Sean Walters
@seanwrite.bsky.social
Cynical Canadian bibliophile/writer guy into music, sports (lifelong Caps/Jays fan), contemporary literature and poetry, foreign film and used bookstores and booksales. Not much else.
Latest literary pickups:
The Nonexistent Knight (1959) & The Cloven Viscount (1952) by Italo Calvino
Going Into the City: A Memoir (2015) by Robert Christgau
Mishima: A Biography (1974) by John Nathan
Soft City (1974) by Jonathan Raban
The Nonexistent Knight (1959) & The Cloven Viscount (1952) by Italo Calvino
Going Into the City: A Memoir (2015) by Robert Christgau
Mishima: A Biography (1974) by John Nathan
Soft City (1974) by Jonathan Raban
November 27, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Latest literary pickups:
The Nonexistent Knight (1959) & The Cloven Viscount (1952) by Italo Calvino
Going Into the City: A Memoir (2015) by Robert Christgau
Mishima: A Biography (1974) by John Nathan
Soft City (1974) by Jonathan Raban
The Nonexistent Knight (1959) & The Cloven Viscount (1952) by Italo Calvino
Going Into the City: A Memoir (2015) by Robert Christgau
Mishima: A Biography (1974) by John Nathan
Soft City (1974) by Jonathan Raban
Recent Little Free Library Pickups:
Life & Times of Michael K (1983) by J.M. Coetzee
The Year of Magical Thinking (2005) by Joan Didion
Ferocity (2017) by Nicola Lagioia
Intermezzo (2024) by Sally Rooney
Life & Times of Michael K (1983) by J.M. Coetzee
The Year of Magical Thinking (2005) by Joan Didion
Ferocity (2017) by Nicola Lagioia
Intermezzo (2024) by Sally Rooney
November 22, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Recent Little Free Library Pickups:
Life & Times of Michael K (1983) by J.M. Coetzee
The Year of Magical Thinking (2005) by Joan Didion
Ferocity (2017) by Nicola Lagioia
Intermezzo (2024) by Sally Rooney
Life & Times of Michael K (1983) by J.M. Coetzee
The Year of Magical Thinking (2005) by Joan Didion
Ferocity (2017) by Nicola Lagioia
Intermezzo (2024) by Sally Rooney
Dali and Me (2005) and Deliverance (2006) by late American visual artist Llyn Foulkes. #RIPLlynFoulkes
November 22, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Dali and Me (2005) and Deliverance (2006) by late American visual artist Llyn Foulkes. #RIPLlynFoulkes
Photo of Mark E Smith by Jayne Houghton. #FallFriday
November 21, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Photo of Mark E Smith by Jayne Houghton. #FallFriday
Byron Bay: Winter by late Australian poet Robert Gray (1945-2025) #RIPRobertGray
November 18, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Byron Bay: Winter by late Australian poet Robert Gray (1945-2025) #RIPRobertGray
Swiss concert poster for The Fall from February 1983. #FallFriday
November 14, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Swiss concert poster for The Fall from February 1983. #FallFriday
Photo of Brix and Mark E. Smith taken in Salford in 1984. Photo credit: Michael Pollard. #FallFriday
November 14, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Photo of Brix and Mark E. Smith taken in Salford in 1984. Photo credit: Michael Pollard. #FallFriday
Recent literary pickups (from Little Free Libraries and Used Bookstores) 3/x
City of Night (1963) by John Rechy
So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed (2015) by Jon Ronson
Last Exit to Brooklyn (1964) by Hubert Selby Jr.
City of Night (1963) by John Rechy
So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed (2015) by Jon Ronson
Last Exit to Brooklyn (1964) by Hubert Selby Jr.
November 12, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Recent literary pickups (from Little Free Libraries and Used Bookstores) 3/x
City of Night (1963) by John Rechy
So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed (2015) by Jon Ronson
Last Exit to Brooklyn (1964) by Hubert Selby Jr.
City of Night (1963) by John Rechy
So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed (2015) by Jon Ronson
Last Exit to Brooklyn (1964) by Hubert Selby Jr.
Recent literary pickups (from Little Free Libraries and Used Bookstores) 2/3
All Fours (2024) by Miranda July
Regarding Film: Criticism & Comment (2001) by Stanley Kauffmann
Wise Blood (1952) by Flannery O’Connor
All Fours (2024) by Miranda July
Regarding Film: Criticism & Comment (2001) by Stanley Kauffmann
Wise Blood (1952) by Flannery O’Connor
November 12, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Recent literary pickups (from Little Free Libraries and Used Bookstores) 2/3
All Fours (2024) by Miranda July
Regarding Film: Criticism & Comment (2001) by Stanley Kauffmann
Wise Blood (1952) by Flannery O’Connor
All Fours (2024) by Miranda July
Regarding Film: Criticism & Comment (2001) by Stanley Kauffmann
Wise Blood (1952) by Flannery O’Connor
Recent literary pickups (from Little Free Libraries and Used Bookstores) 1/3
The Land at the End of the World (1979) by Antonio Lobo Antunes
A Period of Confinement (1986) by Moira Crone
Something You Do in the Dark (1971) by Daniel Curzon
The Recognitions (1955) by William Gaddis
The Land at the End of the World (1979) by Antonio Lobo Antunes
A Period of Confinement (1986) by Moira Crone
Something You Do in the Dark (1971) by Daniel Curzon
The Recognitions (1955) by William Gaddis
November 12, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Recent literary pickups (from Little Free Libraries and Used Bookstores) 1/3
The Land at the End of the World (1979) by Antonio Lobo Antunes
A Period of Confinement (1986) by Moira Crone
Something You Do in the Dark (1971) by Daniel Curzon
The Recognitions (1955) by William Gaddis
The Land at the End of the World (1979) by Antonio Lobo Antunes
A Period of Confinement (1986) by Moira Crone
Something You Do in the Dark (1971) by Daniel Curzon
The Recognitions (1955) by William Gaddis
Karl Burns, Mark E. Smith and Marc Riley after performing in Hoboken, New Jersey in 1981. Photo credit: Laura Levine. #FallFriday
November 7, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Karl Burns, Mark E. Smith and Marc Riley after performing in Hoboken, New Jersey in 1981. Photo credit: Laura Levine. #FallFriday
Autumn I by Dutch painter Ton Schulten (1938-2025) #RIPTonSchulten
November 7, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Autumn I by Dutch painter Ton Schulten (1938-2025) #RIPTonSchulten
The Clown (1990) by late Ukrainian artist Viktor Marinyuk (1939-2025) #RIPViktorMarinyuk
November 7, 2025 at 3:58 AM
The Clown (1990) by late Ukrainian artist Viktor Marinyuk (1939-2025) #RIPViktorMarinyuk
Celebrated Italian photographer Mimmo Jodice died last week at 91. Starting in Pop Art, he became a renowned landscape photographer mid-career. #RIPMimmoJodice
November 7, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Celebrated Italian photographer Mimmo Jodice died last week at 91. Starting in Pop Art, he became a renowned landscape photographer mid-career. #RIPMimmoJodice
A photo of Mark E. Smith and Echo and the Bunnymen’s Ian McCulloch backstage at Eric’s Club in Liverpool in 1978. Photo credit: Michael Finkler. #FallFriday
October 24, 2025 at 12:59 PM
A photo of Mark E. Smith and Echo and the Bunnymen’s Ian McCulloch backstage at Eric’s Club in Liverpool in 1978. Photo credit: Michael Finkler. #FallFriday
Last two books read:
Both Flesh and Not (2012) by David Foster Wallace
No One Belongs Here More Than You: Stories (2007) by Miranda July
Currently reading;
L’Amante Anglaise (1967) by Marguerite Duras
Both Flesh and Not (2012) by David Foster Wallace
No One Belongs Here More Than You: Stories (2007) by Miranda July
Currently reading;
L’Amante Anglaise (1967) by Marguerite Duras
October 24, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Last two books read:
Both Flesh and Not (2012) by David Foster Wallace
No One Belongs Here More Than You: Stories (2007) by Miranda July
Currently reading;
L’Amante Anglaise (1967) by Marguerite Duras
Both Flesh and Not (2012) by David Foster Wallace
No One Belongs Here More Than You: Stories (2007) by Miranda July
Currently reading;
L’Amante Anglaise (1967) by Marguerite Duras
Books bought at Trinity College Book Sale - 12 books for $46 (3/x):
Christ Stopped at Eboli (1945) by Carlo Levi
In Evil Hour (1962) by Gabriel García Márquez
New and Collected Poems 1931-2001 (2003) by Czeslaw Milosz
Kiss in the Hotel Joseph Conrad and Other Stories (1989) by Howard Norman
Christ Stopped at Eboli (1945) by Carlo Levi
In Evil Hour (1962) by Gabriel García Márquez
New and Collected Poems 1931-2001 (2003) by Czeslaw Milosz
Kiss in the Hotel Joseph Conrad and Other Stories (1989) by Howard Norman
October 23, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Books bought at Trinity College Book Sale - 12 books for $46 (3/x):
Christ Stopped at Eboli (1945) by Carlo Levi
In Evil Hour (1962) by Gabriel García Márquez
New and Collected Poems 1931-2001 (2003) by Czeslaw Milosz
Kiss in the Hotel Joseph Conrad and Other Stories (1989) by Howard Norman
Christ Stopped at Eboli (1945) by Carlo Levi
In Evil Hour (1962) by Gabriel García Márquez
New and Collected Poems 1931-2001 (2003) by Czeslaw Milosz
Kiss in the Hotel Joseph Conrad and Other Stories (1989) by Howard Norman
Books bought at Trinity College Book Sale - 12 books for $46 (2/3):
The Death of Artemio Cruz (1962) by Carlos Fuentes
Collected Poems (2003) By Ted Hughes
Figures of Light: Film Comment and Criticism (1971) by Stanley Kauffmann
Living Images (1975) by Stanley Kauffmann
The Death of Artemio Cruz (1962) by Carlos Fuentes
Collected Poems (2003) By Ted Hughes
Figures of Light: Film Comment and Criticism (1971) by Stanley Kauffmann
Living Images (1975) by Stanley Kauffmann
October 23, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Books bought at Trinity College Book Sale - 12 books for $46 (2/3):
The Death of Artemio Cruz (1962) by Carlos Fuentes
Collected Poems (2003) By Ted Hughes
Figures of Light: Film Comment and Criticism (1971) by Stanley Kauffmann
Living Images (1975) by Stanley Kauffmann
The Death of Artemio Cruz (1962) by Carlos Fuentes
Collected Poems (2003) By Ted Hughes
Figures of Light: Film Comment and Criticism (1971) by Stanley Kauffmann
Living Images (1975) by Stanley Kauffmann
Books bought at Trinity College Book Sale - 12 books for $46 (1/3)
Agee on Film: Reviews and Comments (1958) by James Agee
Second Marriage (1984) by Frederick Barthelme
Midair (1985) by Frank Conroy
Rock Springs (1987) by Richard Ford
Agee on Film: Reviews and Comments (1958) by James Agee
Second Marriage (1984) by Frederick Barthelme
Midair (1985) by Frank Conroy
Rock Springs (1987) by Richard Ford
October 23, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Books bought at Trinity College Book Sale - 12 books for $46 (1/3)
Agee on Film: Reviews and Comments (1958) by James Agee
Second Marriage (1984) by Frederick Barthelme
Midair (1985) by Frank Conroy
Rock Springs (1987) by Richard Ford
Agee on Film: Reviews and Comments (1958) by James Agee
Second Marriage (1984) by Frederick Barthelme
Midair (1985) by Frank Conroy
Rock Springs (1987) by Richard Ford
Books bought in Portugal - October 2025 (2/x):
An Apprenticeship or The Book of Pleasures (1969) by Clarice Lispector
The Book of Disquiet (1982) by Fernando Pessoa
Little Misunderstandings of No Importance and Other Stories (1985) by Antonio Tabucchi
An Apprenticeship or The Book of Pleasures (1969) by Clarice Lispector
The Book of Disquiet (1982) by Fernando Pessoa
Little Misunderstandings of No Importance and Other Stories (1985) by Antonio Tabucchi
October 23, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Books bought in Portugal - October 2025 (2/x):
An Apprenticeship or The Book of Pleasures (1969) by Clarice Lispector
The Book of Disquiet (1982) by Fernando Pessoa
Little Misunderstandings of No Importance and Other Stories (1985) by Antonio Tabucchi
An Apprenticeship or The Book of Pleasures (1969) by Clarice Lispector
The Book of Disquiet (1982) by Fernando Pessoa
Little Misunderstandings of No Importance and Other Stories (1985) by Antonio Tabucchi
Books bought in Portugal - October 2025 (1/2):
By the Rivers of Babylon (2010) by António Lobo Antunes
On the Calculation of Volume I (2020) by Solvej Balle
On the Calculation of Volume II (2020) by Solvej Balle
Occupation (2019) by Julián Fuks (2019)
By the Rivers of Babylon (2010) by António Lobo Antunes
On the Calculation of Volume I (2020) by Solvej Balle
On the Calculation of Volume II (2020) by Solvej Balle
Occupation (2019) by Julián Fuks (2019)
October 23, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Books bought in Portugal - October 2025 (1/2):
By the Rivers of Babylon (2010) by António Lobo Antunes
On the Calculation of Volume I (2020) by Solvej Balle
On the Calculation of Volume II (2020) by Solvej Balle
Occupation (2019) by Julián Fuks (2019)
By the Rivers of Babylon (2010) by António Lobo Antunes
On the Calculation of Volume I (2020) by Solvej Balle
On the Calculation of Volume II (2020) by Solvej Balle
Occupation (2019) by Julián Fuks (2019)
Leviatan (1968) by Czech structural abstraction painter Zbyšek Sion (1938-2025) #RIPZybsekSion
October 22, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Leviatan (1968) by Czech structural abstraction painter Zbyšek Sion (1938-2025) #RIPZybsekSion
Man at Cabo de São Vicente. The most southwestern part of Europe.
October 16, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Man at Cabo de São Vicente. The most southwestern part of Europe.
Looking up from the bottom of the Initiation Well at Quinta da Regaleira in Sintra, Portugal
October 16, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Looking up from the bottom of the Initiation Well at Quinta da Regaleira in Sintra, Portugal
Looking over the Atlantic Ocean from the Seven Hanging Valleys Boardwalk in Carvoeiro, Portugal.
October 11, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Looking over the Atlantic Ocean from the Seven Hanging Valleys Boardwalk in Carvoeiro, Portugal.