Dorothy, a publishing project
@dorothyproject.bsky.social
St. Louis-based press distributed by New York Review Books. Fiction & near fiction. Two books every Fall. Renee Gladman. Leonora Carrington. Cristina Rivera Garza. Caren Beilin. Amina Cain. Giada Scodellaro. Pip Adam. Kate Briggs. Etc. dorothyproject.com
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Now maybe I can read a book for 20 minutes while the pie cooks and everyone else is distracted.
November 27, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Now maybe I can read a book for 20 minutes while the pie cooks and everyone else is distracted.
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The Autobiography of H. Lan Thao Lam by Lana Lin. I'm 60% through and I love it. I love every thing about it: the language, the people, the structure. It's just wonderful and will absolutely make my top 10 this year.
November 27, 2025 at 7:00 AM
The Autobiography of H. Lan Thao Lam by Lana Lin. I'm 60% through and I love it. I love every thing about it: the language, the people, the structure. It's just wonderful and will absolutely make my top 10 this year.
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November 24, 2025 at 4:21 PM
You can support small/midsize LLC presses like @beltpublishing.bsky.social, @twodollarradio.bsky.social, @dorothyproject.bsky.social by buying their books. You can support 501c3s (@coffeehousepress.bsky.social, @deepvellum.bsky.social, @hubcitypress.bsky.social) by making a tax-deductible donation.
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Jewels of fairytales. My first encounter with Carrington; really appreciated the semi-chronological structure. Devoured it, appropriately.
October 2, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Jewels of fairytales. My first encounter with Carrington; really appreciated the semi-chronological structure. Devoured it, appropriately.
"As I studied Man Ray’s photograph of Gertrude Stein at her desk and Alice B. Toklas at the door about to enter the hallowed studio at 27 Rue de Fleurus, I was gripped by an uncanny sense of recognition..."
November 19, 2025 at 3:17 PM
"As I studied Man Ray’s photograph of Gertrude Stein at her desk and Alice B. Toklas at the door about to enter the hallowed studio at 27 Rue de Fleurus, I was gripped by an uncanny sense of recognition..."
". . . it’s important to try to approach every text as if it’s the first text you ever translated, while simultaneously keeping your knowledge and experience in your back pocket. Every writer has a different style and you want to approach that style like you’re building it from the ground up."
November 18, 2025 at 11:42 PM
". . . it’s important to try to approach every text as if it’s the first text you ever translated, while simultaneously keeping your knowledge and experience in your back pocket. Every writer has a different style and you want to approach that style like you’re building it from the ground up."
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November 14, 2025 at 10:42 PM
OMG YOU CAN BUY @dorothyproject.bsky.social BOOKS AT THE NYRB WEBSITE AND THEY ARE ALSO ON SALE !!!!!! !!!!!!!!
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November 14, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Example: "I think poetry can do everything. It makes poetry, books of poetry, but it also makes novels, narrative texts, it also makes theater, it can make investigations, documentary texts. Poetry is capable of taking on all forms, and it’s only poetry that interests me."