David Canmore

from inside the bodybag with the broken zip

[David Canmore @David_is_Silent]

@maxdaniellawton #2 has a kind of James Bond villain vibe, which I support.

[David Canmore @David_is_Silent]

Congrats @maxdaniellawton and @nordicnovellas - it's an extraordinary achievement of a translation! Great to see it recognized.

[Max Lawton @maxdaniellawton]

Couldn’t have done it without my dawg @nordicnovellas ! Here’s to our next collaboration, which will be officially announced in the next few months 💦💦💦🍆🍆🍆🙂‍↕️🙂‍↕️🙂‍↕️

[Max Lawton @maxdaniellawton]

A grand review of SCHATTENFROH. Anahid has the good sense NOT to focus on the 20th-century canon of modernism and postmodernism, but to train her gaze all the way back to before the 19th century, where the book’s heart lies… https://t.co/9GrWISJG4k

[Max Lawton @maxdaniellawton]

Had a lot of fun doing this interview! Peace, love, and read whatever you want to! https://t.co/aIgRyQbNiZ

[David Canmore @David_is_Silent]

@TheUntranslated Glad to see Holy Motors on there. That film is beautifully deranged.

[David Canmore @David_is_Silent]

@nguyenhdi For me, Aeschylus, and especially the Oresteia. The Tony Harrison translation is exceptional. They bridge the gap between savagery and civilization. Indeed, that's partially what they are about.

[David Canmore @David_is_Silent]

@wastemailing @maxdaniellawton He absolutely did. It's a shame he didn't also choose to emulate the humor, excitement or mystery of medieval Romance. To me, the interesting thing in the Faerie Queene is Spenser imposing Protestant soteriology onto a secular form. Didn't make it a riveting read though...

[David Canmore @David_is_Silent]

@Gc77David @PromptlyAI_YT @PopBase Four incredible albums. I remember being introduced to Inner Visions when all I knew was his 80s output. It was a revolution to my ears.

[David Canmore @David_is_Silent]

@nguyenhdi Kurosawa is well known for his adaptations of Shakespeare, but his film of Dostoevsky's The Idiot (1951) is superb as well, if lesser known.

[David Canmore @David_is_Silent]

@nguyenhdi My daughter read it for high school last year & I realized I'd never actually read it, so I did. I think the Truffaut film adaptation did an excellent job, stripping away some of the unnecessary sci fi distractions and florid prose and getting down to the heart of the idea.

[David Canmore @David_is_Silent]

It takes a lot to lure @Daniel_Kalder out of Twitter silence so you must listen when Thus Spake Daniel Kalder.

[Daniel Kalder @DanielKalder]

Literature in translation enriches culture. With the cutting of NEA grants to independent publishers that richness is at risk. I'm a big fan of Dalkey Archive, and will post a few favorites I recommend buying directly from the publisher here. cc @willevans cc @maxdaniellawton

[Daniel Kalder @DanielKalder]

Literature in translation enriches culture. With the cutting of NEA grants to independent publishers that richness is at risk. I'm a big fan of Dalkey Archive, and will post a few favorites I recommend buying directly from the publisher here. cc @willevans cc @maxdaniellawton

[David Canmore @David_is_Silent]

@nguyenhdi Well, they are about historical events from the 17th and 18th centuries so they'd be themed...

[David Canmore @David_is_Silent]

@nguyenhdi Beyond Brave New World, I'd recommend Grey Eminence and the Devils of Loudun. His other fiction is a heavy lift but his non-fiction is quite fascinating.

[Dalkey Archive Press @Dalkey_Archive]

Coming this summer, THE SUGAR KREMLIN is a carnivalesque collection of political horrors, from the always-provocative, Vladimir Sorokin (tr. by @maxdaniellawton, who else?)

Featuring an introductory conversation between Sorokin and Pulitzer Winner/fellow iconoclast, Joshua Cohen

[David Canmore @David_is_Silent]

@maxdaniellawton Sugar Kremlin! Your translation is magnificent and the world is ripe for this work to surge into its anglo-consciousness. The artwork inside is also spectacular! Maybe next the Sugar White House...?

[Max Lawton @maxdaniellawton]

AUGUST 19, 2025, same day as SCHATTENFROH

[Deep Vellum @DeepVellum]

It’s been a strange few days for us, and for countless other nonprofit publishers, magazines, and arts organizations.

We may not know what happens next, but we do know that we will need your help.