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Dorothy, a publishing project @dorothyproject.bsky.social · 14h

Our own Caren Beilin is reading our own Lana Lin (and more!) @lithub.com.web.brid.gy
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The Annotated Nightstand: What Caren Beilin Is Reading Now, and Next

Caren Beilin’s new novel, Sea, Poison, like her much of her other work, attends to the terrible realities of the medical industry and the personal effect this has on people. (She wrote about how he…

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Dorothy, a publishing project @dorothyproject.bsky.social · 1d

"In 1922, Alice B. Toklas stood at the doorway. I willed Lan Thao to take their place."

Lana Lin on the cover of THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF H. LAN THAO LAM, at @literaryhub.bsky.social.

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A New Autobiography: On Re-Envisioning Gertrude Stein’s Classic Cover

During the pre-vaccine summer of 2020, I sat behind a long wooden table that my partner, H. Lan Thao Lam, had recently installed for me across from the fireplace in a former sawmill to which we had…

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Dorothy, a publishing project @dorothyproject.bsky.social · 14h

Our own Caren Beilin is reading our own Lana Lin (and more!) @lithub.com.web.brid.gy
lithub.com/the-annotate...

The Annotated Nightstand: What Caren Beilin Is Reading Now, and Next

Caren Beilin’s new novel, Sea, Poison, like her much of her other work, attends to the terrible realities of the medical industry and the personal effect this has on people. (She wrote about how he…

lithub.com

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Dorothy, a publishing project @dorothyproject.bsky.social · 1d

Congrats to all the National Book Awards finalists! It was so much fun to see Lana's book make the longlist, and we're grateful that that no doubt helped get the book into more readers' hands.

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Dorothy, a publishing project @dorothyproject.bsky.social · 1d

"In 1922, Alice B. Toklas stood at the doorway. I willed Lan Thao to take their place."

Lana Lin on the cover of THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF H. LAN THAO LAM, at @literaryhub.bsky.social.

lithub.com/a-new-autobi...

A New Autobiography: On Re-Envisioning Gertrude Stein’s Classic Cover

During the pre-vaccine summer of 2020, I sat behind a long wooden table that my partner, H. Lan Thao Lam, had recently installed for me across from the fireplace in a former sawmill to which we had…

lithub.com

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American Literary Translators Association @littranslate.bsky.social · 1d

“I treated the translation of this novel like a poem, in that I let the strangeness wash over me and didn’t try to think too hard about making things ‘make sense.’”

ALTA member Alex Niemi and Sarah Viren discuss Niemi's translation process and the rhythm of language. At Lit Hub:

Alex Niemi on the Process of Translation and the Rhythm of Language

I’ve known Alex Niemi since 2012, when we both started a graduate program in literary translation at the University of Iowa. We co-edited our program’s literary translation journal, Exchanges, and …

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Xtra @xtramagazine.com · 6d

Lana Lin’s “The Autobiography of H. Lan Thao Lam” flips a Gertrude Stein classic into a modern queer love story.

Lana Lin’s new book channels—and challenges—Gertrude Stein | Xtra Magazine

“The Autobiography of H. Lan Thao Lam” is an intimate and experimental love story

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Dr Delyth Badder @folklorewales.com · 3d

Six weeks ago, I picked up a year-old tawny owl with a broken leg off the main road near our home and dropped him off at our nearest vet.

After a few days, I received one of the most bizarre phone calls I’ve ever had, asking “So when are you coming to pick up your owl?” 🧵

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Dorothy, a publishing project @dorothyproject.bsky.social · 9d

Sarah, aka Eyes on Indie, one of the judges of this year's Republic of Consciousness Prize (US and Canada), talks about Laura Vazquez's THE ENDLESS WEEK (trans. by Alex Niemi)...
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EVERY Nominee for the 2025 RofC Prize: Book #13

YouTube video by Eyes on Indie

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Dorothy, a publishing project @dorothyproject.bsky.social · 7d

Such a lovely q&a with Lana Lin @shelf-awareness.com. Especially enjoyed her answer to "Book you hid from your parents" and "Book you most want to read again for the first time."
www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?i...

Shelf Awareness for Wednesday, October 1, 2025

Welcome to the Web site for Shelf Awareness: Daily Enlightenment for the Book Trade, the free e-mail newsletter dedicated to helping the people in stores, ...

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somanybooks24.bsky.social @somanybooks24.bsky.social · 3d

“Perhaps the only way to write an Internet novel is by looking from the inside out.”
In @theartsfuse.bsky.social‬‬, Kai Maristed reviews Laura Vazquez’s newly translated novel, “The Endless Week” - artsfuse.org/317481/book-...

Book Review: "The Endless Week" Offers a Brave, Inside-Out Internet Novel Experience - The Arts Fuse

"The Endless Week" is a brave, uneven, at times brilliant swathe of prose. Experimental? For certain. Perhaps the only way to write an Internet novel is by looking from the inside out.

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Sarah Viren @sarahviren.bsky.social · 5d

Such a fun and fascinating interview with Alex Niemi about her translation of a totally bonkers (and great!) new novel.

Lit Hub @literaryhub.bsky.social · 5d

“I found it hard to articulate the way a word could take up space in a body.” @sarahviren.bsky.social talks to Alex Niemi, translator of Laura Vazquez‘s The Endless Week.

Alex Niemi on the Process of Translation and the Rhythm of Language

I’ve known Alex Niemi since 2012, when we both started a graduate program in literary translation at the University of Iowa. We co-edited our program’s literary translation journal, Exchanges, and …

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Lit Hub @literaryhub.bsky.social · 5d

“I found it hard to articulate the way a word could take up space in a body.” @sarahviren.bsky.social talks to Alex Niemi, translator of Laura Vazquez‘s The Endless Week.

Alex Niemi on the Process of Translation and the Rhythm of Language

I’ve known Alex Niemi since 2012, when we both started a graduate program in literary translation at the University of Iowa. We co-edited our program’s literary translation journal, Exchanges, and …

buff.ly

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Kim McNeill •📚🌿☕️ @joiedevivre9.bsky.social · 5d

I have a pile of new Aug/Sep publications to read (birthday month acquisitions). 🎂🎉 I’ve only finished three so far (Zambreno, Romano & Mendelson—all recommended), so I have a long way to go. Ravn & Lin are next!

CÉCÉ by Emmelie Prophète (tr. Aidan Rooney)
THE ENDLESS WEEK by Laura Vazquez (tr. Alex Niemi)
THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF H. LAN THAO LAM by Lana Lin
GRACE PERIOD by Maria Judite de Carvalho (tr. Margaret Jull Costa)
ANIMAL STORIES by Kate Zambreno
INTO THE WEEDS by Lydia Davis
THE WAX CHILD by Olga Ravn (tr. Martin Aitken)
HELEN OF NOWHERE by Makenna Goodman
DREAMING OF DEAD PEOPLE by Rosalind Belben
GOOSE OF HERMOGENES by Ithell Colquhoun
IN FARTHEST SEAS by Lalla Romano (tr. Brian Robert Moore)
RESTORATION by Ave Barrera (tr. Ellen Jones & Robin Myers)
MRS. DALLOWAY by Virginia Woolf
ORLANDA by Jacqueline Harpman (tr. Ros Schwartz)
THE OTHER GIRL by Annie Ernaux (tr. Alison L. Strayer)
SAY FIRE by Selma Asotić
LITTLE WORLD by Josephine Rowe
THE INNER LIFE OF MRS. DALLOWAY by Edward Mendelson
ALPHA AND OMEGA by Jane Ellen Harrison

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Dorothy, a publishing project @dorothyproject.bsky.social · 5d

Lovely interview with Alex Niemi, translator of THE ENDLESS WEEK by Laura Vazquez, just up at @literaryhub.bsky.social . . . on "sonic suspense" and more!

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Alex Niemi on the Process of Translation and the Rhythm of Language

I’ve known Alex Niemi since 2012, when we both started a graduate program in literary translation at the University of Iowa. We co-edited our program’s literary translation journal, Exchanges, and …

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Shannon Mattern @shannonmattern.bsky.social · 7d

"The Autobiography of H. Lan Thao Lam adopts Stein’s device to reflect on the distance between then and now, the difference between those who came before and those who stand in the room with me."

Dorothy, a publishing project @dorothyproject.bsky.social · 9d

Please read this wonderful new essay by Lana Lin about (the cover of) THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF H. LAN THAO LAM and (the cover of) THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF ALICE B. TOKLAS and much more! Pub day is tomorrow 🎉 @literaryhub.bsky.social
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A New Autobiography: On Re-Envisioning Gertrude Stein’s Classic Cover

During the pre-vaccine summer of 2020, I sat behind a long wooden table that my partner, H. Lan Thao Lam, had recently installed for me across from the fireplace in a former sawmill to which we had…

lithub.com

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Dorothy, a publishing project @dorothyproject.bsky.social · 7d

It's a pretty amazing first sentence.

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Rachel Hands @rachelhands.com · 7d

happy accident that my first week of pto all year and @dorothyproject.bsky.social pub week coincide! been looking forward to both titles but this one has been especially screaming my name. l will see you all later. 🫡

The Endless Week by Laura Vazquez, translated by Alex Niemi. the cover is a Pierrette Bloch untitled work with rows of irregular black ink rectangles on a white background, extremely my aesthetic

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Dorothy, a publishing project @dorothyproject.bsky.social · 7d

Hope you enjoy it!

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Dorothy, a publishing project @dorothyproject.bsky.social · 7d

Lana Lin's book launch live right now!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_fA...

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Dorothy, a publishing project @dorothyproject.bsky.social · 7d

Her "Book your bought for the cover" answer is also terrific.

Dorothy, a publishing project @dorothyproject.bsky.social · 7d

Such a lovely q&a with Lana Lin @shelf-awareness.com. Especially enjoyed her answer to "Book you hid from your parents" and "Book you most want to read again for the first time."
www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?i...

Shelf Awareness for Wednesday, October 1, 2025

Welcome to the Web site for Shelf Awareness: Daily Enlightenment for the Book Trade, the free e-mail newsletter dedicated to helping the people in stores, ...

www.shelf-awareness.com

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The Arts Fuse @theartsfuse.bsky.social · 7d

Kai Maristed on Laura Vazquez's #theendlessweek (@dorothyproject.bsky.social): the novel is a brave, uneven, at times brilliant swathe of prose. Experimental? For certain. Perhaps the only way to write an Internet novel is by looking from the inside out.

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Dorothy, a publishing project @dorothyproject.bsky.social · 7d

"To pay homage to another writer, especially such a famous one, in the way Lin does here, with clear-eyed curiosity and appreciation without adulation, is an exciting project."

Dorothy, a publishing project @dorothyproject.bsky.social · 7d

Wow. Sometimes a review gives me chills, just at how clearly the reviewer attends to (and how clearly they articulate) the writer's project. This one did that.

H Felix Chau Bradley on THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF H. LAN THAO LAM by Lana Lin @xtramagazine.com.
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Lana Lin’s new book channels—and challenges—Gertrude Stein | Xtra Magazine

“The Autobiography of H. Lan Thao Lam” is an intimate and experimental love story

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