Michael Barron
@_michaelbarron
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writer / editor formerly @NewDirections @MelvilleHouse currently board member @andothertweets writing a novelized portrait of Washington D.C.
Washington D.C.
Joined January 2019
I'm available for feedback on manuscripts, stories, and pitches. My experiences as an editor at New Directions, Melville House, and the Rumpus means I've seen it all. Let me help you. Fees negotiable and on a sliding scale.
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Not one to miss if you're in DC tonight. See you there.
This evening in DC at the amazing Lost City Books: I'll be talking to Francesca Wade about her new Gertude Stein: An Afterlife.
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“What’s most challenging about Schattenfroh, and most marvelous, lies here, in recognizing this slow shift from an exhaustive exploration of the self to an act of mercy.” The best piece yet on Schattenfroh, and why you should read it, courtesy of Michael Barron & The Point. 🔗👇
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For @the_point_mag, I dug into the heart of Michael Lentz's deeply personal novel Schattenfroh. With thanks to my editor @jaizuss_.
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In the summer of 2024, Deep Vellum, a Dallas-based press, announced a program to bring out “badass avant-garde masterpieces that would otherwise not be translated or published.”
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New online, @_michaelbarron on the personal achievement at the heart of Michael Lentz’s “Schattenfroh”: https://t.co/JBO2VJCnBX
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In the summer of 2024, Deep Vellum, a Dallas-based press, announced a program to bring out “badass avant-garde masterpieces that would otherwise not be translated or published.”
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Happy Halloween, everyone. And, uh, some spooky personal news: 👀👻🏚️😱 Very excited to be working with the brilliant @DeloneSean and @AtriaBooks again. Many thanks to the great @gelrdrgz and @WMEBooks!
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hard to overstate how electrifying @Equatormag is
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Equator is a magazine of politics, culture and art.
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Krasznahorkai made his literary debut around the age of 31 with Satantango. As first novels go, few arrive so fully formed of voice and talent. The length of his sentences developed over time, but they've always been expansive and musical like in Satantango's opening lines:
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Congrats to Laszlo Krasznahorkai on his Nobel win! Grateful to have had the chance to work with him while at New Directions.
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Only in DC can you randomly come across an open air performance by the Sun Ra Arkestra while the city is under a military occupation.
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It's true, I did.
I love that - unsolicited - @_michaelbarron has brought out Céline specifically to cite Bill’s “Reader, fuck you!” afterword. The boys are back in town.
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Starting with “That Smell” in 1966, he wrote with stark power about themes of repression in the Egyptian police state.
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Starting with “That Smell” in 1966, he wrote with stark power about themes of repression in the Egyptian police state.
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Gone to Prizren this summer with @xlorentzen, @suzana_vu_go, Ryan Ruby, Josh Furst, and Ervina Halili.
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RIP to a legend. I've loved Black Sabbath since the eighth grade.
Ozzy Osbourne, who helped invent heavy metal as the lead singer of Black Sabbath, has died at 76.
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A detailed list of all 146 women tried for witchcraft in Zagreb’s history.
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Grave of Natalia Ginzburg and fam in Verano Cemetery, Rome.
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Hiked to Curzio Malaparte’s mausoleum on the summit of Monte le Coste overlooking his Tuscan hometown, Prato. This was his wish and to honor it, workers installed a temporary track to haul up material.
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I’m thrilled to announce that I’ll be serving as a judge for the 2025 US/Can Republic of Consciousness Prize! What a privilege to read and celebrate and share with you the best fiction that small presses have to offer! Find out more about @USRofC at the link below:
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