WILLIAM H GASS monstrous magnum opus, THE TUNNEL, returns to print next year.

Look at all the ants in the farm

In the new issue of Esquire you will find a stunning piece from poet, playwright, and memoirist Dan O’Brien (@bydanobrien.bsky.social) Dear Family” continues to excavate O’Brien’s family history with the empathy and grace that he displays in all of his work.

The pamphlets were self-published and self-distributed, technically putting them in the public domain.

Then, in 1992, Dalkey Archive published FIRE THE BASTARDS without Green’s knowledge or permission. As you can see, he was not enthusiastic about this. (2/3)

FIRE THE BASTARDS was originally published by Jack Green as a series of scorching pamphlets in the 1960s. A vicious, black-comedy assault on the literary establishment, and the way that they had failed William Gaddis and his novel, THE RECOGNITIONS (1/3)

Deciding that the title was too strange for the average reader, Markson began to send it around with the “Ghosts” title.

After Dalkey Archive made it clear that we were not intimidated by the title, Markson renamed it once again, circling back to Wittgenstein.

Originally submitted under the title KEEPER OF THE GHOSTS, a phrase swiped from Malcolm Lowry, David Markson’s sophisticated and experimental WITTGENSTEIN’S MISTRESS is a true Dalkey Archive Essential if ever there was one.

Giveaways, retrospectives, ephemera, and 25% off the entire catalog.

Dalkey Archive reached 40 years old in 2024. An overview of the things we have planned (and a brief explanation of why we waited until now to celebrate) can be found on our website. Link below in the thread:

Only one thing left to do before 2024 ends, but it can wait until next week…

Dalkey Archive is deeply saddened to hear about the passing of poet, writer, mathematician, and prolific member of the Oulipo group, Jacques Roubaud. We were fortunate enough to publish a dozen of his brilliant, and endlessly inventive books.

He will be missed.

Surprise!

AN ANGEL WALKS THROUGH THE STAGE is a generous and irresistible collection, introducing Nobel laureate Jon Fosse as most English readers have never known—an essayist, a dramaturge, and a critic.

Available now from the Dalkey Archive website (and in stores soon)

We are thrilled to offer a first look at DISPATCHES FROM THE DISTRICT COMMITTEE, a collection of Vladimir Sorokin's beloved, and incendiary, early short stories. A shining example of the subversive brilliance that has made Sorokin as widely censored as he is celebrated

Now available—Sven Popović’s playful meditations on youth, and the lifelong search for the self.