Assoc. Prof. at UCPH, literary critic at Politiken, author of Going Nowhere, Slow & Klodens fald & Slutspil & The Birth of the Financial Thriller & (in 2027) The Climate Endgame Mail: mikkelfrantzen@hum.ku.dkhttps://bsky.app/profile/mikkelkfrantzen.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/mikkelkfrantzen.bsky.social/post/3mtlqsfqqjc27Writing is nothing, rewriting is everything. Or: Writing is overrrated; rewriting, editing, deleting, adding etc amount to at least 50% of the work. Or: The writing is good only when the editing is good.21 Aug 2026 12:22 +0000at://did:plc:neg3czbhld2lsbuh5jgbx6aj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtlqsfqqjc27https://bsky.app/profile/mikkelkfrantzen.bsky.social/post/3mtiyvnnimk24hey Danish Marxism, kan nogen give mig den officielle danske oversættelse og reference til citatet her: "capital is the endless and limitless drive to go beyond its limiting barrier. Every boundary [Grenze] is and has to be a barrier [Schranke] for it. Else it would cease to be capital"20 Aug 2026 10:09 +0000at://did:plc:neg3czbhld2lsbuh5jgbx6aj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtiyvnnimk24https://bsky.app/profile/mikkelkfrantzen.bsky.social/post/3mtg2piyl222jHvis du nu gik og tænkte, "gad vide hvad Henrik Dahl mon tænker om den tragiske sag vedrørende Jason Arday, ville det ikke være et berigende perspektiv?", så fortvivl ikke: Poul Pilgaard og Weekendavisen har dig https://www.weekendavisen.dk/kultur/sort-snak19 Aug 2026 06:03 +0000at://did:plc:neg3czbhld2lsbuh5jgbx6aj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtg2piyl222jhttps://bsky.app/profile/mikkelkfrantzen.bsky.social/post/3msxph3qxzs2xListen, when alien investigators arrive at Planet Earth in the not-so-distant future to try to found out what the hell happened here and who was responsible for the environmental destruction they will not be like: Oh, the dualisms did it!13 Aug 2026 13:05 +0000at://did:plc:neg3czbhld2lsbuh5jgbx6aj/app.bsky.feed.post/3msxph3qxzs2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/mikkelkfrantzen.bsky.social/post/3msvutetdhs2vSome good news from Ittoqqortoormiit: https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/indland/groenland/groenland-bremser-amerikansk-olieprojekt12 Aug 2026 19:36 +0000at://did:plc:neg3czbhld2lsbuh5jgbx6aj/app.bsky.feed.post/3msvutetdhs2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/mikkelkfrantzen.bsky.social/post/3msptqv3t2s2wIt is now possible to preorder The Birth of the Financial Thriller in paperback which means you can now buy the book and not go entirely bankrupt because the price is no longer £90.00 but £19.99! https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-the-birth-of-the-financial-thriller.html10 Aug 2026 10:00 +0000at://did:plc:neg3czbhld2lsbuh5jgbx6aj/app.bsky.feed.post/3msptqv3t2s2whttps://bsky.app/profile/mikkelkfrantzen.bsky.social/post/3mslegupkn22fOg slutter med at citere Jørgen Leth (“Som Jørgen Leth sagde: »I Danmark er stil underprioriteret.«. Lad os begynde at prioritere det.”). Er ikke sikker på at det var det Jørgen mente med stil: to unge mænd i kedelige jakkesæt [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 Aug 2026 15:16 +0000at://did:plc:neg3czbhld2lsbuh5jgbx6aj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mslegupkn22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/mikkelkfrantzen.bsky.social/post/3mslee7s7kk2f“Kære danske mænd. Træk de bukser op. Læg telefonen væk. Se menneskene omkring jer. Lær at binde et slips!” To unge mænd fra den yderste højrefløj giver den moderne mand tørt (tøj) på https://politiken.dk/debat/debatindlaeg/art10934301/Engang-tog-man-fint-t%C3%B8j-p%C3%A5-barberede-sig-var-velfriseret-og-satte-sit-h%C3%A5r.-Hvor-er-respekten-for-andre-blevet-af08 Aug 2026 15:14 +0000at://did:plc:neg3czbhld2lsbuh5jgbx6aj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mslee7s7kk2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/mikkelkfrantzen.bsky.social/post/3msbihrgp4k2nHave you read Tentacle by Rita Indiana? Great novel! But did you know about Indiana’s work as a musician? This album is fucking amazing: https://open.spotify.com/album/4Rpdq5XtZniKOf1Bv8N4rj?si=kg4iIeN_R0qPClAT8oyOYA&utm_source=copy-link04 Aug 2026 17:01 +0000at://did:plc:neg3czbhld2lsbuh5jgbx6aj/app.bsky.feed.post/3msbihrgp4k2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/mikkelkfrantzen.bsky.social/post/3msau5fosm222Ecological grief - maybe more than every other endgame emotion - is about the future [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Aug 2026 10:57 +0000at://did:plc:neg3czbhld2lsbuh5jgbx6aj/app.bsky.feed.post/3msau5fosm222https://bsky.app/profile/mikkelkfrantzen.bsky.social/post/3mrztcxodtc2pSome really good thoughts about some things [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 Aug 2026 15:54 +0000at://did:plc:neg3czbhld2lsbuh5jgbx6aj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrztcxodtc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/mikkelkfrantzen.bsky.social/post/3mrwo3wue222wSummer fig, the first of many figs31 Jul 2026 09:43 +0000at://did:plc:neg3czbhld2lsbuh5jgbx6aj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrwo3wue222whttps://bsky.app/profile/mikkelkfrantzen.bsky.social/post/3mrwo23hyjc2wSummer reading here31 Jul 2026 09:42 +0000at://did:plc:neg3czbhld2lsbuh5jgbx6aj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrwo23hyjc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/mikkelkfrantzen.bsky.social/post/3mriqwwx2sc2c“This is the apocalypse” https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/udland/5-000-evakuerede-under-samme-tag-i-bordeaux-det-er-apokalypsen25 Jul 2026 20:56 +0000at://did:plc:neg3czbhld2lsbuh5jgbx6aj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mriqwwx2sc2c