I'm currently reading and loving Walking by Sevgi Soysal; translated by Maureen Freely. Many thanks to @themountaingoats.bsky.social for making it happen! #WITmonth

the Mountain Goats@themountaingoats.bsky.social · 2d ago

I'll tell you something else deeply meaningful to me today: @archipelagobooks.bsky.social is publishing Sevgi Soysal's "Walking." It's the first translation I've sponsored, something I've wanted to do for a long time. When I read Soysal's "Dawn," I knew I wanted to see her other work in print.

VOTE! VOTE! VOTE! Seattle people today is the last day to drop your ballot off.

I'm currently reading Seascraper by Benjamin Wood. "Thomas Flett relies upon the ebb tide for a living, but he knows the end is near." A finalist for the 2025 @thebookerprizes.com, Seascraper lands in paperback next week.

From Sunday evening walking up a hill in downtown Seattle.

Sunday afternoon.

The obnoxious warplane show over Seattle has been cancelled due to wind!

Muppets Muppet Show Burlesque Chorus Line

Alt: Muppets Muppet Show Burlesque Chorus Line

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Even the grass is protesting the war.

My stack for Women in Translation Month! All forthcoming later this year and into 2027. Fever Dream is a reread I read a very early galley several years ago. Many thanks to all the publishers for sending me these books. Titles are in the alt text. #WITmonth

Good morning! Today is August 1st the start of Women in Translation Month! Here's a pile of short story collections I'll be reading selections from. Titles are in the alt text. #WITmonth

Friday afternoon.

May several thousand pigeons who have eaten the bad lettuce let loose on the war planes flying overhead.

"The morning after my mother finally tried to kill herself my uncle decided to say something to me, although we usually ate breakfast together in silence." I'm currently reading The Vivisectors out now from @fsgbooks.bsky.social. @thebookerprizes.com

Wednesday afternoon.

Congratulations to all the authors and publishers! A huge high five to the excellent judges for all their close reading! I've read eight, I'm currently reading The Vivisectors and All Them Dogs should be waiting for me at the library.

The Booker Prizes@thebookerprizes.com · last wk.

Presenting the Booker Prize 2026 longlist. Find out more about the books and authors that make up this year's Booker Dozen: thebookerprizes.com/bp2026

Monday evening.

In today's excellent galley mail a copy of No Land to Stand On by Mahmoud Khalil. Out in September from @henryholtbooks.bsky.social. Please support your local independent bookstore/neighborhood library.

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I dropped off my ballot and picked up my library holds. Primary ballots are due on August 4! Titles are in the alt text.

Seattle! Primary ballots are due on August 4.

Thursday afternoon.

what all this gibberish of yours is about, I don’t know, and I don’t much care

In today's excellent galley mail a copy of Walking by Sevgi Soysal; translated from the Turkish by Maureen Freely. Originally published in 1970 in Turkey Walking is due out in October from @archipelagobooks.bsky.social.

Hot! Hot! (for Seattle) Hot!

Thanks to @spl.org I'm currently reading and absolutely loving the hilarious Norwood by Charles Portis. Seattle voters vote YES! on Prop 1!

Brian Evenson galley day! Phantom Limb is due out from @coffeehousepress.bsky.social in October. A companion to Evenson's novel Last Days published in 2016.

A very roasty Tuesday afternoon.

Tuesday morning.

Four books I read recently and highly recommend. Thanks @spl.org! Seattle people remember to vote yes on Proposition 1! Titles are in the alt text.

Monday morning.

Saturday afternoon.