Available today — Harry Mathews’ seminal (haha) masterpiece of flash fiction, 50+ vignettes detailing the “ingenuity, tenacity, and inventiveness with which humans in all places and at all ages have pursued their own pleasure” (Artforum).
Deep Vellum
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Nonprofit publishing house & literary arts center bringing the world together in conversation through literature. Deep Ellum, Dallas TX. deepvellum.org
Today, Deep Vellum & La Reunion publish our first ever Pulitzer Prize Winner — WELCOME TO PARADOX CITY by the great Mark Lamster, a one-of-a-kind history of Dallas told through its most significant buildings, from the frontier days through the present and future.
Mark Lamster in D Magazine! WELCOME TO PARADOX CITY available TOMORROW wherever books are sold! Read the interview here: www.dmagazine.com/publications...
We are seeking interns for the Fall semester! See all available positions and find out how to apply here: www.deepvellum.org/news/call-fo...
A @deepvellum.bsky.social delight for this #WITMonth is the estimable THE BOOK OF EVE by Mexican novelist CARMEN BOULLOSA & translated by Samantha Schnee. It's a woman-centered retelling of the Biblical Font of Misogyny in patriarchal hands. #Booksky expendablemudge.blogspot.com/2024/08/the-...
THE BOOK OF EVE, woman-centered retelling of the Biblical Font of Misogyny
THE BOOK OF EVE CARMEN BOULLOSA (tr. Samantha Schnee) Deep Vellum ( non-affiliate Bookshop.org link) $9.95 ebook, available now Ra...
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NORTH SUN is this month’s Mulaney Reads Book Club pick!!! Can’t believe this is real life.
Melancholy Summer is upon us— “Fans of Fosse will detect the emergence of his signature style here—recursive, musical, stream-of-consciousness prose that circles hawklike over themes of art, faith, and death . . . A somber, lyrical meditation on fine art and base emotions.” —Kirkus
"Nimble and whip-smart; both bonkers and deeply serious. Dare I say it might even be a bloody brilliant novel? I dare. It's pure, uncut Kinsella." John Kinsella’s The Fountain of Youth is an ABC Australia Book of the Month!
Pulitzer Prize Winner Mark Lamster is going on tour! WELCOME TO PARADOX CITY, which features many of the essays that won him the prize, will be published August 4th, and is available for pre-order: store.deepvellum.org/products/wel...
Deep Vellum is absolutely thrilled to announce the acqusition of LOS SORIAS, by Alberto Laiseca, to be translated by Max Lawton, for publication in Spring 2029. Full press release here: www.deepvellum.org/news/deal-an...
Fiston Mwanza Mujila—author Deep Vellum titles TRAM 83, THE VILLAIN’S DANCE, THE SLAUGHTERHOUSE OF DREAMS, and THE RIVER IN THE BELLY—has received the 2026 Erich Fried Prize, one of Austria’s most prestigious literary awards. Read about it here: thebritishblacklist.co.uk/out-of-afric...
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The first of two Dallas events for The Umbrella Man and Other Stories has just been announced. On September 20th, I’ll be in conversation with Tim Cloward, author of The City That Killed The President, at the @deepvellum.bsky.social bookstore. Details here - deepvellum.com/events/2026/...
Amazing audience at Deep Vellum Music & Literature Festival in Dallas over the weekend. Really really lovely. ¡Gracias! 📸 Rey Romo @deepvellum.bsky.social @deepvellumbooks.bsky.social @willevans.bsky.social #BookSky
Deal Announcement! “CHARM, STRANGE, BEAUTY is an incandescent novel that commingles the human and the cosmic,” says acquiring editor Jill Meyers of A Strange Object.
Luis Goytisolo, the author of ANTAGONY and one of the greatest writers of the 20th century, has passed away at the age of 91.
A man confronting his virtual invisibility—no matter what actions he takes, the world seems to take no notice—is cut adrift from the certainties of his life and forced to navigate a society where everyone is only one loss of self-control away from disaster.
See you Saturday in Dallas at the Deep Vellum Music and Literature Festival! Deep Vellum Bookstore, 4:30 @deepvellum.bsky.social @deepvellumbooks.bsky.social #booksky
Coming soon in paperback — DIARY OF A FILM is a lush, sensual, and atmospheric novel about art-making and queer love, as if Rachel Cusk’s Outline trilogy were directed by Luca Guadagnino.
Catch author of Oracular Maladies Sophia Terazawa at the @deepvellum.bsky.social festival in Dallas, TX on July 12th! More info about the festival here: www.deepvellum.org/festival
Busy mailbox this week! Have I mentioned how much I enjoy my book subscriptions? @nyrb-imprints.bsky.social @transitbooks.bsky.social @deepvellum.bsky.social
Today at the Dalkey Archive Essentials Blog & Newsletter, the great Jamie Hood on Carole Maso’s AVA (from her new introduction to the novel, available 7.21.26)! Read it here: www.deepvellum.org/dalkey-archi...
Speaking of this decline in third spaces, we're addressing it in Dallas with a new series of free Rakkasan Tea tastings and workshops starting this Tuesday. Come hang out at the bookstore. Drink tea. It will be very casual.
nick andersen@nicktheandersen.com · last mo.america has a fun shortage and it's important we talk about it (decline in third spaces, etc etc)
Certainly there's been a mistake, but so damn happy to be on this list! Gracias, @bloody-disgusting.com for including me. ❤️👊🏼❤️ @deepvellum.bsky.social @willevans.bsky.social bloody-disgusting.com/editorials/3...
The 10 Best Horror Books of 2026 (So Far)
There’s a lot of reading left to do in 2026, between the glut of summer releases and the approach of fall, when horror titles get a special push from publishers, but this has already been an incredibl...
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Strange things are happening in a small Australian town as the local theatre troupe prepares for their next performance. The Fountain of Youth is another riotous and rollicking novel from John Kinsella, and the third volume of his ongoing ‘Lucida’ cycle.
Eva Figes' inventive reshaping of the psychological thriller, Nelly's Version—part dark comedy, part mystery novel—offers an unsettling journey into the mind of a witty woman stuck in a pastless present. Available 8.16.2026 Pre-order here: dalkeyarchive.store/products/nel...
Be sure to check out our June roundup for brand-new books out from @upittpress.bsky.social @unsolicitedpress.bsky.social @sandorfpassage.bsky.social @splitlippress.com @deepvellum.bsky.social @unsolicitedpress.bsky.social @blackwaterpress.com & @lfpbooks.bsky.social:
Books Launching in June 2026 - Community of Literary Magazines and Presses
Support independent literary publishers by picking a read from the list below, which features new books released by CLMP members in June 2026. Heaven off the Coast by M. S. A. Bacon Fuente Fountain…
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Winner of the Massachusetts Book Award in Fiction NYTimes Pick “Best Historical Fiction” Set in the Andaman Islands over the course of oppressive imperial regimes, The Miraculous True History of Nomi Ali is a complex, gripping homage to those omitted from the collective memory.
Love the last line in the translator's bio "He is a member of four noise-music ensembles."
Deep Vellum@deepvellum.bsky.social · last mo.“A towering absurdist work … Moresco has Kafka’s power to unnerve, and Walser’s genial strangeness.” —Publishers Weekly Available today, the first book in Moresco’s colossal Games of Eternity trilogy, translated by Max Lawton.
“A towering absurdist work … Moresco has Kafka’s power to unnerve, and Walser’s genial strangeness.” —Publishers Weekly Available today, the first book in Moresco’s colossal Games of Eternity trilogy, translated by Max Lawton.