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Alvin Lu @alvinlu.bsky.social · Sep 8

Ah, lists. What I came up with for my Top 5 Books. @israelbonilla.bsky.social @nateknapp.bsky.social @dreamsofbeing.bsky.social

Fiction Collective Two @fictioncollective2.bsky.social · Sep 8

Some thoughts & books from our 2026 Ronald Sukenick Innovative Fiction Contest Judge @alvinlu.bsky.social ~ Submissions are open until November 1st ~ award is publication and $3,000 ~ learn more: fc2.org/prizes/

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Israel A. Bonilla @israelbonilla.bsky.social · Aug 31

A dialogue on Luigi Pirandello's The Late Mattia Pascal: israelabonilla.wixsite.com/website/post...

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Malarkey @malarkeybooks.bsky.social · Jul 29

Picked up the print proof from Bookmobile just now and it is gorgeous. Our first book to feature color photos and it is printed in the most glorious paper.

Malarkey @malarkeybooks.bsky.social · Jul 29

If the night dies, let me die with the night
And if my shadow doesn’t grow old,
Take my breath to sea and bury it next to the skyline
If the night dies, let me kiss you goodnight
—Vi Khi Nao, My Ardent Love for the Pencil

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My Ardent Love for the Pencil, a poetry collection by Vi Khi Nao — Malarkey

September 2025 My Ardent Love for the Pencil moves like a sloth in silk: slowly, precisely, gorgeously. What is it to exist in such a way that life, love, and literature are linked so tightly...

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KEEP PLANNING @keep-planning.net · Jul 18

#017 – "3 Poems from 'Lyrics'" by Israel A. Bonilla (@israelbonilla.bsky.social)

KEEP PLANNING – Israel A. Bonilla

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Malarkey @malarkeybooks.bsky.social · Jul 22

Get 20% off @israelbonilla.bsky.social’s collection, Sleep Decades, with code SELLOUT. An impossible book to sum up or pitch in one sentence, but if you care about sentences, this is a must-read. Will post a review below:

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Sleep Decades, stories by Israel A. Bonilla — Malarkey

Preorder. Ships in November 2024. Sleep Decades presents a mosaic of individuals who have grown into their identities with a mixture of verve and unease. There is the nomadic mother and her s...

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Eric T. Racher @ericracher.bsky.social · Jul 14

Lovely post today from @paradiseeditions.bsky.social
Phoretics, by @israelbonilla.bsky.social
Beautiful production by @unpaginated.bsky.social Exquisite layout and typesetting. Hand-sewn.

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Malarkey @malarkeybooks.bsky.social · Jul 2

It took a long time but here are the books we’re going to publish in the next three years:

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New Books on the Way! — Malarkey

In the interest of time, sanity, stress levels, and financial stability, we have decided to slow down a bit. We published thirteen books in 2022, then nine each in 2023 and 2024, counting Death of Pri...

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Israel A. Bonilla @israelbonilla.bsky.social · Jun 26

Thank you, Eleanor!

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Israel A. Bonilla @israelbonilla.bsky.social · Jun 22

Waddington

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minor literature[s] @minorliteratures.bsky.social · Jun 19

"In every conquest of expression, we seem to find an affront to our feigned versatility. That is what we are—standing against time, no longer fleeting ..."

Phoretics: After Hazlitt — @israelbonilla.bsky.social

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Phoretics: After Hazlitt — Israel A. Bonilla

1. Life surpasses all attempts at capture, and so we fool ourselves by reducing it to a few moments of great intensity. Not without consequence: our viewpoint shifts in radical succession, and we r…

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La Doleur Exquisabella @minxmarple.bsky.social · Jun 19

-The artist must remember that art traverses the body. Inspiration is the tremor that entangles with a sudden image.-

Absolutely glorious stuff from @israelbonilla.bsky.social

[exceptional morning bath reading for sick girls]

minor literature[s] @minorliteratures.bsky.social · Jun 19

Phoretics: After Hazlitt — Israel A. Bonilla ( @israelbonilla.bsky.social )

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Phoretics: After Hazlitt — Israel A. Bonilla

1. Life surpasses all attempts at capture, and so we fool ourselves by reducing it to a few moments of great intensity. Not without consequence: our viewpoint shifts in radical succession, and we r…

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Israel A. Bonilla @israelbonilla.bsky.social · Jun 20

Undoubtedly wise. And yet there's Hazlitt's enticing portrait of the other side—

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Israel A. Bonilla @israelbonilla.bsky.social · Jun 20

New excerpt from Phoretics (@paradiseeditions.bsky.social) in @minorliteratures.bsky.social: minorliteratures.com/2025/06/19/p...

A playful set of aphorisms on the interstices of Hazlitt's oeuvre.

It's always a pleasure to appear in such an out-of-the-way magazine.

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Israel A. Bonilla @israelbonilla.bsky.social · Jun 19

Thank you, Isabella. It means a good deal to me.

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minor literature[s] @minorliteratures.bsky.social · Jun 15

and coming up this week ...

— more adventures in anonymity

— an extract from @israelbonilla.bsky.social 's new book with @paradiseeditions.bsky.social PHORETICS

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Israel A. Bonilla @israelbonilla.bsky.social · Jun 16

Matthew is already a pro at this, no doubt. Thank you, Eric!

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Eric Williams @geoliminal.bsky.social · Jun 16

an incredible (and hand-made!!!) pamphlet from @paradiseeditions.bsky.social and written by @israelbonilla.bsky.social. strongly encourage you to get this one!

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Malarkey @malarkeybooks.bsky.social · Jun 11

Putting four of these story bag bundles together: for $60 you get a Malarkey tote and books by @israelbonilla.bsky.social, @badguybirnie.bsky.social and @matthewzmuller.bsky.social

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Story Bag — Malarkey

A limited time deal: get three story collections and a tote for $60. Sleep Decades by Israel A. Bonilla First Aid for Choking Victims by Matthew Zanoni Muller Where the Pavement Turns to Sand by ...

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Israel A. Bonilla @israelbonilla.bsky.social · Jun 6

New poem in the latest issue of RIC journal: ricjournal.com/2025/06/06/d...

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Israel A. Bonilla @israelbonilla.bsky.social · Jun 6

Seven months—and a small but altogether lively group of readers.

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Alvin Lu @alvinlu.bsky.social · Jun 3

If Homer were alive today, he'd be three thousand years old and I like to think would have written something like "The Temperance of Heretics". I also recommend taking in this mind-bender—actually by Steve Barbaro of @new-sinews.bsky.social fame—in one sitting if at all possible for maximum effect.