kmstraum
@kmstraum.bsky.social
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translator (Latvian), editor (then: Open Letter Books, now: Coffee House Press), parent (peak)
Laura's THE RIVER means so much to me. To see it on the 2026 PEN Translation Prize longlist, and in such good company, is thrilling—and the cherry on top of this year!
7 days ago
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Drinking game for the president's live address: throw a can at the TV each time you catch yourself saying "this motherfucker..."
8 days ago
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Turned on the radio to hear NPR news mid-sentence talking about how "Rudolph has been hit hard by tariffs on China" and, for more seconds than I am comfortable with, legitimately wondered how fucked things are that even reindeer are getting economically railroaded.
10 days ago
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Chad W. Post
15 days ago
Kicking off a deep dive into
@openletterbooks.bsky.social
’s backlist with this post about publishing strategies, looking at backlist trends, and Ingrid Winterbach’s TO HELL WITH CRONJÉ.
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The Promise of the Backlist
A new project that kicks off with Ingrid Winterbach's "To Hell with Cronjé."
https://threepercentproblem.substack.com/p/the-promise-of-the-backlist
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I̶ ̵d̶o̶n̶'t̶ ̵k̶n̶o̶w̶ ̵w̶h̶o̶ ̵n̶e̶e̶d̶s̶ ̵t̶o̶ ̵h̶e̶a̶r̶ ̵t̶h̶i̶s̶ ̵b̶u̶t̶ you really should be proofreading your public-facing shit.
13 days ago
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about 1 month ago
Great chat with
@chadwpost.bsky.social
about this book and its author. And what to do with artists that do terrible things. And the time I conned my way into meeting Jeanette Winterson.
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"The Ikon Maker" by Desmond Hogan
A deeply sad book about parenting and sexuality.
https://dalkeyarchive.substack.com/p/the-ikon-maker-by-desmond-hogan
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Scam me on a sunny day but in THIS weather?
16 days ago
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Wherein I hope William Gass's German pronunciation in THE TUNNEL is just a bit and 100% Kohler.
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about 1 month ago
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Giving Mark Nowak's . . . AGAIN a final proof and it is so hard to remember/believe he is writing about things that happened in 2021 and not 2025.
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. . . AGAIN
Award-winning poet Mark Nowak returns with a harrowing documentation of the expansive landscape of MAGAmerica. Told through five abecedarian prose sections,
https://coffeehousepress.org/products/again?_pos=4&_sid=3a9267b44&_ss=r
about 1 month ago
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The Booker Prizes
about 2 months ago
We're sad to hear of the death of David Bellos, a wonderfully witty writer, professor, translator and judge of the 2016 International Booker Prize.
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My Translator Triptych has released 2 of its 3 books! Who's ready for next week's gem?
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Kicking off the Latvian Translator Triptych with "The River" by Laura Vinogradova
Kaija Straumanis's triptych is finally here!
https://threepercentproblem.substack.com/p/kicking-off-the-latvian-translator
10 months ago
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Our 6yo: So you know how everything is made of atoms? That means everything is always moving and we're never actually touching anything and that KINDA FREAKS ME OUT. I miss the days when it was just about monsters under the bed 😵💫
10 months ago
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Chad W. Post
about 1 year ago
And then we released the second episode of this season of the Two Month Review about Melville’s THE CONFIDENCE-MAN.
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TMR 24.2: "Trust Me, Nature Is Health" [Confidence-Man]
Minerals?!? Get that outta here. Vegetable all the way . . .
https://open.substack.com/pub/threepercentproblem/p/tmr-242-trust-me-nature-is-health?r=k0cf&utm_medium=ios
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Chad W. Post
about 1 year ago
And finally, I posted a piece on Dalkey Essentials and Eimar O’Duffy (mostly forgotten Irish satirist) and parody. Took me MONTHS to finally get this down. So much struggle and procrastination . . .
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Political Satire When We're Through the Looking-Glass
Do Eimar O'Duffy's satires matter today? Are they "Essentials"?
https://open.substack.com/pub/dalkeyarchive/p/political-satire-when-were-through?r=k0cf&utm_medium=ios
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