Bailey Trela

Next Ayatollah should be an IPA uncle who fucks with Wilco heavy

over at @commonwealmag I wrote a bit about the helene schjerfbeck show at the @metmuseum — link below!

I profiled Richard Hell for @PoetryFound. poetryfoundation.org/articles/17720…

Wrote about one of my favourite novelists @AmitChaudhuri — a true champion of the infra-ordinary, of the fragment, of life's minor characters — & how he escapes/resists the strictures of narrative and history. Thanks to @nyrbclassics and @thebafflermag for publishing 😊

I'm heartbroken by the Post's decision to eliminate its books coverage. The actual fact of my job aside, the existence of a standalone books section felt like a real celebration of a culture of literacy, dialogue, and even debate. It was a place to discover and celebrate.

My essay on Wes Anderson, one of our most vital and most misunderstood filmmakers, up now at @the_point_mag. thepointmag.com/criticism/the-…

thanks to @krevinlorenzo for making it all make sense!

got to write about forrest gander's new poetry collection for @thenation! thenation.com/article/cultur…

PH on HJ

wrote a bit about siegfried kracauer's weimar-era novel ginster (out from @nyrbclassics) for the washington post! a sort of mashup of musil and berlin alexanderplatz washingtonpost.com/books/2025/10/…

Final thanks to @baileytrela and @thebafflermag for this wonderful deep dive on Monterroso and The Rest Is Silence! thebaffler.com/latest/perfect…

My new novel, “My Lover, the Rabbi,” will be published by FSG in 2026. (I’m signed up there for a new book of essays, too.) Thanks to editor Jackson Howard and agent PJ Mark. @fsgbooks @FSGOriginals @JanklowNesbit

@cwik_greg thanks so much Greg!

Awesome

agonizing to write about a book that comes with an amazing introduction by @ddillingworth — hard to find things to say he hasn't already put better!

had the chance to write about the doyen of microfiction Augusto Monterroso's only novel (out from @nyrbclassics) for @thebafflermag! thebaffler.com/latest/perfect…

1-5 are masterpieces, 6 would be a high water mark for anyone else, 7 is weird but enjoyable, 8 is absolute dogshit

Just finished Klara and the Sun, definitive ranking of Ishiguro novels is: 1. The Remains of the Day 2. An Artist of the Floating World 3. The Unconsoled 4. A Pale View of Hills 5. When We Were Orphans 6. Klara and the Sun 7. The Buried Giant 8. Never Let Me Go