Reader, writer, editor, lonely wanderer. Based in Calgary, Canada. Write about books at www.roughghosts.com Essays Editor at Minor Literature[s].https://bsky.app/profile/roughghosts.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/roughghosts.bsky.social/post/3mv247ysfos2r"The sounds of the night prick through my silence and my limbs hum. I turn from a man into an appliance. My chest tightens, a flutter spreads." Bastards — Nate Lippens https://minorliteratures.com/2026/09/08/bastards-nate-lippens/08 Sep 2026 22:49 +0000at://did:plc:lfgkbe2lbdwilvv6xq2ofdat/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv247ysfos2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/roughghosts.bsky.social/post/3mum6h4pcas2qMy #womenintranslation reading for the month of August. Two reviews still to come. Spoiler alert! Under a Pannonian Sky is a brilliant anthology of Hungarian poetry. @ottiliemulzet.bsky.social03 Sep 2026 09:51 +0000at://did:plc:lfgkbe2lbdwilvv6xq2ofdat/app.bsky.feed.post/3mum6h4pcas2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/roughghosts.bsky.social/post/3mul4m2e3uc2tTen years ago around this date, one of the best friends I ever had took her own life. It was just over a month after I lost both of my parents. This is a piece I wrote for her with photos from my visit to her home in South Africa. https://sultansseal.wordpress.com/2016/11/26/joseph-schreiber-and-i-will-tell-you-something/02 Sep 2026 23:46 +0000at://did:plc:lfgkbe2lbdwilvv6xq2ofdat/app.bsky.feed.post/3mul4m2e3uc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/roughghosts.bsky.social/post/3muflm7r6rk2iDream pairing! 😍 [contains quote post or other embedded content]31 Aug 2026 18:58 +0000at://did:plc:lfgkbe2lbdwilvv6xq2ofdat/app.bsky.feed.post/3muflm7r6rk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/roughghosts.bsky.social/post/3mue4bkyxws2iMoody, cloudy, and cooler today. Felt good.31 Aug 2026 04:51 +0000at://did:plc:lfgkbe2lbdwilvv6xq2ofdat/app.bsky.feed.post/3mue4bkyxws2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/roughghosts.bsky.social/post/3mudyef3bms2pICYMI, I wrote about this moving meditation on love and caregiving translated from the Faroese by Marita Thomsen. @transitbooks.bsky.social #WITMonth To each time its people: On the Other Side is March by Sólrún Michelsen https://roughghosts.com/2026/08/29/to-each-time-its-people-on-the-other-side-is-march-by-solrun-michelsen/31 Aug 2026 03:41 +0000at://did:plc:lfgkbe2lbdwilvv6xq2ofdat/app.bsky.feed.post/3mudyef3bms2phttps://bsky.app/profile/roughghosts.bsky.social/post/3muarhjmxd226Attention! [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 Aug 2026 21:00 +0000at://did:plc:lfgkbe2lbdwilvv6xq2ofdat/app.bsky.feed.post/3muarhjmxd226https://bsky.app/profile/roughghosts.bsky.social/post/3mu7kuk4jus2sTo each time its people: On the Other Side is March by Sólrún Michelsen, translated by Marita Thomsen @transitbooks.bsky.social https://roughghosts.com/2026/08/29/to-each-time-its-people-on-the-other-side-is-march-by-solrun-michelsen/29 Aug 2026 09:29 +0000at://did:plc:lfgkbe2lbdwilvv6xq2ofdat/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu7kuk4jus2shttps://bsky.app/profile/roughghosts.bsky.social/post/3mu7kuk4jus2sTo each time its people: On the Other Side is March by Sólrún Michelsen, translated by Marita Thomsen @transitbooks.bsky.social https://roughghosts.com/2026/08/29/to-each-time-its-people-on-the-other-side-is-march-by-solrun-michelsen/29 Aug 2026 09:29 +0000at://did:plc:lfgkbe2lbdwilvv6xq2ofdat/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu7kuk4jus2shttps://bsky.app/profile/roughghosts.bsky.social/post/3mtsa4zhqz22zICYMI, I wrote about this sharp collection of short stories by Tove Ditlevsen, translated by Michael Favala Goldman All kinds of people, all kinds of lives, and all equally lonely: The Umbrella by Tove Ditlevsen https://roughghosts.com/2026/08/22/all-kinds-of-people-all-kinds-of-lives-and-all-equally-lonely-the-umbrella-by-tove-ditlevsen/24 Aug 2026 02:12 +0000at://did:plc:lfgkbe2lbdwilvv6xq2ofdat/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtsa4zhqz22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/roughghosts.bsky.social/post/3mtnxwjue7c2bAll kinds of people, all kinds of lives, and all equally lonely: The Umbrella by Tove Ditlevsen, tr. by Michael Favala Goldman #WITMonth https://roughghosts.com/2026/08/22/all-kinds-of-people-all-kinds-of-lives-and-all-equally-lonely-the-umbrella-by-tove-ditlevsen/22 Aug 2026 09:35 +0000at://did:plc:lfgkbe2lbdwilvv6xq2ofdat/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtnxwjue7c2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/roughghosts.bsky.social/post/3mtnxwjue7c2bAll kinds of people, all kinds of lives, and all equally lonely: The Umbrella by Tove Ditlevsen, tr. by Michael Favala Goldman #WITMonth https://roughghosts.com/2026/08/22/all-kinds-of-people-all-kinds-of-lives-and-all-equally-lonely-the-umbrella-by-tove-ditlevsen/22 Aug 2026 09:35 +0000at://did:plc:lfgkbe2lbdwilvv6xq2ofdat/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtnxwjue7c2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/roughghosts.bsky.social/post/3mtn3geh2c22hEssays, please and thanks. The good ones, the smart ones, the weird ones. [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Aug 2026 01:05 +0000at://did:plc:lfgkbe2lbdwilvv6xq2ofdat/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtn3geh2c22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/roughghosts.bsky.social/post/3mtfv3kj6hs2jWelcome treats from @archipelagobooks.bsky.social — a title coming out next month, and a field guide to forthcoming releases!19 Aug 2026 04:23 +0000at://did:plc:lfgkbe2lbdwilvv6xq2ofdat/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtfv3kj6hs2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/roughghosts.bsky.social/post/3mtajw6pucs2gICYMI I wrote about this fascinating collaborative work. In response to a broken world: Intelligence Is the Art of Remaining Faithful under Shifting Circumstances by Alexander Kluge and Anselm Kiefer, translated y Alexander Booth @wordkunst.bsky.social https://roughghosts.com/2026/08/15/in-response-to-a-broken-world-intelligence-is-the-art-of-remaining-faithful-under-shifting-circumstances-by-alexander-kluge-and-anselm-kiefer/17 Aug 2026 01:20 +0000at://did:plc:lfgkbe2lbdwilvv6xq2ofdat/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtajw6pucs2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/roughghosts.bsky.social/post/3mt4hlafwns2mIn response to a broken world: Intelligence Is the Art of Remaining Faithful under Shifting Circumstances by Alexander Kluge and Anselm Kiefer, tr. by Alexander Booth @wordkunst.bsky.social https://roughghosts.com/2026/08/15/in-response-to-a-broken-world-intelligence-is-the-art-of-remaining-faithful-under-shifting-circumstances-by-alexander-kluge-and-anselm-kiefer/15 Aug 2026 10:27 +0000at://did:plc:lfgkbe2lbdwilvv6xq2ofdat/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt4hlafwns2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/roughghosts.bsky.social/post/3msrkiotrtc2hICYMI I wrote about this beautiful hybrid essay by @drnollid.bsky.social @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social A poet whispers: How complete+ final the feeling as I lift its curve in the net by Ellen Dillon https://roughghosts.com/2026/08/08/a-poet-whispers-how-complete-final-the-feeling-as-i-lift-its-curve-in-the-net-by-ellen-dillon/11 Aug 2026 02:20 +0000at://did:plc:lfgkbe2lbdwilvv6xq2ofdat/app.bsky.feed.post/3msrkiotrtc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/roughghosts.bsky.social/post/3mskkf5bjjc2kA poet whispers: How complete+ final the feeling as I lift its curve in the net by Ellen Dillon @drnollid.bsky.social @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social https://roughghosts.com/2026/08/08/a-poet-whispers-how-complete-final-the-feeling-as-i-lift-its-curve-in-the-net-by-ellen-dillon/08 Aug 2026 07:29 +0000at://did:plc:lfgkbe2lbdwilvv6xq2ofdat/app.bsky.feed.post/3mskkf5bjjc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/roughghosts.bsky.social/post/3mskkf5bjjc2kA poet whispers: How complete+ final the feeling as I lift its curve in the net by Ellen Dillon @drnollid.bsky.social @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social https://roughghosts.com/2026/08/08/a-poet-whispers-how-complete-final-the-feeling-as-i-lift-its-curve-in-the-net-by-ellen-dillon/08 Aug 2026 07:29 +0000at://did:plc:lfgkbe2lbdwilvv6xq2ofdat/app.bsky.feed.post/3mskkf5bjjc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/roughghosts.bsky.social/post/3msjyyatrfk2xMake your contribution to online lit discourse your own brilliant essay. Submissions open at @minorliteratures.bsky.social for the month of August. Details can be found here: minorliteratures.com/essays/ https://minorliteratures.com/essays/08 Aug 2026 02:18 +0000at://did:plc:lfgkbe2lbdwilvv6xq2ofdat/app.bsky.feed.post/3msjyyatrfk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/roughghosts.bsky.social/post/3mscsaoq5yk2mRecent arrivals: a Faroese novel for #WITMonth, the latest from multi-gendered Danish writer and performer Madame Nielsen, and an Albanian novel due in October. @transitbooks.bsky.social @prototypepubs.bsky.social #IstrosBooks05 Aug 2026 05:29 +0000at://did:plc:lfgkbe2lbdwilvv6xq2ofdat/app.bsky.feed.post/3mscsaoq5yk2m