Melville House
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An independent publisher based in Brooklyn, US and London, UK. https://linktr.ee/MelvilleHouse
Simon Paré-Poupart's TRASH! (@melvillehouse.bsky.social) helps readers see a wider, richer, more complex world, one they often willfully ignore, the mark of all good literature: turnedpagereview.substack.com/p/review-of-...
Review of Trash! A Garbageman’s Story by Simon Paré-Poupart
Melville House, 2026
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The Summer Sale Boat ⛵️📚🤑 has appeared ! All paperback and hardcover books are 30% off on our website TODAY ONLY, until 11:59 pm PST. ➡️ mhpbooks.com
The Summer Sale Boat ⛵️📚🤑 has appeared ! All paperback and hardcover books are 30% off on our website TODAY ONLY, until 11:59 pm PST. ➡️ mhpbooks.com
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Today is my turn on the @melvillehouse.bsky.social #FuturesSeries blog tour for #TheFutureOfBananas by James Dale. Thanks to @nikkitgriffiths.bsky.social . The banana we as consumers all know and love is at threat by disease. What can be done? peterturnsthepage.wordpress.com/2026/07/09/t...
The Future of Bananas by James Dale – part of the Melville House Futures series
Disease threatens the world’s favourite fruit, can disaster be averted? By James Dale Published by Melville House 144 pages ISBN 9781911545811 Publication date 2 July 2026 I was sent a paperb…
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Read an excerpt from Svetlana Satchkova’s English-language debut, THE UNDEAD: A Novel of Modern Russia, published earlier this year by @melvillehouse.bsky.social. A story of an aspiring Moscow filmmaker, who makes an arthouse horror movie and then finds herself arrested and prosecuted.
"Exactly what the title states...simply a garbageman’s story." Amelia Aldred's review of “Trash: A Garbageman's Story” by Simon Paré-Poupart (@melvillehouse.bsky.social) is out now. chireviewofbooks.com/2026/06/19/t...
“Trash! A Garbageman’s Story” Tells Readers to Throw Away Polite Fictions - Chicago Review of Books
Our review of Simon Paré-Poupart's new book, "Trash! A Garbageman's Story"
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｡‧˚ʚ❤️🗑️❤️ɞ˚‧｡⋆ TRASH! ｡‧˚ʚ❤️🗑️❤️ɞ˚‧｡ A Garbageman’s Story by Simon Paré-Poupart is out today. “Imagine if Anthony Bourdain was your garbage man,” the @latimes.com said when they selected it as a 2026 Most Anticipated Summer Read.
"If you find your trash can lying in your bed of tulips, assume your garbageman is not a happy camper." —Simon Paré-Poupart for @harpers.bsky.social
The Conscience of the City, by Simon Paré-Poupart, Translated by Pablo Strauss
On the life of the garbageman
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“In two decades, I’ve handled tens of thousands of tons of trash, and the looks I get along my route suggest that people sometimes mistake me for the garbage I handle.” —Simon Paré-Poupart
The Conscience of the City, by Simon Paré-Poupart, Translated by Pablo Strauss
On the life of the garbageman
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I'm currently reading Trash! A Garbageman's Story by Simon Paré-Poupart; translated by Pablo Strauss. Due out from @melvillehouse.bsky.social this month.
FLUX, a hard-to-believe-it's-a-debut novel from Jinwoo Chong about identity, grief, and Otherness via @melvillehouse.bsky.social for #PrideMonth. #Booksky 🌈📚 expendablemudge.blogspot.com/2025/06/flux...
FLUX, a hard-to-believe-it's-a-debut novel about identity, grief, and Otherness
FLUX JINWOO CHONG Melville House ( non-affiliate Amazon link) $13.99 ebook, available now Rating: 4.5* of five The Publisher Says...
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"Soco" picks blueberries in the Visalia area. He is paid piece rate - earning $8 for a 24lb bucket. "What I earn depends heavily on the amount of fruit on the bush. Some days I make decent money. But there are other days that I don't even make minimum wage." #WeFeedYou
Jeremy Lent's new book, Ecocivilization: Making a World That Works for All is out soon -so we got together to discuss what an Ecocivilisation is, why we need to become one, and how we might get there. accidentalgods.life/towards-the-... #AccidentalGods #Podcast #Ecocivilisation #Ecocivilization
Towards the Symbiocene: Building an Eco-Civilisation with thought-leader, Jeremy Lent
Jeremy Lent is a long time friend of the podcast. His new book, 'Ecocivilization: Making a World That Works for All' is coming out at the end of April 2026 and so we got together to discuss what an Ec...
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Looking forward to this #AAPI month event @oaklibrary.bsky.social! Part book talk, part oral history workshop, I will discuss how to elicit stories from loved ones, like my grandmother. The interviews I conducted with her before she died form the heart of #StarryField. @melvillehouse.bsky.social
Oakland Public Library@oaklibrary.bsky.social · 3mo agoIn her memoir, Margaret Juhae Lee uncovers the lost history of her grandfather, Lee Chul Ha, who was a student revolutionary imprisoned in 1929 for his protesting Japanese imperialism. Register ➡️ https://bit.ly/4vQzjRD #AAPIHeritageMonth
"Beyond the pain and the characters who bear it, this book is a commentary on the ways America abandons its people to fend for themselves." @tobyleblancauthor.bsky.social reviews A HISTORY OF HEARTACHE by Patrick Strickland. @melvillehouse.bsky.social southernreviewofbooks.com/2026/04/15/a...
“A History of Heartache” Is a World Where No Saviors Are Coming
Bleak, clear-eyed, abrasive, and thoughtful stories about the forgotten folks of East Texas.
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Stoked that my new story collection, A HISTORY OF HEARTACHE, made this list of April's best southern books. It's out April 21 with @melvillehouse.bsky.social Pre-order: bookshop.org/a/121591/978...
Southern Review of Books@southrevbooks.bsky.social · 4mo agoIt's prime picnic season, so grab one of these fresh Southern books and get outside!
Ahead of publication next week my book baby arrived into my arms & it is so beautiful. 💫💫 Thanks to the team at @melvillehouse.bsky.social especially my whiz of an editor Michelle Capone! I love the cover and the sparkly pink beneath.
"Life and literary legacy." Today's #history book pick from Damn History, a free monthly newsletter for readers/writers of #popularhistory. Congrats to author @rosavcampbell.bsky.social & @melvillehouse.bsky.social! Read/subscribe to Damn History: damn-history-16d93f.beehiiv.com/subscribe
I would love it if there was more academic articles and more journalism and more literary essays with swearing in them.
really chuffed to be included on this LA times best books to read in April and among SUCH great titles. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
10 books to read in April, including Jay McInerney's latest and a Rolling Stones biography
This spring's most anticipated titles include a Rolling Stones biography, new Emma Straub fiction, wartime tales, a long-awaited finale from Jay McInerney and more. Catch four of the authors live at t...
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as a socialist feminist nerd having my book included in the @nymag.com approval matrix this week is obviously the coolest thing that has ever happened to me. wtf???? nymag.com/article/the-...
The Approval Matrix: Kristi Noem, Upstaged Again
Our guide to what’s highbrow, lowbrow, brilliant, and despicable.
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“...the pages capture the terrifying reality of living in an increasingly totalitarian state.” @apartan.bsky.social reviews Svetlana Satchkova’s The Undead (@melvillehouse.bsky.social). ➡️ buff.ly/kI009OO
This afternoon’s fun thing: Jude Doyle reading from his book DILF (Did I Leave Feminism), from the Gender as Change chapter.
"...we are mimetic creatures, ever enamored of our own reflections." Writing A Series of Trojan Horses into a Novel: @egjames.bsky.social interviews @joukovsky.bsky.social about Medium Rare (@melvillehouse.bsky.social). ➡️ buff.ly/R4cwexw
In filling out a perfect March Madness bracket, a man flies too close to the sun. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/m... @melvillehouse.bsky.social @joukovsky.bsky.social @serenazets.bsky.social #booksky
Medium Rare: A Novel | Washington Independent Review of Books
The Independent is an important voice in the community of readers and writers dedicated to book reviews and writing about the world of books.
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@joukovsky.bsky.social worked on this story for years... and.... Kalshi just.... tweeted it out.
New York Post @nypost.com · 5mo agoKalshi is offering $1 billion prize for a perfect March Madness bracket
