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Valarie Smith @valarie.bsky.social · 16h

Excellent thread. Here's the Backlisted episode on Comyns as well: www.backlisted.fm/episodes/14-...

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Cleveland Review of Books @clereviewbooks.bsky.social · 1d

"'The Stone Door' can initially seem puzzling...[but] the seemingly disjointed narrative strands coalesce to form the story of the opening of the stone door and a metaphorical journey between one world and the next."

Eliza Browning on Leonora Carrington

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Surreal Visions: On Leonora Carrington’s “The Stone Door” - Cleveland Review of Books

What animal is more fitting than the horse to symbolize freedom?

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Frances Evangelista @nonsuchbook.bsky.social · 1d

Enjoyed the Ravn. A lot.

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Frances Evangelista @nonsuchbook.bsky.social · 1d

Irresistible. I can’t wait to read this.

Stephanie Insley Hershinow @sinsleyh.bsky.social · 1d

Truly think this volume is great, and I can’t wait for you to read it!

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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 2d

“Painting and novels to my mind are basically wed. You can’t take them apart from each other.” Brandon Taylor discusses his new novel, “Minor Black Figures,” which follows a young painter in the years after the supposed racial reckoning of 2020.

Brandon Taylor on the Quandary of Black Art

The author discusses his latest novel, “Minor Black Figures,” and the discourse around racial subjectivity.

www.newyorker.com

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Frances Evangelista @nonsuchbook.bsky.social · 1d

Me too. Like the subject, the author.

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Frances Evangelista @nonsuchbook.bsky.social · 2d

On my calendar…

Scribner Books @scribnerbooks.bsky.social · 12d

Catch Francesca Wade, author of GERTRUDE STEIN, on tour! Drawing on never-before-seen interviews, a richly researched, sweeping examination of one of the most influential literary figures of the 20th century.

https://bit.ly/41Rspy9

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Frances Evangelista @nonsuchbook.bsky.social · 2d

Those bookmarks are gorgeous.

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Neglected Books @neglectedbooks.com · 2d

The new US edition of Dorothy Richardson's modernist epic, Pilgrimage, has been on sale for a little less than three months and we've averaged a sale a day. If folks will keep supporting this project, we'll break even by Christmas.

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Frances Evangelista @nonsuchbook.bsky.social · 2d

Frances Evangelista @nonsuchbook.bsky.social · 3d

Here are the next five books I’m reading. Read any of them? I’d love to hear your thoughts. Now to pick the starting point…

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Frances Evangelista @nonsuchbook.bsky.social · 3d

If only that were true.

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Frances Evangelista @nonsuchbook.bsky.social · 3d

So much great stuff here but the two Dorothy titles are especially notable.

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Frances Evangelista @nonsuchbook.bsky.social · 3d

Through the mail slot today. Noopiming: The Cure for White Ladies by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson and Magadh by Shrikant Verma, translated from the Hindi by Rahul Soni. Both from @andotherstories.bsky.social.

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Frances Evangelista @nonsuchbook.bsky.social · 3d

❤️

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Kim McNeill •📚🌿☕️ @joiedevivre9.bsky.social · 4d

I loved this plucky, exploratory, enlightening conversation, & Frances provides an excellent intro! I adore Carrington & savored the experience of reading this book, but it’s not for everyone. This discussion is for everyone, however, & you’ll be entertained. Thanks for the #NYRBWomen25 shoutout! 💛

One Bright Book @onebrightbook.bsky.social · 5d

Episode 39 is live, and it might be one of our best!
We discuss Leonora Carrington's singular THE STONE DOOR--and never has our love for each other been more tested!
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Episode 39: The Stone Door

Welcome to One Bright Book! Join our hosts Frances, Dorian, and Rebecca as they discuss THE STONE DOOR by Leonora Carrington, and chat about their current reading. For our next episode, we wil…

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Frances Evangelista @nonsuchbook.bsky.social · 3d

Well, one of the three of us could say. As we were all there. 👀

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Frances Evangelista @nonsuchbook.bsky.social · 4d

Through the front door last night. Things That Disappear by Jenny Erpenbeck, translated from the German by Kurt Beals and Electric Spark: The Enigma of Dame Muriel by Frances Wilson. @ndbooks.bsky.social @fsgbooks.bsky.social

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Frances Evangelista @nonsuchbook.bsky.social · 4d

I should not be up. But I’m up. Because my rat bastard neighbor likes to get out chainsaws, blowers, mowers, anything noisy at 8 on a Saturday morning. I wonder what I could be doing in my yard at 1:00am the night before to counter this nonsense.

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Frances Evangelista @nonsuchbook.bsky.social · 4d

Selling the surreal…

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Frances Evangelista @nonsuchbook.bsky.social · 4d

You can read it quickly. 😊

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Frances Evangelista @nonsuchbook.bsky.social · 4d

I think our conversation here calls for more than a social media exchange but I respect your viewpoint.

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Frances Evangelista @nonsuchbook.bsky.social · 4d

(laughing) And I was born to oppose male patterned discourse. The episode of the pod that seems to push “to each his own.” Or “to each her own?”

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Frances Evangelista @nonsuchbook.bsky.social · 4d

I was here to also ask about the Kinsky. And now know that yes, I should just start reading it.

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Frances Evangelista @nonsuchbook.bsky.social · 4d

Just saw Leonora in the wild. Front table. And I think I talked someone into buying it. Hopefully reading it too.

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