know if you remember but some time ago I said that we'd have something to share soon.

Anyway, it's this

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Christina Tudor-Sideri @dreamsofbeing.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you for reading, Betty 🖤

Christina Tudor-Sideri @dreamsofbeing.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you again for inviting me to contribute, Jeremy. The issue looks amazing, I cannot wait to read it.

On Bookmarks and Other Ruins

Christina Tudor-Sideri @dreamsofbeing.bsky.social · 2d

For the inaugural issue of Draught Journal @draughtjournal.bsky.social:

On Bookmarks and Other Ruins—a reflection on the bookmark as a fragile site of memory, desire, and incompletion, accompanied by images of my own bookmarks.

draughtjournal.com/article/on-b...

<p>There is something indescribably intimate about the act of interrupting one’s reading, the act of marking one’s place in a book, a subtle gesture t

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Christina Tudor-Sideri @dreamsofbeing.bsky.social · 2d

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