Postdoctoral researcher @ucl /critic/tattoo enthusiast. Bylines in @ObserverUK @FT @TheTLS @NewSocialistNS @ExploreWellcome etc. Rep: @rachpg @CBGBooks
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Some exciting news – I'm now represented by the brilliant @rachpg @CBGBooks! Can't wait to begin working together on my non-fiction project
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Just finished STRAY DOGS - easily in my top 3 books of the year. Sharp, hilarious, heart-wrenching. Think part one of The Savage Detectives if it was set in Toronto. @richardjparfitt is a phenomenal songwriter but (dare I say it) he’s an even better novelist
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'Like Bolaño, Gwyn is unimpressed by the literary establishment.'
Josh Weeks on a literary journey to Latin America and back the-tls.co.uk/articles/ambas…
For @TheTLS I wrote about the excellent AMBASSADOR OF NOWHERE by Richard Gwyn, out now with @SerenBooks - special thanks to @MirandaFrance1 for the brilliant edits as always the-tls.co.uk/articles/ambas…
As part of my work with the amazing @CultureImpacts I wrote about ‘The Selectivity of Storytelling’ 👇
Our new blog The Selectivity of Storytelling is by NCACE Story Associate @Josh_Weeks10. What is a story? And more to the point, what makes a good one? Within academia, there is a field called ‘narratology’ that is dedicated to such questions...
Read here: ncace.ac.uk/2024/05/07/the-s…
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For @ObsNewReview I wrote about the brilliant England Is Mine by @nicolaspadamsee theguardian.com/books/2024/a…
Excellent day yesterday at the @CCdot_net ‘Forms of Criticism’ symposium hosted by @UCL_IAS - thought-provoking presentations and inspiring conversations
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I wrote about Butter by Asako Yuzuki for @ObsNewReview 👇 thanks @mattclacher @4thEstateBooks – at London, England
Butter by Asako Yuzuki review – a tasty exposé of fatphobia and trauma theguardian.com/books/2024/m…
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Phenomenal piece that challenges the rural idyll/situates the countryside within the context of modernity – at Hackney, London
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In case you missed it: my review of the English translation of 11 by Carlos Soto Román 👇 – at Hackney, London
'The question that haunts all testimonio remains: is there ever an appropriate way of writing about violence?' (@LocalBoy5)
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For this week's @TheTLS, I reviewed the English translation of 11 by Carlos Soto Román (ed. @thomas_rothe_cl) – an experimental book of poetry from @uglyducklingprs that coincides with the 50th anniversary of the military coup in Chile the-tls.co.uk/articles/11-ca…
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There are lots of events being organised in the UK to mark the 50th anniversary of Pinochet's coup in Chile. You can find out about them here: chile50years.uk/ @chile50yearsuk
“Another un-innocent, elegant fall/into the un-magnificent lives of adults” – at Hackney, London
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Really enjoying SALT CRYSTALS by @CristinaBendek, translated by @robin_ep_myers - thank you @CharcoPress!
Brilliant piece
"The form of the novels mimicked this binary as well, their noirish plots combining with deeply intellectual, even verbose inquiries into the mega-myths of American capitalism." Great piece, with an interesting critique of White Noise, from @debhartha. thenation.com/article/cultur…
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