This week Paul Wilson and I got to sit down and digress with Mark Haber, whose book Lesser Ruins was just published by @Coffee_House_. It was such a fun conversation! open.substack.com/pub/mookse/p/e…

This week, we’re joined by our good friend Mark Haber to discuss his wonderful books, including the brand new Lesser Ruins, out from @Coffee_House_ . Fittingly, this episode features numerous digressions into literature, coffee, music, art & travel! open.substack.com/pub/mookse/p/e…

Mookse Paul Wilson @Coffee_House_ Just picked up my first Haber last week!

For those reading Edith Wharton’s “Afterward” for #NYRBWomen24, a couple of years ago Paul Wilson and I discussed it in Episode 39: Scary Books That Kept Us Up at Night. Go ahead and listen…if you dare. open.substack.com/pub/mookse/p/e…

Bite-sized Book Chats: The 74th Episode youtu.be/kp2ikENrtW4?si… via YouTube

"He doesn’t even know the dog’s name. No tags, nothing in the manifest the driver passed to him": a story by Paul Yoon in next week's New Yorker.

New blog post! Background for Love - Helen Wolff (tr. Tristram Wolff) readersretreat2017.wordpress.com/2024/10/18/bac…

FYI, midwesterners: our own Damion Searls will be at the Twin Cities Book Festival next Saturday (10/29) talking about his new book The Philosophy of Translation! twincitiesbookfestival.com/damion-searls/

'Here we see Plath developing her trademark feminine gothic, where female autonomy comes at a cost.' Heather Clark: Sylvia Plath’s unpublished short stories reveal her passionate dedication to her craft the-tls.co.uk/literature-by-…

Johanna Thomas-Corr Lalla Romano’s masterpiece In Farthest Seas, coming out in Sept. with Pushkin Press (an author shortlisted for last year’s Warwick Prize for Women in Translation). Called “An extraordinarily powerful book” by Jhumpa Lahiri 🌊

Books I read in recent times that I enjoyed and still thinking about them.

"When I saw the youth trembling in the dimness of my study, I had the feeling that I was looking at my own shadow": a story by Yukio Mishima in next week's New Yorker.

This week's story is "From the Wilderness" by Yukio Mishima (translated, from the Japanese, by John Nathan). newyorker.com/magazine/2024/…

Sister Deborah translated by Mark Polizzotti is published in USA today on Archipelago Books ! archipelagobooks.org/book/sister-de… I am looking forward to discover your feelings about her reading .. Nice photo from Mookse #book #BookoftheDay #Literature #Rwanda #USA

New episode! In this one, Paul Wilson and I indulge our desire to keep talking about our favorite essays! Happy Halloween! mookse.substack.com/p/episode-92-e…

Alice James is one of my favorite NYRB Classics!

He’s so fun (as always)!

Enjoyed this as I plan to finally read "Lesser Ruins" next... Then I can listen to the relevant episodes of Three Percent, Mookse & Beyond The Zero Podcast. Feels like I'm measuring out my life not in coffee spoons, but Mark Haber appearances on (great) literary podcasts!