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Publishing, in Theory

New episode of the Books and Their Makers podcast on Radio MoLI @moli_museum

A great pleasure to listen to @badaud_e and @temmuzsr read from each other's new books/zines, and to talk about how critical theory can be made accessible to a broader readership, what role publishers play in this process, academia and precarity, & creative ways of navigating the publishing world

1st photo by @megrevs

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Some of the books I read & returned to over the six years I was writing She Was Wild Grass 🌱 Even if they aren't explicitly mentioned in my book, they informed my thinking, aesthetics, & politics, and I'm indebted to them and their authors.

(A few are old library books with stickers on the spine that obscure the authors' last names, but Minor Characters is by Joyce Johnson & Silences is by Tillie Olsen)

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We’re excited to announce the winner and runners-up of this year’s prize, along with the release of ‘Eleven Stories 2026’!

Mimi Kawahara (@mkawahara29) takes the top spot with ‘Disaster preparedness test, ex post facto’, a ‘devastatingly intimate...portrait of mourning...that understands grief not as a problem to be solved or overcome but as a condition to be inhabited.’ (Ottessa Moshfegh, 2026 judge).

Our runners-up are Eric Baker (@baekboi_sung) and Emily Roese (@emilyroese) with their stories ‘This History of Violence’ and ‘Slug’.

ABOUT THE COLLECTION:
‘The Desperate Literature Short Story Prize remains a beacon for experiment in times when this is both increasingly rare and increasingly vital’
—Joanna Walsh

‘so structurally inventive’
—Ottessa Moshfegh

You can get Eleven Stories in PDF via our website and keep an eye out for stories appearing with partner journals in the coming months!

Thanks to our Judges:
Claire-Louise Bennett
Ottessa Moshfegh
Joanna Walsh

The full shortlist:
Katie Assef (@katie_shireen)
Saad Bin Iftikhar (@saad_109393)
Imogen Clarke (@imogenclrk)
Christian Emecheta (@emechetachristian)
Jennifer Green
Esther Leaming (@estherdreaming)
L. J. de Pedro
Alexandra Symons-Sutcliffe (@lxndr_a)

Thanks to our partners and particularly @degrootfoundation for all their unfailing support! Without them, the prize wouldn’t be possible.

Our Partners include:
@degrootfoundation
@civitellaranieri
@tenementpress
@thelondonmagazine
@kyd_magazine
@helterskeltermag
@minorlits
@theliteraryconsultancy
@spreadthewordwriters
@cipher_press
@folly.journal
@bennreview
@revistapajaroazul
@souvenirmagazineparis
@monitorbooks
@charlotteseymour
@badaud_e
@salon_europe

Thanks to everybody who entered the prize and, finally, thanks to our first-round readers, who have put in countless hours reading stories and selecting this wonderful shortlist.

READERS:
@fatemaabdoolcarim
@vesnamarx
@k.a.mccully
@barbarabianchic
@fifitoro
@londresesficcion
@terryacraven
@fin_olafin
@limeywesty
@paris.librarian
@madelinske
& Dominique Chapla

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Out Now! Autotheory and Its Others!

Ever since Maggie Nelson’s Argonauts gave the word fresh currency a decade ago, autotheory has infiltrated scholarly, literary, and artistic practices. Autotheory and Its Others contributes to this nascent metacritical conversation. An inclusive discourse, autotheory embraces its uncanny double, allotheory, and, thus, this collection invites to the table a host of uncanny others: psychoanalysis, queer theory, and crip theory as well as art writing, postcriticism, and autofiction, among other genres and discourses.
Bringing together four editors and thirteen contributors from both sides of the Atlantic, this collection of critical and creative-critical essays grapples with what it means to couple the personal with the theoretical. The volume’s chapters feature geographical settings as far-flung as New Zealand, Iran, and Mississippi and its wide-ranging topics include anecdotal theory and dialogia–theoria, the bodymind and illness, artificial intelligence and experimentation, accident and fantasy, collages and fragments, unlearning and autopractices, unknowing and the unconscious, uncertainty and art writing, narcissus and trauma, kudzu and pedagogy, memory and legend, autofabulation and religion, and lo-fi critique and academia. Ultimately, Autotheory and Its Others showcases this emergent genre’s diversity while also charting its multivalent future directions.

Edited by Becky McLaughlin, Eric Daffron, Maria Gil Ulldemolins, Kris Pint

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The new charli xcx album came out & we know how it makes us feel, how it makes us feel... like we should read! 📚So we decided to give you some recommendations to read in tandem to the music, fashion, and film.🎥

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reading:
amateurs!
how we built internet culture and why it matters
by joanna walsh
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“whatever you now find weird, uncomfortable and nasty about a new medium will surely become its signature.” _ brian eno
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aesthetics is not only about creating, but experiencing and evaluating, noticing, identifying, sorting, picking and rejecting, making hierarchies, or making relations.
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maybe the 20th century capitalism has finally been conquered by what we call unrealism: a comparatively skill-less genre of art made from arts, for the lolz, just to see what machines can do. if modernism brought the everyday into the studio, ai art brings the studio into the everyday. the demuseumification of the object — its virtual proliferation, its abundance, its reproductivity — smashes the decontextualisation of objects. we are multiple. we contain multitudes.
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#liangjungsbooknotes #joannawalsh
@badaud_e @versobooks

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ANNOUNCING
THE 2026 PRIZE LONGLIST!

Apocatastasis | Archipelago | Blue Noise | Camera Obscured | Animals in the Forgotten Room | No Scrubs | Subterranean | Disaster Preparedness Test, Ex Post Facto | The Thousand Lives of Judas Iscariot | Fear | Five Men and a Pony | Flaktürme Wien | Flowers | Lamination/1 | Marten | Mzungu | Natural Language: | Only Carbs | Our Broadcast Day | Our Men Are Fighting | Potlacth | Puddle | Root | Saint Josse | Slug | Sokoban | Splitting the Atom | Springtime | Stroking the Metal | Swim in the Sea | Tap Tap | The Hole | The Reckoning | The Bear | The Bucket | The Gourmand | The Horse Next Door | The Last Cicadas | The Orchid Ward | The Original Mother | The Shoe Factory | The Twelfth Letter | This History of Violence | Tuesday Wednesday | You Break Your Soul in Like New Shoes

We’ve finally finished reading your entries and have picked 45 stories that will be read in the course of this week to find the 2026 shortlist.

All longlisters should be receiving an email in the coming hours but please refrain from sharing the information until the entire judging process is over!*

Thank you to everybody who entered the prize this year. It’s such a joy to receive your stories and see the prize go from strength to strength every year.

Next week, we’ll be sending the prize shortlist info, and all entrants receive a discount on the 2026 shortlist .pdf.

The shortlist will then be judged by:
Claire-Louise Bennett, Ottessa Moshfegh, & Joanna Walsh (@badaud_e)

Our Partners include:
@degrootfoundation
@civitellaranieri
@tenementpress
@thelondonmagazine
@kyd_magazine
@helterskeltermag
@minorlits
@theliteraryconsultancy
@spreadthewordwriters
@cipher_press
@folly.journal
@bennreview
@revistapajaroazul
@souvenirmagazineparis
@monitorbooks
@charlotteseymour
@badaud_e
@salon_europe

*please let us know if you think your story is included but you haven’t received an email (sometimes multiple stories carry the same title and we know confusion can arise, but to keep the prize anonymous, we cannot release the authors names just yet!). We might not reply today, but we’ll get back to you in the next 48h!

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re:verb 2026: a documentary

Watch it in full through the link in bio.

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Book Presentation: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐕𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐬 𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐎𝐟𝐟

During the opening week, we presented our new publication, The Vibes Are Off, a book born from a vague sense of unease—the feeling that something isn’t quite right, difficult to explain yet impossible to ignore. It brings together our compulsive interpretations, manic confessions, and spiraling trains of thought: attempts to make sense of the things that both disturb and fascinate us.

In a similar vein, the accompanying panel discussion brought together Tihana Bertek, Barbara Gregov, Joanna Walsh, and Günseli Yalcinkaya, and was moderated by Lana Pukanić.

The Vibes Are Off features essays by 𝐀𝐥 𝐇𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐧 𝐄𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐧 ✯ 𝐂𝐞𝐦 𝐀. ✯ 𝐓𝐢𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐚 𝐁𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐤 ✯ 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐛𝐚𝐫𝐚 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐨𝐯 ✯ 𝐌𝐚𝐱𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐋𝐞𝐡𝐧𝐞𝐫 ✯ 𝐋𝐞𝐚 𝐕𝐞𝐧𝐞 ✯ 𝐉𝐨𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐖𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐡 ✯ 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐖𝐚𝐫𝐰𝐢𝐜𝐤 ✯ 𝐆𝐮̈𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐢 𝐘𝐚𝐥𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐚𝐲𝐚, alongside a visual contribution by ✯ 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐬.

Designed by ✯ 𝐀𝐥𝐦𝐚 𝐒̌𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐫.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 €𝟐𝟎.
𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐮𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨@𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐚.𝐜𝐨𝐦.

Photos: 925STUDIO / @ninetofivestudio

@alhassanelwan
@postp0stpost
@badaud_e
@gunseliiiiii
@vesnastihaca
@dabrijela
@weecolors
@cem_____a
@ma_l3h
@skdprosvjeta
@organvida_festival
@lalalua
@l0vro
@mondenka
@vihtikmaher

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🎉 𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐕𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐬 𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐎𝐟𝐟, 𝐢𝐬 𝐎𝐔𝐓! 🎉

We had a great time presenting it together with Tihana Bertek, our own Barbara Gregov, Joanna Walsh, Günseli Yalcinkaya, and Lana Pukanić in the role of a not-your-regular moderator.

Thank you all for coming! Now go and get your hands on this divine-smelling book featuring essays by: 𝐀𝐥 𝐇𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐧 𝐄𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐧 ✯ 𝐂𝐞𝐦 𝐀. ✯ 𝐓𝐢𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐚 𝐁𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐤 ✯ 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐛𝐚𝐫𝐚 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐨𝐯 ✯ 𝐌𝐚𝐱𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐋𝐞𝐡𝐧𝐞𝐫 ✯ 𝐋𝐞𝐚 𝐕𝐞𝐧𝐞 ✯ 𝐉𝐨𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐖𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐡 ✯ 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐖𝐚𝐫𝐰𝐢𝐜𝐤 ✯ 𝐆𝐮̈𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐢 𝐘𝐚𝐥𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐚𝐲𝐚, alongside a visual contribution by ✯ 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐬.

Designed by ✯ 𝐀𝐥𝐦𝐚 𝐒̌𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐫.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 €𝟐𝟎.
𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐮𝐬 𝐯𝐢𝐚 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨@𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐚.𝐜𝐨𝐦.

TY @gumicajelena for your omnipresent lenses 🎥📸 and @piena_sparkling for the cheers 🥂

@alhassanelwan
@postp0stpost
@cem_____a
@ma_l3h
@badaud_e
@gunseliiiiii
@vesnastihaca
@dabrijela
@weecolors
@skdprosvjeta
@organvida_festival
@lalalua
@l0vro
@mondenka
@vihtikmaher

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Huge thanks to everyone who came out to all, some, or just one of the sessions at last weekend’s pilot edition of re:verb festival.

A privilege to be able to dream up, plan, direct, produce and host this initiative - described in a report on @asymptotejrnl as “a one-of-a-kind literary festival in Ireland (and possibly the world)”.

reverb 2026 would not have been possible without the stellar work & expertise of everyone at @kirkos_ensemble. Many thanks also to Rita @cailleachbooks for the fantastic book stall, and for minding the place with me through the weekend.

Last but by no means least, big thanks to all the participating poets & artists for making this edition one of sustained excellence and innovation:

Kit Fryatt
@mmedb.h
@suz.walsh
@maimaiomai
@badaud_e
@jjhlinklater
Alice Lyons (appearing live in audio form through radio transmission)
@maijasofia__
@drnollid
@eireannmor & collaborators (appearing live from multiple locations in the US & Europe using the performative capabilities of Zoom)

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Sutra, u petak 12/6, od 20 sati u SKD Prosvjeta (Preradovićeva 21–23, Zagreb) predstavljamo vlastitu publikaciju, The Vibes Are Off, u okviru diskurzivnog programa OV-a.

Radovali smo se i predavanju Al Hassan Elwana Gesamtkunstvibe, zakazanom sutra za 19 sati, ali je zbog spriječenosti autora otkazano 😕

Program počinje u 20 sati tribinom na kojoj sudjeluju Tihana Bertek, Barbara Gregov, Joanna Walsh, Günseli Yalcinkaya, a moderira je Lana Pukanić.

Eseje potpisuju: Al Hassan Elwan, Cem A., Tihana Bertek, Barbara Gregov, Maximilian Lehner, Lea Vene, Joanna Walsh, Steven Warwick i Günseli Yalcinkaya uz vizualni doprinos umjetnika weecolors.

Publikacija će biti dostupna uz preporučenu donaciju od 20 EUR.

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Tomorrow, Friday 12 June, from 8 PM at SKD Prosvjeta, we will present our publication The Vibes Are Off as part of the discursive programme of the 14th edition of Organ Vida.

We were also looking forward to Al Hassan Elwan’s lecture Gesamtkunstvibe, scheduled for tomorrow at 7 PM, but unfortunately it has been cancelled due to the author’s inability to attend :/

The programme begins at 8 PM with a panel discussion featuring Tihana Bertek, Barbara Gregov, Joanna Walsh and Günseli Yalcinkaya, moderated by Lana Pukanić.

Featuring essays by Al Hassan Elwan, Cem A., Tihana Bertek, Barbara Gregov, Maximilian Lehner, Lea Vene, Joanna Walsh, Steven Warwick, and Günseli Yalcinkaya, alongside a visual contribution by weecolors.

The publication will be available for a recommended donation of €20.

Kustos⁞i / Curators: Barbara Gregov, Lovro Japundžić, Lea Vene
Dizajnerica / Design: Alma Šavar

@alhassanelwan
@postp0stpost
@badaud_e
@gunseliiiiii
@vesnastihaca
@dabrijela
@weecolors
@skdprosvjeta
@organvida_festival
@lalalua
@l0vro
@mondenka
@vihtikmaher

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