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Cory Oldweiler

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Book critic. Translated lit evangelist. Runner. Cinephile. Disillusioned vagabond. “For I, you see, dwelling upon the rim of life, see everyone in the arena as acting blindly.”

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Cory Oldweiler @coryoldweiler.bsky.social · 27d

Despite the often dark subject matter, it’s always a joy to dive into Patricia Lockwood’s enchantingly agile mind. Thanks to @katekilla.bsky.social and the Globe for the chance to write about Lovkwood’s latest, WILL THERE EVER BE ANOTHER YOU:

What happens when illness robs a writer of her words? - The Boston Globe

A lengthy bout of COVID at the start of the pandemic robbed Patricia Lockwood of the facility with words that engenders her strength, her sense of self.

www.bostonglobe.com

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Cory Oldweiler @coryoldweiler.bsky.social · 23h

Yeah, it feels like a runaway train at this point. I just got told today that I place I write for is not assigning anymore reviews going forward and it stinks.

Cory Oldweiler @coryoldweiler.bsky.social · 1d

Task is a good show that’s become great the past two weeks with at least four truly standout performances.

Cory Oldweiler @coryoldweiler.bsky.social · 1d

Ok. Phew. I thought I’d gotten terrible at my job if I’d missed a memoir from him on the calendar. hahaha. (Not saying it isn’t possible or even likely, just don’t like to see the evidence of my failure!) Good luck finding a publisher.

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Cory Oldweiler @coryoldweiler.bsky.social · 1d

Oh I’m so excited for this! I read Quiet Flows the Una when I was in Sarajevo a couple winter’s back. I had no idea this memoir was coming out. Is it out in November?

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Cory Oldweiler @coryoldweiler.bsky.social · 2d

@blankcheck.bsky.social I grew increasingly awed and uncomfortable the longer Griffin’s excellent Maron impression went on because I imagined Marc was sitting right in front of him. Real tense couple minutes.

Cory Oldweiler @coryoldweiler.bsky.social · 2d

Their willingness to presume the benefit of the doubt to everything this administration says is staggering.

Cory Oldweiler @coryoldweiler.bsky.social · 3d

“Visitation,” by Jenny Erpenbeck, especially if you liked the conceit behind the movie “Here,” as well as her most recent novel translated to English, “Kairos.” No sad English people but sad German people abound.

Cory Oldweiler @coryoldweiler.bsky.social · 3d

Skubal is a beast. Incredible.

Cory Oldweiler @coryoldweiler.bsky.social · 4d

Quite possibly the most glaring example of the way the media has simply become a mouthpiece—and therefore an unwitting (if we’re being charitable) enabler—of this administration’s mendacity and damage.

James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 4d

Any news organization that treated "Will Trump Get Nobel?" as a remotely serious question, and not one more indication of his accelerating hallucinatory patterns, has some 'splaining to do.

Looking at you, all major news orgs.

Cory Oldweiler @coryoldweiler.bsky.social · 4d

Same with my youngest nephew. I just hope he gets finished before the collapse or all his classes are taken over by AI “professors.”

Cory Oldweiler @coryoldweiler.bsky.social · 4d

I really enjoyed getting to review this novel for many reasons, one of which is the fact that I got to send the review to my niece and she was actually interested because she loves the author.

Tuttle Tuttle Toil & Trouble 🎃 @katekilla.bsky.social · 4d

In this week's @bostonglobe.com books coverage, a review by @coryoldweiler.bsky.social of Anna North's new novel, BOG QUEEN. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/07/a...

Anna North’s new novel follows two women: One died 2,000 years ago, the other searches her body for clues - The Boston Globe

Parallel lines never meet in geometry class, but the convergence of parallel narratives is one of the most routine recipes for modern storytelling.

www.bostonglobe.com

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Tuttle Tuttle Toil & Trouble 🎃 @katekilla.bsky.social · 4d

In this week's @bostonglobe.com books coverage, a review by @coryoldweiler.bsky.social of Anna North's new novel, BOG QUEEN. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/07/a...

Anna North’s new novel follows two women: One died 2,000 years ago, the other searches her body for clues - The Boston Globe

Parallel lines never meet in geometry class, but the convergence of parallel narratives is one of the most routine recipes for modern storytelling.

www.bostonglobe.com

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Cory Oldweiler @coryoldweiler.bsky.social · 4d

So relatable as I always think of a giant meat heart when I think of my mom…

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Cory Oldweiler @coryoldweiler.bsky.social · 4d

So relatable as I always think of a giant meat heart when I think of my mom…

Cory Oldweiler @coryoldweiler.bsky.social · 4d

Simon never misses. This is both legitimately funny and so disturbing. The number of people—from corporations to tech bros to apparently journalists—who just assume that AI is something everybody wants or will want as soon as they can have it is astonishing to me.

Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 5d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

Cory Oldweiler @coryoldweiler.bsky.social · 5d

In 2022, I wrote about Krasznahorkai for the LARB (long before *that* piece), talking about Ottilie Mulzet’s translation of the truly meditative novella “A Mountain to the North, a Lake to the South, Paths to the West, a River to the East.” It’s a great entry work to a daunting oeuvre.

A Garden in This Wretched World: On László Krasznahorkai’s “A Mountain to the North, a Lake to the South, Paths to the West, a River to the East” | Los Angeles Review of Books

Cory Oldweiler reviews Ottilie Mulzet’s new translation of László Krasznahorkai’s “A Mountain to the North, a Lake to the South, Paths to the West, a River to the East.”

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Words Without Borders & WWB Campus @wwborders.bsky.social · 5d

It's essential that we recognize the work of his many translators who brought his literature to life around the world, including his translators to English: John Bakti, and our contributors George Szirtes and @ottiliemulzet.bsky.social ! 💙

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Jen Calleja @jencalleja.bsky.social · 5d

Annual reminder that without literary translators, most Nobel Prize-winning authors couldn’t be read by the committee/readers, so celebrate them too. Congrats @ottiliemulzet.bsky.social et al! This isn’t taking away from the author, it’s adding recognition of the miracle/labour/skill of translation.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 5d

Nobel prize in literature 2025 live: Hungarian novelist László Krasznahorkai wins

Nobel prize in literature 2025 live: László Krasznahorkai wins

Follow along as the next winner of the world’s most prestigious literature prize is announced in Stockholm

www.theguardian.com

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Cory Oldweiler @coryoldweiler.bsky.social · 5d

Love it. Skubal in game five.

Cory Oldweiler @coryoldweiler.bsky.social · 5d

I think @mlb.com is trying to drive fans insane by playing the same 12 commercials the entire fcuking season during Tigers games. I’m so gd sick of the oppo taco commercial. Also…another HR!

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David Hudson @dwhdaily.bsky.social · 6d

“Far from comprehensive, the list does not include the thousands still buried under the rubble.”

@theguardian.com

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Young lives cut short on an unimaginable scale: the 18,457 children on Gaza’s list of war dead

Every name on a list compiled by health authorities in Gaza of the child victims of Israel’s offensive

www.theguardian.com

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Cory Oldweiler @coryoldweiler.bsky.social · 8d

I tried reading Klima several times, though admittedly many many years ago. Is there a novel of his you’d recommend over others?

Cory Oldweiler @coryoldweiler.bsky.social · 9d

I had actually seen zero episodes of that show until I watched the first one last night.

Cory Oldweiler @coryoldweiler.bsky.social · 9d

@seanfennessey.bsky.social @vanlathan.bsky.social Thanks for the Van OBAA episode. Really enjoyed it.

Cory Oldweiler @coryoldweiler.bsky.social · 11d

I feel your frustration (and aging!). I’m going on day five of waiting for biopsy results so that I can hopefully get scheduled for mohs in the week before I leave town for several months… Hope your’s gets finished in a timely fashion without much more discomfort. Take care.