"At last an English-language Camus ready for the 21st century stage!” —Alice Kaplan, author of Looking for The Stranger
The new edition of
CALIGULA AND THREE OTHER PLAYS
By Albert Camus
Translated by Ryan Bloom
is out 8/22/23!
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'Caligula is Camus' first completely original and undoubtedly his best and most enduring play' E.H. Freeman
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Translated by Ryan Bloom
On sale today:
❤️ WIFEDOM by Anna Funder
“Simply, a masterpiece.”
—Geraldine Brooks, author of Horse
And now available in paperback:
📖 WOMAN WITHOUT SHAME
by Sandra Cisneros
📖 CALIGULA AND THREE OTHER PLAYS
by Albert Camus
(translated by Ryan Bloom)
The one on the left is my copy of Caligula and 3 Other Plays, found at The Book Nook II in College Park, MD, back when I was just a kid.
And the one on the right, that’s the new edition being published today by Vintage Books.
It may be rare, but sometimes wishes do come true.
@Elisabeth_Borne: <<Toute ma reconnaissance aux forces de l’ordre et de secours mobilisées.>>
Conseil de l’Europe (@CoE_fr): « Les conditions dans lesquelles les libertés d’expression et de réunion trouvent à s’exercer en France ... sont préoccupantes »
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New from me: Until we eliminate subminimum wages for tipped workers, your tips will not be rewards for good service but subsidies for businesses to pay their workers starvation wages. Ending this two-tiered system will be better for everyone #Initiative82
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Probably worth thinking twice about #economic / #tax-related "fact checking" done by billionaire Jeff Bezos, er, @GlennKesslerWP, over @washingtonpost. I grew up reading The Post, and loved doing so. Sad to see it become #Orwell's Ministry of Truth.
The winter storm headed our way late tonight will have extra impact on the homeless. @GFTH uses 100% of donations (https://t.co/3cyvu4u5D7) to buy and donate warm winter clothing & blankets – more than 100,000 items – to dozens of local shelters. #KeepWashingtonWarm
Here's an idea: before Democrats even take office, let's propose some reasonable, attainable goals, then—this is the fun part—let's try to be as defeatist as we can possibly be about them, so no one actually expects anything to ever change. Yes! Genius!
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Our 2020 Pushcart Nominations:
A1A by Kevin Clouther
Since It Happened by Ryan Bloom
From Lyssa by A.W. Moreno
The Philanthropist by Alexandros Plasatis
The Unfinished Chapel by Dara Passano
Nail by Manuel Martinez
Congrats to the fine writers.
@CUNY @JohnJayCollege
Here's a sample:
"As soon as the population was put on lockdown, the theories began flying. Could the government have created the virus to serve their own interests? Could it have been a foreign power? The pharmaceutical industry? All the while, no one suspected the introverts."
Phil @ChmnMendelson is the Mitch McConnell of local D.C. #politics. You want #Rent Control!!! You want to Raise #Taxes on the rich!!! What do you think we are, crazy Stalinist Commie sympathizers? Next thing you know, they'll be saying the will of the people should actually count
"Later, floating in space, he’d remember the word chiffonade.
“Let me just chiffonade this basil,” she’d said, rinsing her finger, “and then we can eat.”" There are stories out there in the world and then there's this, by Ryan Bloom https://t.co/x99Un0CSWe #thenormalschool
NYC has dropped the epi in epicenter and we hope you're all safe and well. The spring 2020 issue is now online: https://t.co/52XGdUtv2I Please read, please spread the word, and we'd love to hear what you like. @JohnJayCollege @CUNY@cunycommons#JJCResearch