Cory Oldweiler
@coryoldweiler.bsky.social
Book critic. Champion of translated lit & translators. Cinephile. Disillusioned vagabond. (Injured) runner. “For I, you see, dwelling upon the rim of life, see everyone in the arena as acting blindly.”
For the @bostonglobe.com, I wrote about Téa Obreht’s SUNRISE, a nested novel whose parts I enjoyed more than the whole. My shoutout to the cultural touchstone that is Donizetti’s Dulcamara was (rightly) lost in editing, but thanks to @katekilla.bsky.social for leaving in my reference to Calvino.
A young woman is reading an old book, and we are reading hers, in Obreht’s ‘Sunrise’ - The Boston Globe
Ben and Nina, 20-somethings who started dating as high school sweethearts, are vacationing in South Dakota in late August 2024 when the single-engine plane Ben is flying crashes into a lake.
bostonglobe.com
I know some people are out on book–related folks writing about visual mediums, but if anyone wants to hire me to write about this show, I’ve written many words about Claudia Piñeiro and this incredible novel.
Charco Press@charcopress.com · yesterdayCATEDRALES (Cathedrals) is coming to Amazon Prime later this year! We can't wait to see this adaptation ⛪️ Our publication of Cathedrals is out now: charcopress.com/bookstore/ca...
🔔 New review today Read @coryoldweiler.bsky.social on Marina Closs's THE DEPOPULATION (tr. Thomas Bunstead), out now 💥 southwestreview.com/the-mirage-o...
“The Mirage of All That Was Beyond Saving”
By Cory Oldweiler
southwestreview.com
For @southwestreview.bsky.social I wrote about Thomas Bunstead’s thoughtful new translation of Marina Closs’s “The Depopulation,” a great novel exploring how a Guaraní community overseen by Spanish Jesuits in the 1500s reacts to the arrival of a man claiming to be the Son of God.
“The Mirage of All That Was Beyond Saving”
By Cory Oldweiler
southwestreview.com
Guess it’s going to be pitching chaos all the way down for…the next two seasons until these prospects recover from surgery/mature into big league pitchers/get traded for a proven starter who can last more than five innings.
“In this Odyssey, there is no cleverness, no humor, no wily charm.” “This tormented, guilt-ridden Odysseus, stripped of humor and wit, seductiveness and cleverness” Sure it’s a total coincidence that no one’s losing their damn mind over the male translator of Homer who also didn’t like the movie.
NBCC member Cory Oldweiler wrote about Valeria Luiselli’s "Beginning Middle End" for The Boston Globe:
In Valeria Luiselli’s ‘Beginning Middle End,’ a mother and daughter move through life’s uncertainties - The Boston Globe
Luiselli's latest work can certainly be appreciated independently, but is very closely tied to “Lost Children Archive,” continuing the story of that novel’s narrator and her daughter, who are spending...
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Boy, a lot of good things could have been done with the money Apple threw at the mess that was that Cape Fear remake.
For @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social I wrote about Oana Aristide’s latest novel, Astronaut!, an alternate take on Romanian history that’s a lot of fun and requires no previous knowledge of Romanian history. Also definitely can’t blame my editors for going with the easiest headline choice of all-time:
Anarcho-Thumbelina | Los Angeles Review of Books
Romanian author Oana Aristide’s new novel is an entertaining fable of serial murder, killer bears, and revolution.
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Well at least now some US publisher will pick up Chloe Aridjis’s novel. (I hope.)
Reposting for those who were focused on other things yesterday:
Cory Oldweiler@coryoldweiler.bsky.social · 2w agoValeria Luiselli is such a perceptive, contemplative, and singular talent. I feel incredibly fortunate I had the chance to write about her latest book, BEGINNING MIDDLE END, for @bostonglobe.com. (Thanks to @katekilla.bsky.social for giving me the opportunity.)
Valeria Luiselli is such a perceptive, contemplative, and singular talent. I feel incredibly fortunate I had the chance to write about her latest book, BEGINNING MIDDLE END, for @bostonglobe.com. (Thanks to @katekilla.bsky.social for giving me the opportunity.)
In Valeria Luiselli’s ‘Beginning Middle End,’ a mother and daughter move through life’s uncertainties - The Boston Globe
Luiselli's latest work can certainly be appreciated independently, but is very closely tied to “Lost Children Archive,” continuing the story of that novel’s narrator and her daughter, who are spending...
bostonglobe.com
Delta just calling it a day to go watch the football.
Boarded flight 5 hrs ago & still haven’t left LGA. Kept losing flight plans to runway congestion then returned to gate due to 3-hr limit for sitting on plane, but airport closed for lightning & we sat 200 ft from a gate for 90 mins. Airport reopened but still we sit… Thanks GOP for depleting FAA.
This
Bill Kristol@billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 3w ago“Thus the increasingly desperate and widespread effort by Trump and his apparatchiks to tilt the electoral scales in a big way. The Trump administration can’t afford to lose power. So it will do everything it can over the next two and a half years not to.” www.thebulwark.com/p/the-real-t...
I would like one plank of the 2028 Democratic platform to read: WE ARE GOING TO SEND EVERY ONE OF YOU CORRUPT MOTHERFUCKERS TO PRISON.
Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 3w agoProPublica: Trump's FCC Chairman Brendan Carr and fellow Republican commissioner Olivia Trusty received pricey gifts valued at tens of thousands of dollars from Paramount while the company had deals pending before the commission.
No shit. Who could possibly have known this without an “analysis”?
The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · 3w agoBreaking news: The lining of the Lincoln Memorial’s Reflecting Pool peeled in at least seven places along seams that were created when the material was applied, indicating likely problems in how it was installed, according to experts and a Post analysis.
Skies look totally normal and good and healthy in nyc right now not at all apocalyptic
A word that I always misspell so badly I can’t get autocorrect to recognize it and often can’t even get a search engine to recognize when I’m trying to fix it.
Merriam-Webster@merriam-webster.com · 3w agoPro tip: it's spelled d-i-a-r-r-h-e-a.
I got to the construction-snarled 63rd and Lex F stop and it said the train was coming in one minute and I made it down all 11 flights of stairs and onto the train, which I celebrated with my arms in the air like Balboa. Take the small victories.
Little know fact - the guy being interviewed doesn’t get to pick the questions.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3w agoTAPPER: Iran has declared the Strait of Hormuz closed. Is that true? TRUMP: It's open as far as we're concerned. Don't talk about it. Talk about the reason you asked me to speak.
I guess the reason the site crashes/is unavailable twice a month is because the powers-that-be have been spending their energy “brain”storming whatever this stupid idea is and trying to sell the site to a streamer for a bajillion dollars.
Letterboxd@letterboxd.social · 4w agoThe Odyssey digital punch card is here for all Letterboxd members 🎞️📽️ Track every format you’ve seen The Odyssey on. Share with your friends with the hashtag #LetterboxdTheOdyssey. Available on iOS, Android and web. The Odyssey is in theaters and IMAX around the world July 17.
