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Gabriel Flynn

@gabrielflynn.bsky.social

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Writer. Debut novel: Poor Ghost! out now with @sceptrebooks.bsky.social. PhD at Warwick on Adorno’s aesthetics. Co-editor @creativecritical.bsky.social. Amateur footballer.

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Gabriel Flynn @gabrielflynn.bsky.social · May 22

My debut novel, Poor Ghost! is out today with @sceptrebooks.bsky.social

It’s about class, mourning, love, fathers, Manchester, and lots of other stuff.

I’m proud of it and I hope you’ll enjoy it too.

A handsome looking novel called Poor Ghost! with endorsements from Claire Messud, Lara Williams, Wendy Erskine, Tim MacGabhann, Julianne Pachico, and Aidan Cottrell-Boyce

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Gabriel Flynn @gabrielflynn.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you! ❤️

Gabriel Flynn @gabrielflynn.bsky.social · 1d

My football club has a brand new women‘s team and they‘re recruiting players. Affordable membership fees, pro coaches, regular training and games. Please share with any Berlin friends who might want to play football in a friendly, & LGBTQ+ inclusive environment. Newcomers and returners welcome.

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Gabriel Flynn @gabrielflynn.bsky.social · 1d

last wasps of the season crawling sadly over the doughnuts at the coffee stand on Hermannstraße S-Bahn platform

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Gabriel Flynn @gabrielflynn.bsky.social · 1d

this is such a brilliant and insightful interview, highly recommend

Schlock and Awe – the Diasporist

Ben Ratskoff on the immersive traumatization at the Nova Exhibition

thediasporist.de

Gabriel Flynn @gabrielflynn.bsky.social · 2d

Fucking hell, so sorry to hear that. Hope you’re both ok.

Gabriel Flynn @gabrielflynn.bsky.social · 3d

Guy managed to get Chotiner to begin a response with ‘Yes’ 👏

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Gabriel Flynn @gabrielflynn.bsky.social · 3d

Here we are

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 3d

Khaled Elgindy proving that you can in fact talk to Isaac Chotiner without sounding like you've recently been lobotomized with a cheese grater

Why Hamas Agreed to Release the Hostages

And why it might not matter much for Gaza’s future, or for Palestinian statehood.

www.newyorker.com

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ceej @ceej.online · 4d

damn. hoping it at least signifies something

William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 4d

It is a tale
Told by an idiot

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Brian Davey @brianmdavey.bsky.social · 4d

lászló krasznahorkai

lászló krasznahorkai how to pronounce

lászló krasznahorkai best book

lászló krasznahorkai shortest book

family guy peter griffin funniest moments compilation

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Stats for Lefties 🍉🏳️‍⚧️ @leftiestats.bsky.social · 4d

🚨 NEW | Greens surge to 15% (2pts behind Lab)

➡️ REF – 32% (-3)
🔴 LAB – 17% (-2)
🔵 CON – 17% (+3)
🟢 GRN – 15% (+4)
🟠 LD – 12% (-)

Via @FindoutnowUK, 8 Oct (+/- vs 1 Oct)

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Gabriel Flynn @gabrielflynn.bsky.social · 4d

Trying my best

Gabriel Flynn @gabrielflynn.bsky.social · 4d

If you're excited by long-haired literary men being in the spotlight, come along and see me talk with the ‘Kilkenny Krasznahorkai’ @elfodongo.bsky.social tonight!

Gabriel Flynn @gabrielflynn.bsky.social · 5d

Berlin pals, this is happening tomorrow! Please come along. The book is great and Tim is very funny and eloquent. It’ll be nice.

Me and Tim MacGabhann talking about his memoir THE BLACK POOL at Shakespeare and Sons on Oct 9th 18:45

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Gabriel Flynn @gabrielflynn.bsky.social · 4d

If you haven’t read László Krasznahorkai, I think a great place to start is The Last Wolf (trans by George Szirtes). It’s short and fun and will give you a great sense of what he’s about.

Gabriel Flynn @gabrielflynn.bsky.social · 4d

Should have put my money where my mouth was

Gabriel Flynn @gabrielflynn.bsky.social · 5d

My predictions:

1. László Krasznahorkai
2. Don DeLillo
3. Amitav Ghosh

(prediction 3 shamelessly stolen from the champ @mathildegm.bsky.social)

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Daniel Kennedy @fliglman.bsky.social · 4d

I love the idea that there's some guy in the bookies reading through some highbrow Romanian literature (in Swedish translation) and thinking to himself "It's not Cărtărescu's year"

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Marianne Dhenin @mariannedhe.bsky.social · 5d

Sharing my writing on "The Gulf World That Air Conditioning Wrought" once again because you can now listen to it read by a voice actor! Big thanks to the @noemamag.com team, who respected my ask to have a person narrate my writing rather than an automated voice. Check it out! 👂

The Gulf World That Air Conditioning Wrought | NOEMA

From Saudi Arabia to Qatar, rulers have used modern air conditioning to control landscapes and lives, forgoing traditional methods of keeping cool.

www.noemamag.com

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Gabriel Flynn @gabrielflynn.bsky.social · 5d

My predictions:

1. László Krasznahorkai
2. Don DeLillo
3. Amitav Ghosh

(prediction 3 shamelessly stolen from the champ @mathildegm.bsky.social)

Gabriel Flynn @gabrielflynn.bsky.social · 5d

Berlin pals, this is happening tomorrow! Please come along. The book is great and Tim is very funny and eloquent. It’ll be nice.

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Emily Dische-Becker @emilydische.bsky.social · 6d

highly recommend this interview with Ben Ratskoff about the Nova exhibition
thediasporist.de/schlock-and-...

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Alexander Luckmann @aluckmann.bsky.social · 7d

In case anyone hasn’t seen it here’s a compilation of Eric Adams saying “New York City is the [capital of another country] of America”

youtube.com/shorts/EeEp8...

Eric Adams: "New York City is the ____ of America"

YouTube video by Avery the Cuban-American

youtube.com

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Gabriel Flynn @gabrielflynn.bsky.social · 6d

Some of y’all have never listened to Rock n Roll Gangster by Fieldy’s Dreams and it shows

Arbeitology @arbeitology.bsky.social · 6d

The only album that escapes the nu metal period with any dignity imho

Gabriel Flynn @gabrielflynn.bsky.social · 6d

when I was 12 I thought Casey Chaos was the coolest guy in the world

Gabriel Flynn @gabrielflynn.bsky.social · 6d

lol I loved this album, haven’t listened in years but I also remember it as being actually decent

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Gabriel Flynn @gabrielflynn.bsky.social · 6d

pro writing tip: always start the day by addressing a minor administrative task so that you’re in a bad mood when you begin your actual work

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