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Catapult Book Group @catapultbooks.bsky.social · Jul 29

Join @dsparis.bsky.social in conversation with @adamdalva.bsky.social at Books Are Magic (Montague St.) to celebrate the release of his new novel THE DANCE AND THE FIRE! 🔥

Details & RSVP here: buff.ly/yFCn5tR

In-Store: Daniel Saldaña París: The Dance and the Fire w/ Adam Dalva

"Daniel Saldaña Paris is an extraordinary talent, and his novel feels both urgent and true." —Lauren Groff

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Words Without Borders & WWB Campus @wwborders.bsky.social · Jul 8

We love Marie NDiaye and her long-time translator Jordan Stump! Check out our former book editor @adamdalva.bsky.social 's conversation with NDiaye at Community Bookstore, transcribed here:
wordswithoutborders.org/read/article...

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Adam Dalva @adamdalva.bsky.social · Jun 9

Our @yalereview.bsky.social Summer Fiction issue is finally here! There are too many good stories and essays to single anything out, including new work by Scholastique Mukasonga, Garth Greenwell, Katie Kitamura, Bryan Washington, Jenny Erpenbeck, Rachel Cusk, etc: yalereview.org/issues/summe...

Summer 2025

Join a conversation 200 years in the making. We believe in the power of connecting great minds across disciplines, backgrounds, and generations.

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Adam Dalva @adamdalva.bsky.social · Apr 30

A fabulous night with Gay Talese at the Society Library

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Adam Dalva @adamdalva.bsky.social · Apr 25

Tonight at The Strand - join us!

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The Yale Review @yalereview.bsky.social · Apr 22

Coming soon: our summer fiction issue! New work by seven writers reshaping what the story can do.

Subscribe before May 5 to receive your copy in print—and choose your free, beach-ready merch.
yalereviewstore.org/products/the...

Rachel Cusk
Into the light
Sigrid Nunez
The rabbit’s foot
Samanta Schweblin
Welcome to the club
Scholastique Mukasonga
The edge of the lake
Jenny Erpenbeck
Junk
Sarah Bernstein
The shanda
Bryan Washington
Crossings

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Adam Dalva @adamdalva.bsky.social · Apr 7

I am very moved that the board of the National Book Critics Circle has chosen me to serve as our next President. It’s an incredible group at @bookcritics.bsky.social and I can't wait to get to work with them.

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Adam Dalva @adamdalva.bsky.social · Mar 21

New Yorkers! In surreal news, I’ll be speaking with the legendary journalist Gay Talese at The New York Society Library on April 29th. Register here and join us: www.nysoclib.org/events/gay-t...

An Evening with Gay Talese, with Adam Dalva | The New York Society Library

Legendary journalist Gay Talese, inventor of "New Journalism" converses about A Town Without Time, the new collection of his greatest reporting on New York City, with writer and critic Adam Dalva.

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Adam Dalva @adamdalva.bsky.social · Mar 15

Sad to read about Dag Solstad's passing. Armand V is one of my favorite novels, and T. Singer is fantastic, as is Professor Anderson's Night and Shyness & Dignity. I was lucky enough to interview him a few years ago and he was characteristically brilliant: www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

The Process of No Process: PW Talks with Dag Solstad

Solstad’s two newly translated novels are 'Armand V' (New Directions, May), composed of footnotes to a nonexistent novel, and 'T Singer' (New Directions, May), which follows its protagonist through a ...

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Adam Dalva @adamdalva.bsky.social · Mar 11

Love this story - and love the entire spring issue, which I've been reading through today with pleasure

The Yale Review @yalereview.bsky.social · Mar 11

A man rents one apartment instead of another, but his mind lingers on the one he left behind. As his obsession grows, he begins stalking the life that could have been his. In our spring issue, a new short story by Guadalupe Nettel. yalereview.org/article/guad...

Guadalupe Nettel: “Life Elsewhere”

A short story by Guadalupe Nettel: “It happened a couple of years ago, when my wife and I were renting the apartment.”

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Lance Richardson @lancerichardson.bsky.social · Feb 24

This, from the interview between Krasznahorkai and Kunzru, really struck me.

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Adam Dalva @adamdalva.bsky.social · Feb 24

This story is astounding - ambitious, long, and strange - and @harikunzru.bsky.social's interview contextualizes it wonderfully.

The Yale Review @yalereview.bsky.social · Feb 24

On the three-year anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, read a new short story by László Krasznahorkai, plus an interview between the author and @harikunzru.bsky.social on facing the reality of our present moment.

yalereview.org/article/kras...

László Krasznahorkai: “An Angel Passed Above Us”

A short story by László Krasznahorkai: “I’m open to anything, he said, pushing the AK-74 a bit farther away and reaching under his bulletproof vest to…

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Adam Dalva @adamdalva.bsky.social · Feb 20

So thrilled about this!

Meghan O'Rourke @meghanor.bsky.social · Feb 19

🎉 As the editor of @yalereview.bsky.social, I'm so proud of our team and our brilliant contributors:
This year, we received *two* nominations to the National Magazine Awards, for criticism & fiction. Congrats to @brandyjensen.bsky.social, @dsparis.bsky.social, Ayşegül Savaş, & Anna DeForest! 🎉

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Adam Dalva @adamdalva.bsky.social · Dec 19

The Yale Review's enticing Cultural Artifacts column (yalereview.org/article/favo...), which is filled with great suggestions and moments from my colleagues, is here! I surprised myself and wrote about a video game: Final Fantasy VII Rebirth

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Adam Dalva @adamdalva.bsky.social · Dec 19

Loved serving on this committee, and really love this list, packed with my favorite books of the year

National Book Critics Circle @bookcritics.bsky.social · Dec 19

We're excited to announce the longlist for the 2024 NBCC Gregg Barrios Book in Translation Prize! Congratulations to all of the nominees. www.bookcritics.org/2024/12/19/2...

Covers of the books on the longlist for the 2024 NBCC Gregg Barrios Book in Translation Prize.

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National Book Critics Circle @bookcritics.bsky.social · Dec 18

We're excited to announce the longlist for the 2024 NBCC Award for Poetry! Congratulations to all of the nominees. www.bookcritics.org/2024/12/18/2...

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National Book Critics Circle @bookcritics.bsky.social · Dec 18

We're excited to announce the longlist for the 2024 NBCC Award for Nonfiction! Congratulations to all of the nominees. www.bookcritics.org/2024/12/18/2...

Covers of the books on the longlist for the NBCC Award for Nonfiction.

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National Book Critics Circle @bookcritics.bsky.social · Dec 17

We're excited to announce the longlist for the 2024 NBCC Award for Autobiography! Congratulations to all of the nominees. www.bookcritics.org/2024/12/17/2...

Covers of the books on the longlist for the NBCC Award for Autobiography.

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Adam Dalva @adamdalva.bsky.social · Dec 16

I love reading for this committee - what a list!!

National Book Critics Circle @bookcritics.bsky.social · Dec 16

We're excited to announce the longlist for the 2024 NBCC Award for Fiction! Congratulations to all of the nominees. www.bookcritics.org/2024/12/16/2...

Covers of the books on the longlist for the NBCC Award for Fiction.

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Adam Dalva @adamdalva.bsky.social · Dec 16

Serving on this committee was a delight, and I love the list we came up with. What great books!

National Book Critics Circle @bookcritics.bsky.social · Dec 16

We're excited to announce the longlist for the 2024 NBCC Award for Criticism! Congratulations to all of the nominees. www.bookcritics.org/2024/12/16/2...

Covers of the books on the longlist for the NBCC Award for Criticism.

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Adam Dalva @adamdalva.bsky.social · Dec 14

Really adored All We Imagine as Light - my favorite film I've seen in theaters this year. Smart, beautifully shot, and incredibly emotional, with a perfect ending.

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Adam Dalva @adamdalva.bsky.social · Dec 10

The Winter Issue of @yalereview.bsky.social is out, and it has many delights: Melissa Febos; Andrew Martin; Leanne Shapton; Chloe Aridjis. And I'm thrilled to share Ayşegül Savaş's marvelous new story, "Twirl," which takes on online dating as only she can: yalereview.org/article/ayse...

Aysegul Savas, "Twirl"

A story by Aysegul Savas: "I was sitting in a wine bar waiting for my date when I heard the two women next to me speaking Turkish."

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Adam Dalva @adamdalva.bsky.social · Nov 27

Over the summer, Merve Emre and I spoke about George Gissing's THE ODD WOMEN for @sandtclassics.bsky.social - it was a memorable conversation. Thanks to @literaryhub.bsky.social for publishing it: lithub.com/an-ending-di...

In Praise of the Literary and Social Subversions of George Gissing’s The Odd Women

Unnamed Press editors Brandon Taylor and Allison Smith’s just-launched imprint, Smith & Taylor Classicsc, was born from staff meeting conversations that kept leading back to a love of cla…

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Adam Dalva @adamdalva.bsky.social · Nov 25

Loved @alexanderchee.bsky.social's Substack about a terrific question from a student at our @yalereview.bsky.social event!

Alexander Chee @alexanderchee.bsky.social · Nov 25

For my newsletter wrote about a question from a recent Q&A that has stayed with me. Doesn’t happen so often, so I paid attention. open.substack.com/pub/querent/...

"Where do you get the audacity to write?"

A question, an answer.

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Adam Dalva @adamdalva.bsky.social · Nov 20

Grateful to @alexanderchee.bsky.social for telling me about the late Mark Hyatt’s brilliant novel LOVE, LEDA- written pre-1967, preserved by his friends, and published last year in UK and this year in USA. It’s a hypnotic depiction of queer life in London’s SoHo, and Hyatt is a fascinating figure.

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