Rebecca Gransden
@rgransden.bsky.social
Writes sometimes. Has always lived by the sea. Send interview pitches for X-R-A-Y to Rebecca at: rebecca@xraylitmag.com
submissions will be open on Saturday August 1st, at 9am central, until our monthly cap is met we will open all categories with a cap higher than usual, so more ppl get a chance to send their work -- things fill up very quickly. xray.submittable.com/submit
Read this. Scott Laudati: "it would take a thousand lifetimes to write every meaningful moment in a person’s life, and then the words come a little easier for awhile." Reminded me of my fav sonnet Shakespeare 17: "I could write the beauty of your eyes And in fresh numbers number all your graces,"
Rebecca Gransden@rgransden.bsky.social · 2w agoSpoke with Scott Laudati about his recent release, Rainbow Road. “There’s a song I’ve been searching for my whole life.” Head over to @xraylitmag.bsky.social! xraylitmag.com/rainbow-road...
i love this interview with Scott Laudati ! a must read a very open, honest, & beautifully written look at someone who chose the artistic path, the adventurous path...don't miss this one ! get his new book 'Rainbow Road' ! xraylitmag.com/rainbow-road...
Rainbow Road: Rebecca Gransden interviews Scott Laudati
A wearied resilience resounds throughout Rainbow Road (Bone Machine, 2026), the latest poetry collection from Scott Laudati. A gathering of poems written loosely about Laudati’s travels across various...
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Spoke with Scott Laudati about his recent release, Rainbow Road. “There’s a song I’ve been searching for my whole life.” Head over to @xraylitmag.bsky.social! xraylitmag.com/rainbow-road...
Rainbow Road: Rebecca Gransden interviews Scott Laudati
A wearied resilience resounds throughout Rainbow Road (Bone Machine, 2026), the latest poetry collection from Scott Laudati. A gathering of poems written loosely about Laudati’s travels across various...
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Nice short foundational video lecture from Adam Walker on symbolism and archetypes in literature www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bm3q...
Recover Your Symbolic Literacy
YouTube video by Adam Walker - Close Reading Poetry
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the very talented Emmalea Russo is interviewed by Ava Sharahy about her new novel 'The Moon Papers' !! the book is about an arts collective that launches a second moon into earth's atomosphere, called 'Moon2' a great conversation - read it today ! xraylitmag.com/lunar-depart...
Lunar Departures: Ava Sharahy Interviews Emmalea Russo
An arts collective sets out to launch a second moon, dubbed “Moon2”, into the Earth’s atmosphere, an act in which even the group itself is unsure of the full consequences. What follows is The Moon Pap...
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The single sunflower in the whole acre field, in the last bit of sunlight.
I do love a good catastrophe novel! ifearthosebigwords.wordpress.com/2025/12/07/w...
Why Say Many Word When Few Word Do Trick: Rebecca Gransden’s Figures Crossing the Field Towards the Group
Beginning your novel with the word “And” is very brave, and committing to only using words of a single syllable throughout, with the exception of dialogue, is braver still. Gransden pulls it off to…
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Nice review for my short story collection Rusticles. Thanks be to the king of book titles, Douglas Hackle!
So I handed in my notice at my current job this morning - long overdue, my company is becoming more toxic as it and its industry circle the drain. I'm going to be starting my own thing, but that could mean some lean months ahead. If anyone has any freelance writing work then DM me.
As promised to link to my first actual Hookland book. It is only small, but covers a lot of the ghost soil. If enough of you buy it and like it there will be a Volume Two. www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1068598123 It will also be available in an actual bookshop soon.
“Death: My Irony Surpasses All Others!” by Odilon Redon, who himself met death #onthisday in 1916. More on his “Temptation of St Anthony” series, which illustrates Flaubert's strangest work, in @colindickey's essay "The Redemption of St Anthony" publicdomainreview.org/essay/t... #OTD
The Soul of the Ti-Tree by Edwina C. Geach. Part of Resuscitations, a series of releases focusing on forgotten or neglected works. More details: rebeccagransden.wordpress.com/2026/06/23/e...
The Soul of the Ti-Tree by Edwina C. Geach. Part of Resuscitations, a series of releases focusing on forgotten or neglected works. More details: rebeccagransden.wordpress.com/2026/06/23/e...
Release day for Edwina C. Geach - The Soul of the Ti-Tree. Vignettes and poetry from the turn of a century. Part of Resuscitations, a series of releases focusing on forgotten or neglected works.
Want a novel on the challenging side with an independent voice? Caleb Klaces, Mr. Outside (Prototype Press) or Rebecca Grandsen, Figures Crossing the Field Towards the Group (Tangerine Press). Mr. Outside comes with photos. sebald.wordpress.com/2025/11/13/r...
Revealing Punk Noir interview with Michael Curran of Tangerine Press. Working with Michael has been as rewarding as it has been eye-opening. Some great reflections on how the press came to be and its ethos. punknoirmagazine.wordpress.com/2026/06/18/a...
A Punk Noir Interview with Michael Curran of Tangerine Press
As an editor of a magazine dedicated to people who love to read and write, I know I’m definitely not alone in saying: I abso-fucking-lutely love books. I,&nb…
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Single Syllable Symphony: for this month's Small Press Dispatch, @chloroformtea.bsky.social looks at language and worldbuilding in Rebecca Gransden’s FIGURES CROSSING THE FIELD TOWARDS THE GROUP (Tangerine Press)
Small Press Dispatch: Single Syllable Symphony
Roseanna Pendlebury The first thing that stands out in Rebecca Gransden’s Figures Crossing the Field Towards the Group (Tangerine Press), joint winner of the Queen Mary Small Press Fiction Prize, i…
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Tickled to see The Undead Shepherdess, a collaboration with @seankilpatrick.bsky.social, included on Dennis Cooper’s mid-year list. Available at the mighty @pigroastpublishing.bsky.social: pigroastpublishing.com/product/unde... Full DC list: denniscooperblog.com/mine-for-you...
"Work To the rhythm Slave To the rhythm Live To the rhythm Love To the rhythm" www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0XL...
Grace Jones - Slave to the Rhythm (official video)
YouTube video by Oxygene 80
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Some shorter reviews for Figures Crossing the Field Towards the Group that have appeared on Goodreads. Still available at Tangerine Press: www.thetangerinepress.com/FICTION/RG-F...
we have a list of recommendations by Kelly Krumie ! lots of cool poems, essays, books + videos of russians climbing radar towers + a Boards of Canada-ish documentary about cymatics get Kelly Krumie's new book 'Concentric Macroscope' ! xraylitmag.com/kelly-krumri...
Kelly Krumrie Recommends: for 'Concentric Macroscope'
The theme for this list is CONCENTRIC MACROSCOPE, which is the title of my latest book. Concentric Macroscope (Crop Circle Press, 2026) contains several themes itself, and running ideas. It also conta...
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Short video piece titled “Messiah of Empedocles [surviving on moon dew]”, from Psycho Holosuite: “I’m deviating into shorter, maybe weirder stuff, semi-inspired by my old zines/work and the beautiful SWEEP’S DREAM by Rebecca Gransden.” www.youtube.com/watch?v=57XP...
Messiah of Empedocles [surviving on moon dew]
YouTube video by Psycho Holosuite
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‘Slug’ by Nagasawa Rosetsu a Japanese painter of the Maruyama school. nk on paper, Edo Period
Illustrations provided by Lynd Ward for the 1931 edition of The Cat Who Went to Heaven, authored by Elizabeth Coatsworth.
