Angela Newland

Absence — Issa Quincy How does one write a novel about things that are not there? About the missing, the lost, the absent? Or is this the only kind of writing there is?

My review of ABSENCE by Issa Quincy from @twodollarradio.bsky.social is out at Full Stop! www.full-stop.net/2025/09/17/r...

The One Bright Book crew will be doing the "in conversation" afterword of Sarah Orne Jewett's A MARSH ISLAND, and we are very excited about it! This is a great time to subscribe to the whole line-up.

SO FREAKING COOL!

The best news! Congratulations!

Amazing!!!

I’m down!

Oh! I’m so happy to read this. I inhaled that novel and am really looking forward to a reread soon. This article will inspire it.

A new piece from Kate Briggs with translated excerpts of Bassette’s writing about ‘the Poetic Novel’ (& Barthes makes an appearance)!! #AContinuation25 (cc: @ofbooksandbikes.bsky.social)

Episode 38: Miaow Welcome to One Bright Book! Join our hosts Dorian, Rebecca, and Frances as they discuss MIAOW by Benito Pérez Galdós, translated from the Spanish by Margaret Jull Costa, and chat about th…

Our latest episode of @onebrightbook.bsky.social is out now. And I have to say that I don’t think Miaow is getting enough love. Read it. You will see what im talking about. @nyrb-imprints.bsky.social onebrightbook.com/2025/09/07/e...

I love this so much, Frances

‘The Sound Atlas: A Guide to Strange Sounds across Landscapes and Imagination’ by @michaelavieser.bsky.social & @ekostories.bsky.social, a wonderful book of 36 short essays on sound in place & imagination I commissioned for @reaktionbooks.bsky.social. Published this week.

Had the distinct pleasure of interviewing Joan Shelley and compatriots regarding her wonderful new album, Real Warmth, out in just a few days on No Quarter. Uncut subscribers can read the full feature in the current issue. ❤️‍🔥

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Holding up a UK cover of To The Lighthouse by Woolf with an ocean, anchor and shells on the cover

UK copy of the paperback edition of The Biography of X by Catherine Lacey

UK edition of A Sunny Place for Shady People by Mariana Enriquez

One of the many things I love about working at Golden Hour Books in Indianapolis is that they order from Gardeners and mix UK covers with US releases as well.

Yay!

This needs to be reprinted

Transit Children's Editions — The Very Fine Clock Muriel Spark Illustrated by Edward Gorey Two stars team up—Muriel Spark and Edward Gorey—to bring the charming tale of Ticky the clock to life in this children’s classic. Once there was a v...

In October, @transitbooks.bsky.social will be publishing a new edition of the only children’s book written by Muriel Spark, illustrated by Edward Gorey. I happily paid too much for the privilege of owning a 1968 edition. You dont have to! ❤️ www.transitchildrenseditions.org/books/thever...

I’m in Indianapolis

Congrats to the new NBCC Emerging Critics!!

Nothing like moving to put so much in perspective. If I’m in St. Louis, I’ll reach out! 3.5 hours away

Best wishes on this new chapter, Dorian!

Best edition of Moby Dick to buy?

Enamored by the Moser woodcuts in the University of California press edition.

It’s always an exciting moment when a box of your finished books arrives on your doorstep from @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social
I am biased, but they look truly beautiful. 🙏

#greyhound #nonfiction #fitzcarraldoeditions #writinglife
#bookdesign #theblueandthewhite

A wild rabbit perched on a small boulder in our yard, underneath an evergreen.

Truth coming out of her well to ask how you’re doing.

#AContinuation25 Part 6: Proust Hello everyone!

#AContinuation25 Our Proust reading begins in less than a week! I just sent out a newsletter about it. All are welcome to join. readingkatebriggs.substack.com/p/acontinuat...

William Powell and Carole Lombard

For William Powell's birthday, I wrote a short piece about how he had chemistry with everyone, including inanimate objects. I think this came from being aware of his surroundings and also *interested* in whatever was around him. He was ALERT. More: www.sheilaomalley.com?p=196579

Wonderful! I have his Fassbinder book on my shelves, never read.

What are some favorite books you’ve read this year?

An erasure poem by Mary Ruefle titled Stopping created by whiting out much of Robert Frost’s poem: Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening.

Mary Ruefle’s erasure poem of Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Rvening by Robert Frost
#poetry #smallpoemsunday
@tomsnarsky.bsky.social
Thanks to @hanvanderhart.bsky.social
for introducing it to me.