So, the last frontier of fatuousness has now been crossed!

Early morning at a sterile auto dealership, surrounded by flat screen televisions but, courtesy of Georges Simenon, immersed in the hustle and bustle of a Les Halles cafe, where a messy ownership succession is underway.

look what arrived today! @uminnpress.bsky.social

Oh hey! I just realized this book I translated is available for pre-order! If you like weird, dark, kinda fantastical novels with dashes of the surreal and sprinkles of dry humor, you might enjoy this novel by Manuela Draeger, published by @uminnpress.bsky.socialwww.amazon.com/gp/product/1...

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Current status:

Vacation packing (short stack)

“Isn’t that ridiculous, I’m still wanting. I can’t completely kick the habit. And yet I know that wanting just draws you into the horror outside. . . . I’ve only got two choices, haven’t I? To be bored or frightened. And I prefer the first” — a recluse logic in Gavin Lambert’s THE GOODBYE PEOPLE

Replenishing my Simenon roman durs supply for some upcoming travel.

“Inside the millions of suburban houses was something worse than nothing. Couches connected to carpets connected to refrigerators connected to televisions.” Michael Clune, haunted by the death-in-life of American suburbs in his addiction memoir WHITE OUT

Relaxed, pigeon-loud morning in the city apartment.