Paul Allatson

Bin Chicken Wonder: Thinking (with) the Australian white ibis #binchicken #ibis griffithreview.com/articles/bin-c…

Book of the day: Book of Mutter, Kate Zambreno. Just discovering the delights of this one.

Book of the day: Knots, stories, by Gunnhild Øyehaug.

Book of the day: Last Things, Jenny Offill

Book of the day: The Little Edges, by Fred Moten (2015)

Piece by late South African artist Dumile Feni is part of new series "History Doesn’t Repeat Itself, But It Does Rhyme" at the Reina Sofía Museum in Madrid. theguardian.com/artanddesign/2…

There’s a lot of noise about Cuba 🇨🇺 right now, and it’s incredibly important to ground yourself in actual facts. Please read this book if you want to understand what’s actually happening on the island. Context matters, especially right now.

The Penguin Book of Brazilian Short Stories

The Melbourne man who loves libraries so much he created his own – and it’s so huge he needs two homes to house it theguardian.com/australia-news…

Book of the day: Ninety-nine Stories of God, Joy Williams ["a treasure trove of bafflements and tiny masterpieces" - The New York Times Book Review]

Book of the day: Emily Dickinson’s Poems: As She Preserved Them, edited by Cristanne Miller (Cambridge, MA, and London: Belknap Press, 2016.)

@erin_heremeroar Ditto

@PAllatson Love this and all her work.

Book of the day: To Write As If Already Dead, Kate Zambreno (2021)

Today in the ARB: Bárbara Fernández-Melleda reviews “The Tree Within: The Mexican Nobel Laureate writer Octavio Paz’s Years in India” by Indranil Chakravarty @PenguinIndia

Louise Glück, the Poet of October: yalereview.org/article/langdo…

Was he Greek or Egyptian? An erotic poet or a philosophical one? Langdon Hammer tries to learn the truth about Constantine Cavafy. yalereview.org/article/langdo…

Book of the day: Poemas de amor/Love Poems, Idea Vilariño (2006)

“the oppressor would not be so strong if he did not have accomplices among the oppressed.” - Simone de Beauvoir

Book of the day: Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass, Bruno Schulz (1937)

Read this book. DO NOT look up anything about it. Just read it. It’s only 150 pages and longlisted for International Booker Prize 2026. Do it right now I’m very serious. You’re welcome.

Book of the day: Dept. of Speculation by Jenny Offill (2014)