Michael Jarvie
@michaeljarvie.bsky.social
Samizdat novelist, short story writer, screenwriter, poet, editor.Translator of Georg Trakl and Gerhart Hauptmann. Working Class. Marxist. Atheist. Coming in 2026 Transformer: Writing the Black Country by Zero Books. Despised by New Writing North.
December 3, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Only 1 more sale required in the US to reach 400.
And more sales overall in 2025 than 2024.
Not bad for a book that never had a blog tour, advertising or even many reviews on Amazon or Goodreads.
#booksky #trakl #translation #poetry
And more sales overall in 2025 than 2024.
Not bad for a book that never had a blog tour, advertising or even many reviews on Amazon or Goodreads.
#booksky #trakl #translation #poetry
December 3, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Only 1 more sale required in the US to reach 400.
And more sales overall in 2025 than 2024.
Not bad for a book that never had a blog tour, advertising or even many reviews on Amazon or Goodreads.
#booksky #trakl #translation #poetry
And more sales overall in 2025 than 2024.
Not bad for a book that never had a blog tour, advertising or even many reviews on Amazon or Goodreads.
#booksky #trakl #translation #poetry
Still going strong.
By rights Autumnal Elegies should have been published by Penguin Books or in the Oxford World’s Classics series, but I’m working class so that was never going to happen.
#poetry #translation #booksky
By rights Autumnal Elegies should have been published by Penguin Books or in the Oxford World’s Classics series, but I’m working class so that was never going to happen.
#poetry #translation #booksky
November 26, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Still going strong.
By rights Autumnal Elegies should have been published by Penguin Books or in the Oxford World’s Classics series, but I’m working class so that was never going to happen.
#poetry #translation #booksky
By rights Autumnal Elegies should have been published by Penguin Books or in the Oxford World’s Classics series, but I’m working class so that was never going to happen.
#poetry #translation #booksky
So I’ve beaten last year’s total with a few weeks to spare.
A working-class translator is something to be.
#booksky #poetry #translation
#trakl
A working-class translator is something to be.
#booksky #poetry #translation
#trakl
November 22, 2025 at 10:48 AM
So I’ve beaten last year’s total with a few weeks to spare.
A working-class translator is something to be.
#booksky #poetry #translation
#trakl
A working-class translator is something to be.
#booksky #poetry #translation
#trakl
Even better. Thank you poetry readers
November 21, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Even better. Thank you poetry readers
Not a bad November as it turns out.
9 sales and 539 page reads for Autumnal Elegies.
#poetry #translation #trakl #booksky
9 sales and 539 page reads for Autumnal Elegies.
#poetry #translation #trakl #booksky
November 20, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Not a bad November as it turns out.
9 sales and 539 page reads for Autumnal Elegies.
#poetry #translation #trakl #booksky
9 sales and 539 page reads for Autumnal Elegies.
#poetry #translation #trakl #booksky
Only 3 more sales required to equal 2024.
A working-class translator is something to be.
#booksky #poetry #translation #trakl
A working-class translator is something to be.
#booksky #poetry #translation #trakl
November 17, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Only 3 more sales required to equal 2024.
A working-class translator is something to be.
#booksky #poetry #translation #trakl
A working-class translator is something to be.
#booksky #poetry #translation #trakl
November 16, 2025 at 2:31 PM
I do my best to fuck them up.
De Profundis is one of the most interesting of the earlier free verse poems from Trakl’s first collection Gedichte of 1913.
De Profundis is one of the most interesting of the earlier free verse poems from Trakl’s first collection Gedichte of 1913.
November 15, 2025 at 11:54 PM
I do my best to fuck them up.
De Profundis is one of the most interesting of the earlier free verse poems from Trakl’s first collection Gedichte of 1913.
De Profundis is one of the most interesting of the earlier free verse poems from Trakl’s first collection Gedichte of 1913.
November 13, 2025 at 10:33 PM
The month so far.
Someone has been busy reading Autumnal Elegies.
#booksky #reading #poetry #translation
Someone has been busy reading Autumnal Elegies.
#booksky #reading #poetry #translation
November 13, 2025 at 7:33 PM
The month so far.
Someone has been busy reading Autumnal Elegies.
#booksky #reading #poetry #translation
Someone has been busy reading Autumnal Elegies.
#booksky #reading #poetry #translation
November 13, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Today’s poem for Remembrance Day is by Georg Trakl.
German military losses in World War One amounted to 2 million dead.
#poetry #war #germany #translation #trakl
German military losses in World War One amounted to 2 million dead.
#poetry #war #germany #translation #trakl
November 9, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Today’s poem for Remembrance Day is by Georg Trakl.
German military losses in World War One amounted to 2 million dead.
#poetry #war #germany #translation #trakl
German military losses in World War One amounted to 2 million dead.
#poetry #war #germany #translation #trakl
October 25, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Shortlisted this time.
October 24, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Shortlisted this time.
I didn’t realise there was a book. I’ll have to add that to my comp list. Thanks.
My novel features Ernst Gennat, the Buddha of the Alexanderplatz.
My novel features Ernst Gennat, the Buddha of the Alexanderplatz.
October 20, 2025 at 11:45 AM
I didn’t realise there was a book. I’ll have to add that to my comp list. Thanks.
My novel features Ernst Gennat, the Buddha of the Alexanderplatz.
My novel features Ernst Gennat, the Buddha of the Alexanderplatz.
Ten perfect years of submitting my work for no reward.
I really must keep it up.
I really must keep it up.
October 20, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Ten perfect years of submitting my work for no reward.
I really must keep it up.
I really must keep it up.
Imagine sending this gibberish to an author.
October 20, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Imagine sending this gibberish to an author.
October 18, 2025 at 2:55 PM
October 15, 2025 at 11:28 PM
I enjoy the challenge of incorporating rhyme. As in this sonnet.
October 13, 2025 at 2:56 PM
I enjoy the challenge of incorporating rhyme. As in this sonnet.
The Nobel Prize for Literature no less.
October 9, 2025 at 11:48 AM
The Nobel Prize for Literature no less.
October 7, 2025 at 6:15 PM