Joyelle McSweeney.bsky Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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Toxicon & Arachne. Nightboat Books, 2020. Death Styles, forthcoming from Nightboat Books, 2024. Hungry clouds swag on the deep.
Prosopopoeia
Farid TaliJoyelle McSweeney.bskyTrying to write an memo, feeling like an menace, channeling this screenshot of queer French Moroccan writer Farid Tali, whose book, Prosopopoeia, an intense and unsettling elegaic novella tr. by @aditimachado, you really ought to read. "The light that de-eroticizes everything?" https://t.co/qF0QJbudHD
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Wild Grass on the Riverbank
Hiromi ItoJoyelle McSweeney.bskyHiromi Ito, Michiyuki From Wild Grass on the Riverbank, tr. Jeffrey Angles: https://t.co/CRWlDwfFRW
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Claus and the Scorpion
Lara Dopazo RuibalJoyelle McSweeney.bskyNot pictured: Claus and the Scorpion by Lara Dopazo Ruibal Tr. Laura Cesarco Eglin https://t.co/ERp3PDAbQb
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My Manservant and Me
Hervé GuibertJoyelle McSweeney.bskyMy first day trying to stay offline is a failure, but on the plus side I have read ^My Manservant and Me^ by Hervé Guibert tr. Jeffrey Zuckerman. This book is so good-- it's like if ˆGiovanni's Room^ was written by Dennis Cooper. 10/10. @nightboatbooks https://t.co/McNV2jjvtT
Paperback, 2022
$15.95$7.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
I, Little Asylum
Emmanuelle GuattariJoyelle McSweeney.bsky@meghanor Maybe the amazing “ I, Little Asylum” by Emmanuelle Guattari? https://t.co/xEHNr7vkDT
Paperback, 2014
$13.95$6.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
From from: Poems
Monica YounJoyelle McSweeney.bsky"The most vexing — and ravishing — duplicity is that of art itself." I'm dedicating this year to writing criticism that ignites new conversations abt poetry's (often occult) power & vitality-- I'm so thrilled to discuss @MonicaYoun 's newest in @nytimes https://t.co/fSLSFy8iD6
Paperback, 2023
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Can't and Won't: Stories
Lydia DavisJoyelle McSweeney.bsky@AEAkinwumi Lydia Davis’s essays and short stories have this ouroborous feel
Paperback, 2015
$19.00$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Marbled Swarm
Dennis CooperJoyelle McSweeney.bsky@pompeyrascal @nightboatbooks You mean Denis Johnson maybe? And I haven't read that so thank you for the rec! My fave Dennis Cooper is the Marbled Swarm, but I realize that is itself a perverse selection!
Paperback, 2011
$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Dream Machine
Sade LanayJoyelle McSweeney.bsky@justin_b_wymer Dream Machine by Sade (Murphy) LaNay https://t.co/VIClm2VdSv
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Grotesque: A Thriller
Natsuo KirinoJoyelle McSweeney.bsky@dedreytnien I recommend Out and Grotesque by Kirino Natsuo!
Paperback, 2008
$16.95$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book