@benlibman

Writer & translator. I am writing VOYEUR (2027) and wrote THE THIRD SOLITUDE (2025).

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what it's like writing a novel
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Martin Johnson Heade, Gremlin in the Studio I.
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missed the pub of this but 👀
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Zoe on how the city’s creative class showed up today. Read below:
Zoe Cooper@zoe__cooperOct 24
for @hyperallergic, I reported from the massive protests on the streets of Paris today hyperallergic.com/artists-ta…
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Lmao
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Voici le nouveau parcours imposé par la préfecture de police de Paris pour la manifestation du 24 octobre, après l'interdiction du parcours Bastille-Nation ➡️ l.leparisien.fr/aCTs
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A pleasure to speak to the learned gentleman @benlibman about his excellent and original essay for the Fall issue of @readliberties
Liberties Journal of Culture and Politics@readlibertiesOct 23
On Required Reading @benlibman discusses his recent essay "The Venus Effect: In Defense of Voyeurism" with @MortenHoiJensen
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I did the Liberties podcast with the man, @MortenHoiJensen. Always pleasure speaking with a writer and editor I admire about a subject I enjoy. Listen to it below:
Liberties Journal of Culture and Politics@readlibertiesOct 23
On Required Reading @benlibman discusses his recent essay "The Venus Effect: In Defense of Voyeurism" with @MortenHoiJensen
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And if you'd like to read the essay, you can find it here: libertiesjournal.com/article…

The Venus Effect: In Defense of Voyeurism - Liberties

Aphrodite In his Natural History, Pliny the Elder records the legend of an ancient traveler who, sometime in the fourth century bce, voyaged to Knidos, a city on the western tip of the Datça penins...

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Tobias Ryan@TobiasvRyanOct 22
extract (tr. Jacob Siefring) up now @MinorLits ... link below
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Tobias Ryan@TobiasvRyanOct 23
eyes on @MinorLits for a big interview next week!
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Ah yes, Nicolas, my favourite luxury wine and champagne boutique
Olmo Blanco@rebonicoOct 22
🇫🇷 | Escena surrealista en París: destrozan una boutique de vinos de lujo y champagne y brindan a la salud de la protesta con Moët & Chandon
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Heloïse@noiseofheloiseOct 22
Sûrement la faute de Vent-Luc Meltyphon.
FOX Weather
@foxweatherOct 20
EARTH’S STRONGEST STORM 🌏: Super Typhoon Champi has exploded to Category 5-equivalent strength with maximum sustained winds of 185 mph, tying Super Typhoon Sinlaku as the strongest storm on Earth in 2026 by wind speed. Champi recently passed near Guam and is now churning across the western Pacific.
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What a propulsive review
Benjamin Kunkel@kunktationOct 21
I wrote about Cormac McCarthy (including the new biography) for @Harpers harpers.org/archive/2026/11/…

The Style Is Father of the Man, by Benjamin Kunkel

On a new life of Cormac McCarthy

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“McCarthy’s prose will run increasingly clear over his career, even as the stream flows along the same bed.” Wonderful
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Guys you'll never guess what befell in the ditch
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I can hear the helicopters from my apartment. When I biked by République on the way home 15 mins ago, two cops told me I'd "better get home quick."
François Malaussena@malopediaOct 20
Nouveaux couvre-feux ce soir à Paris. Même zone qu'hier, à un détail près : les grands magasins et les bijouteries de la place Vendôme ont été ajoutés. La macronie dans son essence, jusqu'au bout... Hier. / Ce soir.
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Just saw Minotaur.... wow
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The Fall issue of @readliberties is just excellent. Poetry by Ange Mlinko and Michael Hofmann, essays by @christinam4ria, @benlibman, @DanielAgbiboa, Husam Maarouf, Jed Perl, Justin Smith-Ruiu, Kenda Mutongi, and many more. Subscribe! libertiesjournal.com/article…
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