Happy to report that I will be translating Gisèle Sapiro’s « Peut-on dissocier l’œuvre de l’auteur ? » CAN WE SEPARATE THE WORK FROM THE AUTHOR? for @stanfordpress.bsky.social !

also this week ... If you're in Paris, don't miss the launch of @benlibman.bsky.social 's THE THIRD SOLITUDE 19h, Monday June 2nd @ The Red Wheelbarrow

"In the realm of the Law we have terms for this, like aiding & abetting. You vote for your own tax $ to go toward the perpetuation of this killing & this immiseration..turn(ing) kids into dust. Ask yourself: do you consent to this?" Great @benlibman.bsky.social i/view @minorliteratures.bsky.social

"It’s about the people and the places that made me. I’m the prism through which all of this is observed or narrated, but I think that’s true of any nonfiction book whether we like it or not. " Ben Libman @benlibman.bsky.social talks to Cristina Politano @monalisavitti.bsky.social about his new book.

"It is your responsibility to use what you’ve been given for a greater good. And it is your responsibility to rid what you have been given of the evil that attaches to it ..." @benlibman.bsky.social talks to @monalisavitti.bsky.social minorliteratures.com/2025/05/29/i...

for those in Paris, there's a launch event for @benlibman.bsky.social 's new book, THE THIRD SOLITUDE, on Monday @ The Red Wheelbarrow

“I don’t want to overstate the case, but what’s at stake is life and death”: An Interview with Ben Libman (@benlibman.bsky.social) —Cristina Politano (@monalisavitti.bsky.social) minorliteratures.com/2025/05/29/i...

and coming up this week ... — an extract from ANIMA FATUA by Anna Lidia Vega Serova (tr. @robmunb.bsky.social) — @monalisavitti.bsky.social interviews @benlibman.bsky.social about his new book THE THIRD SOLITUDE

featuring Emily Lu, @unpaginated.bsky.social @zebulonhourse.bsky.social @kimchimarx.bsky.social Benjamin Robinson, Anna Lidia Vega Serova (tr. @robmunb.bsky.social) Diane Seuss, @benlibman.bsky.social Jon Cone @carolinehardaker.bsky.social & more ...

On Friday, May 30th...Clayton Childress, Simone Murray, Michelle Smith, @alexbacalja.bsky.social, @benlibman.bsky.social, and me on "The Curricular and the Extra-Curricular"...

keep your eye on minor lits for an interview with @benlibman.bsky.social ....

congrats to @benlibman.bsky.social on the publication of The Third Solitude

MONTREAL! I hope you'll join me for the launch of @benlibman.bsky.social's outstanding new book! DE STIIL BOOKSELLERS | Friday, May 16 at 6:00 pm!

venez nombreux @benlibman.bsky.social

MONTREAL — the brilliant Alyssa and I will be discussing my book, The Third Solitude, on May 16. Wine and cheese are also rumoured….

been looking forward to this @benlibman.bsky.social

I’ve just learned that my splendid agent is leaving the biz. If you’re an agent on here, are familiar with or curious about my work, and would like to chat about representation, my DMs are open. I have a book forthcoming in May and lots more on the stove. benlibman.info

In inboxes tomorrow morning: a new installment of Further Materials, our newsletter series that takes a look behind the scenes of pieces in the magazine. Sign up here to read @benlibman.bsky.social on Jon Fosse: eepurl.com/dLh9Y6

Red River Valley — Ben Libman (@benlibman.bsky.social ) minorliteratures.com/2023/09/07/r...

ICYMI — last week at Minor Lits CADAVRE EXQUI[S] minorliteratures.com/2023/09/05/c... Better Shopping Through Living — Frank Garrett minorliteratures.com/2023/09/06/b... Red River Valley — @benlibman.bsky.social minorliteratures.com/2023/09/07/r...

using this opportunity to share three recent(ish) pieces...

We have the opportunity to redo the MD v Middlemarch poll

no one on this platform has observed that moby-dick, or the whale is the great american novel.