Joseph Schreiber

'It’s a bit saddening seeing it that way, but the truth is that the North American publishing market tends to satisfy its needs for “Latin Americanism” with just a few authors while the rest are discarded.'

"los diferentes fragmentos de la novela son como puntas de icebergs que asoman en una superficie: sabemos que hay algo debajo de ellas pero, en el fondo, ni siquiera sabemos si son las distintas puntas de un mismo iceberg o si son icebergs distintos ..." minorliteratures.com/2026/10/27/l...

And suddenly autumn is over. Sure signs: we had some snow that quickly melted but left a witness, and Georgia has spent the day stretched out against the heat register.

Decided to take advantage of a birthday month discount and order a few books (colour coordinated, ofc).

ICYMI: I wrote about this fine collection of literary and personal essays by @cclarklewes.bsky.social @blackheraldpress.bsky.social Poetry as a journey: What Lies Ahead by Caroline Clark roughghosts.com/2026/10/21/p...

"I tried in vain to remove my gaze from his horrible pink tie, while repeating to myself softly, as the blood beat against my temples sounding like the ocean: no doubt because of the wind, no doubt because of the wind."

Jérôme [extract] — Jean-Pierre Martinet [tr. Jacob Siefring] minorliteratures.com/2026/10/22/j...

incredible words from a real ideal reader, thank you @roughghosts.bsky.social

Poetry as a journey: What Lies Ahead by Caroline Clark @cclarklewes.bsky.social @blackheraldpress.bsky.social roughghosts.com/2026/10/21/p...

"He ended up in retail after losing his job in tech when the bubble burst in the late 90s. Drifted through different jobs, did some climbing and camping and somehow washed up on the same retail shores the rest of us were floundering on." —an extract from Prose Scraps by @kentkosack.bsky.social

"We had been working together for a couple of years, Paul and I, selling camping gear in a strip mall in northern New Jersey, when I thought, this guy is doomed." — @kentkosack.bsky.social

Today, at @minorliteratures.bsky.social an extract from Kent Kosak's upcoming essay collection, Prose Scraps. @kentkosack.bsky.social One Last Note for Paul Nervy—Kent Kosak minorliteratures.com/2026/10/20/o...

"Berlin is one of the largest, if not the largest English-speaking literary community in a non-dominant English-speaking city in Europe. It has an extraordinarily vibrant literary culture ..." an Interview with The Auflauf minorliteratures.com/2026/10/15/w...

Now available in the US: Prague Triptych by Johannes Urzidil, trans. David Burnett Glorious Nemesis by Ladislav Klíma, trans. Marek Tomin Visions & Apparitions by Ladislav Klíma, trans. Jed Slast

“We’re trying to give to Berliners and to the world a sense of what's being thought about here and how”: an interview with <i>The Auflauf</i> — Cristina Politano minorliteratures.com/2026/10/15/w...

Wish I could have been there!

"They asked, So what did you do with your freedom? A kind of blackout, he said. I did what one does, I anesthetized it. That's: me." worldliteraturetoday.org/2019/spring/...

There is the view that poetry should improve your life. I think people confuse it with the Salvation Army. John Ashbery

Surely somebody knows something: Sarajevo Saga by Stefan Çapaliku roughghosts.com/2026/10/12/s...

I love a good wrestling story. Absurd and tragic.

"He’d been a bear for twenty five years, he’d been a bear since he first stepped in that ring, he’d been a bear his whole life ..." The Bear — Imogen Clarke @desperatelit.bsky.social minorliteratures.com/2026/10/13/t...

"He was the last one remaining, but not everybody had taken off their masks, some just hadn’t made it this far. Stunts gone wrong. Steroid induced heart attacks." The Bear — Imogen Clarke minorliteratures.com/2026/10/13/t...

Surely somebody knows something: Sarajevo Saga by Stefan Çapaliku, tr. by Vlora Konushevci #AlbanianLit roughghosts.com/2026/10/12/s...

Surely somebody knows something: Sarajevo Saga by Stefan Çapaliku, tr. by Vlora Konushevci #AlbanianLit roughghosts.com/2026/10/12/s...

Ils étaient mi-cerf mi-escargot, et re mi-cerf derrière

This week's new arrivals—upcoming from @archipelagobooks.bsky.social —the Jergović this Tuesday, the Mukasonga in November.

ICYMI, I wrote about this gently surreal collection of stories by an unjustly almost-forgotten writer from Argentina. @transitbooks.bsky.social Of dreams, memories, and the imagination: Slow Elephants of Milan by Ángel Bonomini roughghosts.com/2026/10/06/o...

End of the World (1911/2026) — Jakob van Hoddis [tr. Alexander Booth] minorliteratures.com/2026/10/08/e...

spotted by @wordkunst.bsky.social ! info here: minorliteratures.com/minor-incide...

Of dreams, memories, and the imagination: Slow Elephants of Milan by Ángel Bonomini @transitbooks.bsky.social roughghosts.com/2026/10/06/o...

Of dreams, memories, and the imagination: Slow Elephants of Milan by Ángel Bonomini @transitbooks.bsky.social roughghosts.com/2026/10/06/o...

This month's reviews are, in my opinion, a spectacular advertisement for Berlin's lit culture: an Irish writer who writes beautifully about home, a Berlin-based Arabic publisher and translator, and the city's pull on writers from around the world.

"Vapes and Lime bikes? Obviously related. What’s going on? Batteries? Yeah, that’s it. Batteries. It’s not batteries, everything has batteries. They’re convenient? No, that’s offensively dull." Connor Davis on biking and vaping around London, today at @minorliteratures.bsky.social

I Shall Be Released — Connor Davis minorliteratures.com/2026/10/06/i...

"Back at the traffic lights there’s blueberry-infused disbelief at the utter selfishness of it all. Someone shouts at me from behind as a sharp honk wakes me up. Green. The lights are green." I Shall Be Released — Connor Davis minorliteratures.com/2026/10/06/i...

Autumn portraits along the Douglas Fir Trail.

Daniela is a genius, and one of my favourite writers. Here’s why:

ICYMI I wrote about Daniela Cascella's latest infectious essay about reading, writing, listening, and seeing. @erratumpress.bsky.social “I write in circles”: Beauty Burning: The Condition of Music by Daniela Cascella roughghosts.com/2026/10/01/i...

"He was born under a cold star. He was told by his mother that she [...] saw it burning like polished metal, greater than the others in the constellations around it, and that it was a sign, she said ..." The Apparent Leader — @davidhering.bsky.social minorliteratures.com/2026/10/01/t...

"To read Daniela Cascella is to be swept into an ongoing conversation within a maze of words, of voices, of images, of moments that catch one off guard, inspire, alarm. Her writing is energetic, continually in motion, seeking, questioning, listening for echoes in time and space." -- Joseph Schreiber

roughghosts.com/2026/10/01/i... @roughghosts.bsky.social

“I write in circles”: Beauty Burning: The Condition of Music by Daniela Cascella @erratumpress.bsky.social roughghosts.com/2026/10/01/i...

Our September Monthly Dispatch has been dispatched. Read it and subscribe here: minor literature[s] minorlits.substack.com?r=517vo&utm_...

today @ minor lits ... “I think of my writing as European rather than English, or Danish for that matter”: An Interview with Denise Rose Hansen — Cristina Politano ( @dorothyproject.bsky.social ) minorliteratures.com/2026/09/29/i...

"Grief is the unnameable thing that moves just beneath the surface throughout." "I think of my writing as European rather than English, or Danish for that matter": An Interview with Denise Rose Hansen — Cristina Politano minorliteratures.com/2026/09/29/i...

I might have gotten a deal on a few books. To be fair, one I have already read as an ARC—On Transit—but I've always wanted a finished copy. Loved it.

The Ultraviolet Catastrophe — Susan Finlay minorliteratures.com/2026/09/24/t...

Orgart — Dragan Aleksić [tr. David Vichnar] minorliteratures.com/2026/09/23/o...