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monalisa vitti @monalisavitti.bsky.social · 1d

really great conversation between @noonanerik.bsky.social and al-essa, a kuwaiti bookseller and novelist

minor literature[s] @minorliteratures.bsky.social · 1d

“[Literature is] a dance around silence, an attempt to get closer to what we are not saying”: A Conversation with Bothayna Al-Essa — @noonanerik.bsky.social

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“[Literature is] a dance around silence, an attempt to get closer to what we are not saying”: A Conversation with Bothayna Al-Essa—Erik Noonan

Anglophone audiences first encountered the Kuwaiti novelist, publisher, and bookseller Bothanya Al-Essa through excerpts of her 2004 novel A Soundless Collision (trans. Chris Bredin), published in …

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minor literature[s] @minorliteratures.bsky.social · 3d

coming up this week ...

— Erik Noonan in conversation with Bothayna Al-Essa

— fiction from Matthew Kinlin [@matthewkinlin.bsky.social]

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monalisa vitti @monalisavitti.bsky.social · 6d

by Ted Berrigan for National Poetry Day

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minor literature[s] @minorliteratures.bsky.social · 10d

last week @ minor lits ...

— @monalisavitti.bsky.social interviews Austyn Wohlers

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— an extract from Joseph Nechvatal's Venus Voluptuous in the Loins of the Last God ( @orbistertiuspress.bsky.social )

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Venus Voluptuous in the Loins of the Last God — Joseph Nechvatal

Nimbus Mimesis Penis and the Velvet Hammer It once was a given that the power of confirmation and denial is vested, not in the ability to connect and become visible, but rather in the ability (and …

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

"I think that one autobiographical impetus was, well, what would it look like to fail and just completely reject these methods, or the idea of productivity that we are enmeshed in?"

— Austyn Wohlers talks to @monalisavitti.bsky.social

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“What would it look like to just seek absolute stillness?”: An Interview with Austyn Wohlers—Cristina Politano

Austyn Wohlers is a New York-based writer and musician, whose debut novel, Hothouse Bloom, was recently published by Hub City Press. In the novel, Wohlers details the struggle of the protagonist, A…

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

"Music may be more directly about feeling and experiencing the world, whereas literature [...] ends up being more about reflecting the process in the world ..."

— Austyn Wohlers talks to @monalisavitti.bsky.social

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“What would it look like to just seek absolute stillness?”: An Interview with Austyn Wohlers—Cristina Politano

Austyn Wohlers is a New York-based writer and musician, whose debut novel, Hothouse Bloom, was recently published by Hub City Press. In the novel, Wohlers details the struggle of the protagonist, A…

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

“What would it look like to just seek absolute stillness?”: An Interview with Austyn Wohlers — @monalisavitti.bsky.social

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“What would it look like to just seek absolute stillness?”: An Interview with Austyn Wohlers—Cristina Politano

Austyn Wohlers is a New York-based writer and musician, whose debut novel, Hothouse Bloom, was recently published by Hub City Press. In the novel, Wohlers details the struggle of the protagonist, A…

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minor literature[s] @minorliteratures.bsky.social · 17d

and coming up this week ...

— @monalisavitti.bsky.social interviews Austyn Wohlers

— an extract from new work by Joseph Nechvatal
( @orbistertiuspress.bsky.social )

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minor literature[s] @minorliteratures.bsky.social · 20d

"I wanted to explore emotional authenticity under these conditions of affective illegibility. How can an aesthetic response refuse shame? Ultimately, I wanted to be honest about my shamelessness ..."

@alinaetc.bsky.social talks to Cristina Politano

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“What do we betray when we refuse to make the ritual sacrifice?:” An Interview with Alina Stefanescu—Cristina Politano

Alina Stefanescu is a Romanian-born poet who resides in Alabama. Her recent poetry collection, My Heresies, was published by Sarabande Press. Her poetry shifts geographical and chronological spaces…

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La Doleur Exquisabella @minxmarple.bsky.social · 20d

'What does the lover demand from the body of the beloved in order to secure certainty. Little things. Eternity.'

the divine Alina @alinaetc.bsky.social

This is a fabulous interview by @monalisavitti.bsky.social, I need more

minor literature[s] @minorliteratures.bsky.social · 20d

“What do we betray when we refuse to make the ritual sacrifice?:” An Interview with @alinaetc.bsky.social — @monalisavitti.bsky.social

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“What do we betray when we refuse to make the ritual sacrifice?:” An Interview with Alina Stefanescu—Cristina Politano

Alina Stefanescu is a Romanian-born poet who resides in Alabama. Her recent poetry collection, My Heresies, was published by Sarabande Press. Her poetry shifts geographical and chronological spaces…

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minor literature[s] @minorliteratures.bsky.social · 20d

"Words DO things. And naming is what gods do with language ..."

@alinaetc.bsky.social talks to @monalisavitti.bsky.social

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“What do we betray when we refuse to make the ritual sacrifice?:” An Interview with Alina Stefanescu—Cristina Politano

Alina Stefanescu is a Romanian-born poet who resides in Alabama. Her recent poetry collection, My Heresies, was published by Sarabande Press. Her poetry shifts geographical and chronological spaces…

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monalisa vitti @monalisavitti.bsky.social · 20d

my latest, an interview with the inimitable @alinaetc.bsky.social

minor literature[s] @minorliteratures.bsky.social · 20d

“What do we betray when we refuse to make the ritual sacrifice?:” An Interview with @alinaetc.bsky.social — @monalisavitti.bsky.social

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“What do we betray when we refuse to make the ritual sacrifice?:” An Interview with Alina Stefanescu—Cristina Politano

Alina Stefanescu is a Romanian-born poet who resides in Alabama. Her recent poetry collection, My Heresies, was published by Sarabande Press. Her poetry shifts geographical and chronological spaces…

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minor literature[s] @minorliteratures.bsky.social · 24d

ICYMI — last week @ minor lits ...

— new fiction by @addisonzeller.bsky.social

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— @monalisavitti.bsky.social interviews Tim MacGabhann

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— an extract from Charlotte Northall

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Practicing Dying — Charlotte Northall

The train brakes, pitching my back into the seat’s plush upright. Neither wholly asleep nor awake, I occupy my usual, preferred state: a purgatorial wonderland in which everything appears possible,…

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monalisa vitti @monalisavitti.bsky.social · 24d

incoming this week @minorliteratures.bsky.social

minor literature[s] @minorliteratures.bsky.social · 24d

and coming up this week ...

— an extract from FIELD by Adam Judah Krasnoff

— an interview with @alinaetc.bsky.social

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minor literature[s] @minorliteratures.bsky.social · 28d

"I’m trying to tell to hallucination Marcel Proust that I get that it, that it’s not a big deal, but I’m stuck in it, so fuck, what am I supposed to do here, big man? ..."

Tim MacGabhann talks to @monalisavitti.bsky.social

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“I can’t write about [Dublin] because it’s been done to death. However, I can write about the nothing that came before and that is coming after”: An Interview with Tim MacGabhann—Cristina Politano

Tim MacGabhann is a Paris-based Irish writer whose recent memoir, The Black Pool, narrates his hallucination-littered descent into addiction and abjection, as well as his eventual redemption throug…

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Joseph Schreiber @roughghosts.bsky.social · 28d

“I can't write about [Dublin] because it's been done to death. However, I can write about the nothing that came before and that is coming after”: An Interview with Tim MacGabhann—Cristina Politano minorliteratures.com/2025/09/10/i...

“I can’t write about [Dublin] because it’s been done to death. However, I can write about the nothing that came before and that is coming after”: An Interview with Tim MacGabhann—Cristina Politano

Tim MacGabhann is a Paris-based Irish writer whose recent memoir, The Black Pool, narrates his hallucination-littered descent into addiction and abjection, as well as his eventual redemption throug…

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minor literature[s] @minorliteratures.bsky.social · 28d

“I can’t write about [Dublin] because it’s been done to death. However, I can write about the nothing that came before and that is coming after”: An Interview with Tim MacGabhann — @monalisavitti.bsky.social

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“I can’t write about [Dublin] because it’s been done to death. However, I can write about the nothing that came before and that is coming after”: An Interview with Tim MacGabhann—Cristina Politano

Tim MacGabhann is a Paris-based Irish writer whose recent memoir, The Black Pool, narrates his hallucination-littered descent into addiction and abjection, as well as his eventual redemption throug…

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minor literature[s] @minorliteratures.bsky.social · 28d

"I was trying to be as reportorially honest as possible. That I think links to your question about investigative journalism. I didn’t want to write a literary thing at all ..."

Tim MacGabhann talks to @monalisavitti.bsky.social about his memoir THE BLACK POOL

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“I can’t write about [Dublin] because it’s been done to death. However, I can write about the nothing that came before and that is coming after”: An Interview with Tim MacGabhann—Cristina Politano

Tim MacGabhann is a Paris-based Irish writer whose recent memoir, The Black Pool, narrates his hallucination-littered descent into addiction and abjection, as well as his eventual redemption throug…

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monalisa vitti @monalisavitti.bsky.social · Aug 25

*carlo ginzburg

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minor literature[s] @minorliteratures.bsky.social · Jul 24

"I think that we can find our own language to talk about sex through freeing ourselves from the male gaze ..."

An interview with Lou Syrah — @monalisavitti.bsky.social

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“The heterosexual imagination remains tainted by the idea that female desire is either disgusting or pathological”: An interview with Lou Syrah — Cristina Politano

Lou Syrah is a Paris-based writer and journalist, whose recent novella, Fuck Eat Kill, has been nominated for the Prix Sade, a prestigious literary award for transgressive literature. The granddaug…

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minor literature[s] @minorliteratures.bsky.social · Jul 24

"Je pense donc qu’on peut trouver sa langue propre pour parler de cul en se libérant du regard masculin ..."

Interview avec Lou Syrah — @monalisavitti.bsky.social

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« L’imaginaire hétérosexuel est encore sali par l’idée que le désir féminin serait soit dégoutant soit pathologique »: Interview avec Lou Syrah — Cristina Politano

Lou Syrah est une écrivaine et journaliste parisienne dont la récente nouvelle, Fuck Eat Kill, a été nominée pour le Prix Sade, une prestigieuse récompense littéraire pour la littérature transgress…

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minor literature[s] @minorliteratures.bsky.social · Jul 24

« L'imaginaire hétérosexuel est encore sali par l'idée que le désir féminin serait soit dégoutant soit pathologique »: Interview avec Lou Syrah — @monalisavitti.bsky.social

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« L’imaginaire hétérosexuel est encore sali par l’idée que le désir féminin serait soit dégoutant soit pathologique »: Interview avec Lou Syrah — Cristina Politano

Lou Syrah est une écrivaine et journaliste parisienne dont la récente nouvelle, Fuck Eat Kill, a été nominée pour le Prix Sade, une prestigieuse récompense littéraire pour la littérature transgress…

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minor literature[s] @minorliteratures.bsky.social · Jul 24

"The heterosexual imagination remains tainted by the idea that female desire is either disgusting or pathological": An interview with Lou Syrah — @monalisavitti.bsky.social

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“The heterosexual imagination remains tainted by the idea that female desire is either disgusting or pathological”: An interview with Lou Syrah — Cristina Politano

Lou Syrah is a Paris-based writer and journalist, whose recent novella, Fuck Eat Kill, has been nominated for the Prix Sade, a prestigious literary award for transgressive literature. The granddaug…

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minor literature[s] @minorliteratures.bsky.social · Jul 20

don't forget, we're open for submissions of fiction, essays and experimental work throughout August ...

details & guidelines for all calls here:

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Oleada - A Submission Platform

A submission platform for small presses and magazines.

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