George Oliver Kowalik
@kowalikgeorge.bsky.social
Writer & researcher. Author of 'Hybrid Novels: Post-postmodernism, Sincerity, and Race at the Turn of the 21st Century' (Routledge). Currently teaching at Glasgow Caledonian University London.
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My book came out on Friday!
Hybrid Novels has chapters on Percival Everett, Jonathan Franzen, Zadie Smith & David Foster Wallace, before turning to Sheila Heti, Ben Lerner, Teju Cole & Tao Lin.
c20/c21 scholars/students… order in to your libraries!
www.routledge.com/Hybrid-Novel...
Hybrid Novels has chapters on Percival Everett, Jonathan Franzen, Zadie Smith & David Foster Wallace, before turning to Sheila Heti, Ben Lerner, Teju Cole & Tao Lin.
c20/c21 scholars/students… order in to your libraries!
www.routledge.com/Hybrid-Novel...
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It’s the most wonderful time of the year, because my book is out now, fresh off the press!
Happy book birthday to “Literary Autobiography: Contemporary Novelists and their Self-Representations” (Palgrave Macmillan, 2025) 📕🎉! doi.org/10.1007/978-... @hss.springernature.com
Happy book birthday to “Literary Autobiography: Contemporary Novelists and their Self-Representations” (Palgrave Macmillan, 2025) 📕🎉! doi.org/10.1007/978-... @hss.springernature.com
November 29, 2025 at 11:22 PM
It’s the most wonderful time of the year, because my book is out now, fresh off the press!
Happy book birthday to “Literary Autobiography: Contemporary Novelists and their Self-Representations” (Palgrave Macmillan, 2025) 📕🎉! doi.org/10.1007/978-... @hss.springernature.com
Happy book birthday to “Literary Autobiography: Contemporary Novelists and their Self-Representations” (Palgrave Macmillan, 2025) 📕🎉! doi.org/10.1007/978-... @hss.springernature.com
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Thrilled to announce our new issue, Novel Media/Media Novel, edited by Dong Xia and Sandro Eich:
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C21 Literature: Journal of 21st-Century Writings |
Issue: Issue: 2(12) Novel Media / Media Novel (Autumn 2025) (2025)
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November 11, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Thrilled to announce our new issue, Novel Media/Media Novel, edited by Dong Xia and Sandro Eich:
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George Kowalik writes of Percival Everett's The Trees and the haunting of "Till’s body [as] an amalgamation of undead zombie, ghost, alien, and theistic possibility" as "Everett’s large cast of characters describes it as each of these..."
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Past and Potential in Percival Everett’s The Trees - ASAP/Review
The opening page of Percival Everett’s landmark 2021 novel The Trees includes the following line: “the word between usually suggested something at either end, two somethings, or destinations.” This di...
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December 4, 2025 at 2:50 PM
George Kowalik writes of Percival Everett's The Trees and the haunting of "Till’s body [as] an amalgamation of undead zombie, ghost, alien, and theistic possibility" as "Everett’s large cast of characters describes it as each of these..."
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Our newest cluster is here... and it's (a-)LIVE!!!
HAUNTINGS
Edited by Emmy Waldman (@emmywaldman.bsky.social) & David Hering
Feat:
Nicole Dib
Arin Keeble
Jay Shelat
Irina Troconis
Dorinne Kondo
George Kowalik
A. Banerjee
M. Stang
Christine Prevas
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HAUNTINGS
Edited by Emmy Waldman (@emmywaldman.bsky.social) & David Hering
Feat:
Nicole Dib
Arin Keeble
Jay Shelat
Irina Troconis
Dorinne Kondo
George Kowalik
A. Banerjee
M. Stang
Christine Prevas
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Hauntings - ASAP/Review
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December 4, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Our newest cluster is here... and it's (a-)LIVE!!!
HAUNTINGS
Edited by Emmy Waldman (@emmywaldman.bsky.social) & David Hering
Feat:
Nicole Dib
Arin Keeble
Jay Shelat
Irina Troconis
Dorinne Kondo
George Kowalik
A. Banerjee
M. Stang
Christine Prevas
asapjournal.com/cluster/haun...
HAUNTINGS
Edited by Emmy Waldman (@emmywaldman.bsky.social) & David Hering
Feat:
Nicole Dib
Arin Keeble
Jay Shelat
Irina Troconis
Dorinne Kondo
George Kowalik
A. Banerjee
M. Stang
Christine Prevas
asapjournal.com/cluster/haun...
I have an essay on Percival Everett's 'The Trees' in a fantastic new cluster of research on Hauntings up at ASAP/Review!
asapjournal.com/node/past-an...
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Past and Potential in Percival Everett’s The Trees - ASAP/Review
The opening page of Percival Everett’s landmark 2021 novel The Trees includes the following line: “the word between usually suggested something at either end, two somethings, or destinations.” This di...
asapjournal.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:00 PM
I have an essay on Percival Everett's 'The Trees' in a fantastic new cluster of research on Hauntings up at ASAP/Review!
asapjournal.com/node/past-an...
asapjournal.com/node/past-an...
a couple of big ones bought in Tokyo before they’re out in the UK 😍
November 23, 2025 at 7:51 PM
a couple of big ones bought in Tokyo before they’re out in the UK 😍
A short piece I wrote last year - “Just in Time: Percival Everett’s ‘Erasure’” - has been published by the Journal of American Studies.
In it, I discuss my PhD research, Everett’s work, careers, and cultural moments.
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In it, I discuss my PhD research, Everett’s work, careers, and cultural moments.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
JUST IN TIME: PERCIVAL EVERETT’S ERASURE | Journal of American Studies | Cambridge Core
JUST IN TIME: PERCIVAL EVERETT’S ERASURE - Volume 58 Issue 4
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November 7, 2025 at 11:09 AM
A short piece I wrote last year - “Just in Time: Percival Everett’s ‘Erasure’” - has been published by the Journal of American Studies.
In it, I discuss my PhD research, Everett’s work, careers, and cultural moments.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
In it, I discuss my PhD research, Everett’s work, careers, and cultural moments.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
My book came out on Friday!
Hybrid Novels has chapters on Percival Everett, Jonathan Franzen, Zadie Smith & David Foster Wallace, before turning to Sheila Heti, Ben Lerner, Teju Cole & Tao Lin.
c20/c21 scholars/students… order in to your libraries!
www.routledge.com/Hybrid-Novel...
Hybrid Novels has chapters on Percival Everett, Jonathan Franzen, Zadie Smith & David Foster Wallace, before turning to Sheila Heti, Ben Lerner, Teju Cole & Tao Lin.
c20/c21 scholars/students… order in to your libraries!
www.routledge.com/Hybrid-Novel...
October 6, 2025 at 12:54 PM
My book came out on Friday!
Hybrid Novels has chapters on Percival Everett, Jonathan Franzen, Zadie Smith & David Foster Wallace, before turning to Sheila Heti, Ben Lerner, Teju Cole & Tao Lin.
c20/c21 scholars/students… order in to your libraries!
www.routledge.com/Hybrid-Novel...
Hybrid Novels has chapters on Percival Everett, Jonathan Franzen, Zadie Smith & David Foster Wallace, before turning to Sheila Heti, Ben Lerner, Teju Cole & Tao Lin.
c20/c21 scholars/students… order in to your libraries!
www.routledge.com/Hybrid-Novel...
“Impeded” - feat. junior football firms, British pub culture, organised fights, directionless male youth ✍️
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September 30, 2025 at 2:48 PM
“Impeded” - feat. junior football firms, British pub culture, organised fights, directionless male youth ✍️
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shop.thebrusselsreview.com/products/tbr...
My book is out a week today!
Amazon: www.amazon.co.uk/Hybrid-Novel...
Bookshop: uk.bookshop.org/p/books/hybr...
Waterstones: www.waterstones.com/book/hybrid-...
Amazon: www.amazon.co.uk/Hybrid-Novel...
Bookshop: uk.bookshop.org/p/books/hybr...
Waterstones: www.waterstones.com/book/hybrid-...
September 26, 2025 at 10:37 AM
My book is out a week today!
Amazon: www.amazon.co.uk/Hybrid-Novel...
Bookshop: uk.bookshop.org/p/books/hybr...
Waterstones: www.waterstones.com/book/hybrid-...
Amazon: www.amazon.co.uk/Hybrid-Novel...
Bookshop: uk.bookshop.org/p/books/hybr...
Waterstones: www.waterstones.com/book/hybrid-...
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Redford's golden boy aura made him perfect for roles like "The Great Gatsby" and "The Way We Were," but cost him others like "The Graduate."
Robert Redford, Activist, Actor, Director, and Sundance Leader, Dead at 89
Redford's golden boy aura made him perfect for roles like "The Great Gatsby" and "The Way We Were," but cost him others like "The Graduate."
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September 16, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Redford's golden boy aura made him perfect for roles like "The Great Gatsby" and "The Way We Were," but cost him others like "The Graduate."
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Robert Redford's 15 Best Movies: His greatest performances from Butch Cassidy, The Sting, and Jeremiah Johnson to All Is Lost.
The 15 Greatest Robert Redford Performances
Robert Redford's 15 Best Movies: His greatest performances from Butch Cassidy, The Sting, and Jeremiah Johnson to All Is Lost.
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September 16, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Robert Redford's 15 Best Movies: His greatest performances from Butch Cassidy, The Sting, and Jeremiah Johnson to All Is Lost.
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Did you know all our magazines are free to read online? Because they are. 👉🏻 penstricken.com/issues
#fiction #poetry #writing
#fiction #poetry #writing
Issues
Issues Current Issue Title: Love and HateIssue no.: 3 (Summer 2025) Love and hate: commonplace words that encompass an almost endless array of interweaving feelings and actions. From the true story…
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September 9, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Did you know all our magazines are free to read online? Because they are. 👉🏻 penstricken.com/issues
#fiction #poetry #writing
#fiction #poetry #writing
I have a short story in The Brussels Review’s new “Blanc” anthology, which is available now: shop.thebrusselsreview.com
A couple of big influences on ‘Impeded’ were Melville’s “Billy Budd” and Bill Buford’s ‘Among the Thugs’
A couple of big influences on ‘Impeded’ were Melville’s “Billy Budd” and Bill Buford’s ‘Among the Thugs’
August 22, 2025 at 9:09 AM
I have a short story in The Brussels Review’s new “Blanc” anthology, which is available now: shop.thebrusselsreview.com
A couple of big influences on ‘Impeded’ were Melville’s “Billy Budd” and Bill Buford’s ‘Among the Thugs’
A couple of big influences on ‘Impeded’ were Melville’s “Billy Budd” and Bill Buford’s ‘Among the Thugs’
‘The Peel’ was included in this anthology after being shortlisted for the MTP 2025 Short Story Competition. It was originally published last year: www.sanspress.com/the-archive-...
August 17, 2025 at 10:54 AM
‘The Peel’ was included in this anthology after being shortlisted for the MTP 2025 Short Story Competition. It was originally published last year: www.sanspress.com/the-archive-...
My 2023 journal article on post-postmodernism (part of my PhD research, now part of my forthcoming first book) won an award!
My thanks to ‘Humanities’ 🙏
My thanks to ‘Humanities’ 🙏
July 30, 2025 at 9:07 AM
My 2023 journal article on post-postmodernism (part of my PhD research, now part of my forthcoming first book) won an award!
My thanks to ‘Humanities’ 🙏
My thanks to ‘Humanities’ 🙏
Excited to have my story ‘The Peel’ shortlisted for the MTP 2025 Short Story Competition.
It’ll be appearing in a print anthology next month!
It’ll be appearing in a print anthology next month!
July 10, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Excited to have my story ‘The Peel’ shortlisted for the MTP 2025 Short Story Competition.
It’ll be appearing in a print anthology next month!
It’ll be appearing in a print anthology next month!
At the British Library this evening!
June 16, 2025 at 9:22 PM
At the British Library this evening!
June 8, 2025 at 10:47 AM
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We’re taking a break from publications until Friday. We’ll be publishing Nicole Brogdon, M. Klein, & George Oliver that day. Fabulous writers with loads to say. Thank you for understanding!
June 2, 2025 at 9:03 PM
We’re taking a break from publications until Friday. We’ll be publishing Nicole Brogdon, M. Klein, & George Oliver that day. Fabulous writers with loads to say. Thank you for understanding!
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Our 2025 Spring anthology is out now! As always these are unthemed & touch on some triggering subjects so read with care ✨ link in bio
*Small reminder, Spring issue was very behind schedule so we are already starting to read through the Summer subs which close tonight 🥰
*Small reminder, Spring issue was very behind schedule so we are already starting to read through the Summer subs which close tonight 🥰
June 1, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Our 2025 Spring anthology is out now! As always these are unthemed & touch on some triggering subjects so read with care ✨ link in bio
*Small reminder, Spring issue was very behind schedule so we are already starting to read through the Summer subs which close tonight 🥰
*Small reminder, Spring issue was very behind schedule so we are already starting to read through the Summer subs which close tonight 🥰
My story ‘Hinterland’ appears in the Spring Quarterly Anthology of @querenciapress.bsky.social!
Available to buy here:
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Available to buy here:
www.querenciapress.com/querencia-sp...
Querencia Spring 2025 Anthology — Querencia Press
Querencia Press's Spring 2025 anthology features 53 contributors of Poetry, Fiction, & Non-fiction work. The themes of the collection vary widely. Get your copy today!
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May 30, 2025 at 1:21 PM
My story ‘Hinterland’ appears in the Spring Quarterly Anthology of @querenciapress.bsky.social!
Available to buy here:
www.querenciapress.com/querencia-sp...
Available to buy here:
www.querenciapress.com/querencia-sp...
I have a new story about Polishness and the Life in the UK Test in the new issue of Reverie Magazine.
I wrote it before this week’s government White Paper. I for one might fuck off outta this country if we keep pretending that our economy and society doesn’t/hasn’t ALWAYS relied on immigrants.
I wrote it before this week’s government White Paper. I for one might fuck off outta this country if we keep pretending that our economy and society doesn’t/hasn’t ALWAYS relied on immigrants.
May 16, 2025 at 8:47 AM
I have a new story about Polishness and the Life in the UK Test in the new issue of Reverie Magazine.
I wrote it before this week’s government White Paper. I for one might fuck off outta this country if we keep pretending that our economy and society doesn’t/hasn’t ALWAYS relied on immigrants.
I wrote it before this week’s government White Paper. I for one might fuck off outta this country if we keep pretending that our economy and society doesn’t/hasn’t ALWAYS relied on immigrants.
My story ‘Hinterland’ will also appear in this! 🥝🥝🥝
Our 2025 Spring anthology (featuring 53 contributors) is available for a quick preorder! As always these are unthemed & touch on some triggering subjects so should be read with care ✨ link in bio
May 15, 2025 at 4:47 PM
My story ‘Hinterland’ will also appear in this! 🥝🥝🥝