Markus Hoffmann

Bookmensch, trumpeter, surfer

[Markus Hoffmann @MarkusJHoffmann]

Joy Williams! https://t.co/ssWO4mPxGu

[Markus Hoffmann @MarkusJHoffmann]

A cunning plan even #Blackadder would be proud of: let's have the Olympics without spectators and without athletes. People can still watch the TV ads that are the only reason for this nonsense to still go ahead. #greedhasgoneolympic

[Algonquin Books @AlgonquinBooks]

"If you liked Donna Tartt’s The Secret History, don’t let this lush, gothic tale pass you by."

@AppleBooks picks #TheTempleHouseVanishing by Rachel Donohue as one of the #BestBooksOfJuly! Check it out here, available this Tuesday: https://t.co/xHwSbsnfea

[Markus Hoffmann @MarkusJHoffmann]

Listen to the good people @Foyles!

[Foyles Bookshop @Foyles]

Grab #GolemGirl from @riva_lehrer—a striking memoir of disability as tool for art and creativity @ViragoBooks, available with signed bookplates further illustrated by the author (we can't take requests for specific ones, but they're all amazing!): https://t.co/6AzvlOLpy8

[Markus Hoffmann @MarkusJHoffmann]

This is what the word “Schadenfreude” was invented for. And “Freude” as well.

[Markus Hoffmann @MarkusJHoffmann]

@ChetnaMaroo @stingingfly I loved your story and, being a literary agent (based in NYC and not on pause), am wondering whether you’re also working on something book-length. If so, I’d love to know more. (Also, apologies for this approach via Twitter.)

[Isaac Marion @isaacinspace]

A story of hope in dark times. #TheBurningWorld

[Markus Hoffmann @MarkusJHoffmann]

"The saxophone wails, the martini glass is drained, / And night like black swansdown settles on the city." RIP John Ashbery.

[Nein. @NeinQuarterly]

Like the Cuban Missile Crisis, they're saying. But with shoddier diplomacy. Shorter attention spans. Worse haircuts. And zero sex appeal.

[Markus Hoffmann @MarkusJHoffmann]

Thank you, Andrew O'Hagan & @guardian for a piece on the novel vs. social media that's actually worth reading: https://t.co/jBOsoezdXo

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Amazon is buying WholeFoods. Time to get real about #buyinglocal.

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Oh yes! https://t.co/SYPE2i3IV5

[Little, Brown and Co @littlebrown]

RT if you think this is the most perfect room.

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What a strange year this is turning out to be. https://t.co/qZnHsBXSTt

[Regal | Hoffmann & Associates @rhaliterary]

weird news of the apocalypse... https://t.co/ds2bLMMmC1

[Markus Hoffmann @MarkusJHoffmann]

@VirginAmerica My flight 409 this am is cancelled. Possible to get on later flight to LAX today?

[Markus Hoffmann @MarkusJHoffmann]

Why we need the lies of fiction - and not just in South Africa: https://t.co/TTukGS9ghk via @lithub @melvillehouse @MLPretorius

[Literary Hub @lithub]

Today's giveaway: The Monster's Daughter by @MLPretorius https://t.co/6FoQOwFjQy

[Markus Hoffmann @MarkusJHoffmann]

... and make sure you have nothing important to do for the rest of the week because you won't be able to stop! https://t.co/gxk7IizXm6

[Melville House @melvillehouse]

THE MONSTER'S DAUGHTER goes on sale today! Start reading right here, right now: https://t.co/WCyDVw9a5j

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Thank you, @NewDirections, for putting one of the best novels ever written back into print: https://t.co/OAl5dl5t1v via @thelithub

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RIP Geoffrey H. Hartman, whose essay "Adam on the Grass with Balsamum" made me fall in love with PARADISE LOST: https://t.co/wdSRP5MFbM.