Tom Bowden's review of the Marquis de Sade's Stories, Tales, and Fables, published by Contra Mundum Press: www.thebookbeat.com/backroom/202...

This film was released forty years ago today...

Published today by Incunabula - my English translation of Arthur Rimbaud's A Season in Hell, Illuminations, and The Drunken Boat. incunabulamedia.com/new-titles

Currently reading this...

Cover reveal. Available in April from Incunabula. Really pleased with the striking cover designed by D M Mitchell, which includes Isaac J. Hollandan's 'Hand of Philosophy'.

‘Removal of the Mask’ by Jennifer Allan, used for the front cover of my book-length study of Emily Dickinson's poetry, Emily Dickinson's Sexual Personae, published by Incunabula. Book details: rjdent.wordpress.com/emily-dickin...

Cover art: Rene Magritte's La Gâcheuse, used as the cover image for the now out-of-print Sade: Sex and Death, which included Apollinaire's The Divine Marquis, which now appears in Sade's Stories, Tales, and Fables, published by Contra Mundum Press. Book details: www.rjdent.com/stories-tale...

Cover art: the woodcut used as the cover image for my English translation of Tarjei Vesaas' novel, The Bridges. Title: The Bridges Author: Tarjei Vesaas ISBN: 978-1-300-27138-3 Language: English Format: Paperback Pages 180 Publisher: Incunabula Book details: rjdent.wordpress.com/bridges-the/

A big thank you to thewordasbait for checking out my English translation of the Marquis de Sade's Stories, Tales, and Fables, published by Contra Mundum Press Book details: www.rjdent.com/stories-tale... Book details: www.contramundumpress.com/stories-tale...

A detail from Sappho and Alcaeus by Lawrence Alma-Tadema, used for the cover image of my English translation of the Poems & Fragments of Alcaeus. ISBN (paperback): 978-1-906451-53-0 ISBN (ebook): 978-1-906451-54-7 Pages: 112 Book details and links: rjdent.wordpress.com/alcaeus-poem...

Celebrating World Book Day with an image of the 43 books I've either written, translated or contributed to.

A woodcut design used as the cover image for my English translation of Tarjei Vesaas' novel, The Seed, published by Incunabula. Book details: rjdent.wordpress.com/seed-the/ Purchase link: incunabulamedia.com/r-j-dent-1

The Chimera - a detail from the side of an Attic Siana cup (ca 560-550 B.C.) exhibited in Musée du Louvre, Paris, used as the cover image for my novel. Myth, published by Pegasus Press. Book details: rjdent.wordpress.com/myth/

OPTOPHONE (1924) by Francis Picabia, used as the cover illustration for my English translation of André Breton's Soluble Fish, the first English translation of Soluble Fish, published by Incunabula. Details: rjdent.wordpress.com/soluble-fish/ Purchase link: incunabulamedia.com/r-j-dent-1

Max Ernst's collage, used for the front cover of my English translation of Misfortunes of the Immortals by Paul Éluard and Max Ernst, published by Incunabula. Book details: rjdent.wordpress.com/misfortunes-...

A photo of 'Orcus Mouth' in Parco dei Mostri in Northern Lazio, Italy, used on the cover of my English translation of the Marquis de Sade's Some Thoughts on the Novel, published by Oneiros Books. Book details and purchase link: incunabulamedia.com/r-j-dent-1

A detail from the original art used for the front cover of Screaming at the Window. The tragic story of Blanche Monnier, the Prisoner of Poitiers Author: R J Dent ISBN: 979-8-9865233-9-2 Cover Art: Symbolic Study (1893) Edvard Munch Genre: True Crime www.kernpunktpress.com/store/p42/sc...

The original art used on the cover of The Surrealist Manifesto by Andre Breton, published by Incunabula. Translator: R J Dent ISBN: 978-1-4452-4380-1 Language: English & French (Bilingual Edition) Format: Paperback Dimensions: 6 x 9 in / 152 x 229 mm Purchase link: incunabulamedia.com/r-j-dent-1

Capital of Pain by Paul Eluard, translated into English by R J Dent, published by Black Scat Books. Book details: blackscatbooks.com/2023/02/16/s... Purchase link (US): www.amazon.com/dp/B0BVT3QXGD/ Purchase link (UK): www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0BVT3QXGD/

Seems apt... and prescient...

Book details: Title: The Surrealist Manifesto Author: André Breton Translator: R J Dent ISBN: 978-1-4452-4380-1 Language: English & French (Bilingual Edition) Format: Paperback Pages: 64 Dimensions: 6 x 9 in / 152 x 229 mm Publisher: Incunabula Purchase link: incunabulamedia.com/r-j-dent-1

A big thank you to @mandellcharlotte for this great photo of my English translations of Lautréamont's Apocrypha and The Songs of Maldoror, both published by Infinity Land Press. Book details: rjdent.wordpress.com/the-songs-of... Book details: rjdent.wordpress.com/lautreamonts...

Book details: Title: Revelation Author: R J Dent ISBN: 978-1-4466-0288-1 Language: English Format: Paperback Dimensions: (6 in x 9 in / 152 mm x 229 mm) Cover Design: D M Mitchell Publisher: Incunabula Media Purchase link: Incunabula Media: incunabulamedia.com/r-j-dent-1 www.rjdent.com/revelation/

Witches’ Flight by Francisco Goya, used for the front cover of my English translation of the Marquis de Sade's Stories, Tales, and Fables, published by Contra Mundum Press. Book details: www.contramundumpress.com/stories-tale... Book details: www.rjdent.com/stories-tale...

In Pierre Louÿs' Her Three Daughters, a young man moves into a new apartment and receives an education in sex from a mother and her three—surprisingly well-educated—daughters. “One of the most moving books ever written on the fatality of desires.” — Annie Le Brun www.rjdent.com/her-three-da...

Very proud to have my short story, The Origins of Goat Boy, published in TYPO #13 - The Eros Issue. Thank you to the editors for including it amongst the work of so many talented writers and artists. Journal details: rjdentnewsandevents.wordpress.com/2026/01/01/t...

My short story, Suki Takes It Off (Again) can be read here: dfllit.com/043-2/

Sexual Personae, The Seed, The Bridges, The Flowers of Evil and Fanfarlo: incunabulamedia.com/r-j-dent-1 The Future's Eve: www.waterstones.com/book/the-fut... Stories, Tales, and Fables: www.contramundumpress.com/stories-tale... Lautréamont's Apocrypha: www.infinitylandpress.com/lautr%C3%A9a...

Hardback illustrated copies of Lautréamont's Apocrypha and The Songs of Maldoror (published by Infinity Land Press) are available. DM for details if interested in owning a signed-by-the-translator copy of either or both books.

A big thank you to Midian Books for stocking my English translations of The Songs of Maldoror and Lautréamont's Apocrypha, published by Infinity Land Press. Together, the books are the complete works of Lautréamont. www.midianbooks.com/shop www.infinitylandpress.com/books

Two very beautiful books, my English translations of The Songs of Maldoror and Lautréamont's Apocrypha, published on 12th December by Infinity Land Press . rjdent.wordpress.com/lautreamonts... rjdent.wordpress.com/the-songs-of...

Published today (12/12/25) Lautréamont's Apocrypha: rjdent.wordpress.com/lautreamonts... Republished today (12/12/25) The Songs of Maldoror: rjdent.wordpress.com/the-songs-of...

Out tomorrow (12/12/25) from Infinity Land Press: www.infinitylandpress.com/books

Emily Dickinson's Sexual Personae: rjdent.wordpress.com/emily-dickin...

My recent interview with Matthew Kinlin is now available to read. A big thank you to Matthew for asking some really good questions and to the editor(s) at Minor Literature[s] for publishing it. The interview, A Word as a Key Opening a Door, can be read here: minorliteratures.com/2025/12/02/a...

Title: Misfortunes of the Immortals Author: Paul Éluard Illustrator: Max Ernst Translator: R J Dent ISBN: 978-1-4452-4683-3 Language: English & French (Bilingual Edition) Pages: 50 Format: Paperback Dimensions: 6 x 9 in / 152 x 229 mm, Purchase link: incunabulamedia.com/r-j-dent-1

My short story 'Derek Jarman and D.H. Lawrence Meet the Beatles' is published in the Winter issue (No.19) of Exacting Clam. Read 'Derek Jarman and D.H. Lawrence Meet the Beatles' here: www.exactingclam.com/issues/no-19... or buy Exacting Clam No. 19 here: www.exactingclam.com/issues/no-19...

Lautréamont's Apocrypha is available for pre-order. From Infinity Land Press on 12th December 2025, it includes the first draft of Canto 1 of Maldoror, Poésies, the fragments, and the letters. Illustrated by Karolina Urbaniak rjdent.wordpress.com/lautreamonts... rjdent.wordpress.com/the-songs-of...

I have spare copies of my English translations of Charles Baudelaire's The Flowers of Evil and Fanfarlo. DM if you're interested in purchasing a copy of either book. Book details (The Flowers of Evil): rjdent.wordpress.com/the-flowers-... Book details (Fanfarlo): rjdent.wordpress.com/fanfarlo/

French coffee and Catherine Breillat's I Only Believe in Myself...

Red wine and three different editions of The Atrocity Exhibition...

The Diary of Frida Kahlo and red wine...

The Persecution and Assassination of Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade, written by Peter Weiss, published by Marion Boyars, 1994 reprint edition. Marat/Sade and French coffee...

Two of my translations of important works by Charles Baudelaire are published simultaneously today. The Flowers of Evil is rightfully regarded as the most influential poetry collection ever - Fanfarlo is Baudelaire's only sustained work of prose fiction. Book details: incunabulamedia.com/r-j-dent-1

There is now an R J Dent author page at Incunabula Media. Twelve of my books (fiction, non-fiction and translations) published by Incunabula are available there. The link to the page is here: incunabulamedia.com/r-j-dent-1

Strange and unsettling, The Bridges describes the changing relationships between a young mother who has drowned her newborn child, and Aud and Torvil, a couple who befriend her. ISBN: 978-1-300-27138-3 Language: English Format: Paperback Publisher: Incunabula incunabulamedia.com/r-j-dent-1