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Host of Leaf by Leaf. A reader. A reviewer. Asymptotically close to bibliophagia.

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RT @Dalkey_Archive: Christmas Via’s new video is a 10-hour-long dive into one of the deepest, darkest books of the 20th century: WILLIAM H.….
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To be clear: I’m not reading The Tunnel—I’m reading my own commentary on it! 😁.
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10 hours of Chris reading William Gass's The Tunnel!.
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RT @SandorfP: Thrilled to read @chrisvia on The Case of Cem in the @USRofC newsletter: "It reminds me of what I love most about the novels….
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Chris Via (Leaf by Leaf)📚
7 months
New video announcing the 45 candidates in the 2024 @USRofC Prize!. #bookX #Literature #books #Reading.
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US Republic of Consciousness Prize reading: “Felicelli’s stories sing the world electric and mourn its destruction from the edge of the precipice.” —Elizabeth Gonzales James. @WTAWPress .@USRofC . #usrofc
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9 months
For the third episode of the LxL Author Talks series, I got to have a conversation with Ed Park about his award-winning novel Same Bed Different Dreams, which will be available in paperback this month. @randomhouse . #book #bookx.
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US Republic of Consciousness Prize reading: A drug-addled death odyssey, an homage to Pedro Páramo, William S. Burroughs visits Comala. Oh, and it’s written by the grandson of Gabriel García Márquez. @CharcoPress .@USRofC . #bookx #usrofc
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US Republic of Consciousness Prize reading: “But this is not true noir. This is a childhood in its shadow, in its shape, inflected, dramatized. A childhood made of illusion.”. @BaobabPress .@USRofC . #bookx #usrofc
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US Republic of Consciousness Prize reading: “Nobody in the métro knows what I’m on my way to do, and this gives me a wild feeling of freedom. I love Paris for its constant collision of secrets.”. @fernbooks .@USRofC . #bookx #usrofc
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US Republic of Consciousness Prize reading: This Icelandic novel concerns multiple generations of secrecy and tragedy and perseverance, brilliantly told from a strange, liminal, roving eye. @biblioasis .@USRofC . #bookx #usrofc
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US Republic of Consciousness Prize reading: A psychological novel about a musical prodigy who faces impossible demands that test deep physical and mental scarring. @owlcanyonpress .@USRofC . #bookx #usrofc
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RT @TheUntranslated: English translation in autumn 2026.
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RT @ryanhasbadtaste: Were I an @USRofC judge, this would be my vote.
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US Republic of Consciousness Prize reading: a cycle of linked stories set in Mexico that covers the full spectrum of a group of humans trying to make sense of life—told in trenchant prose reminiscent of Lorrie Moore. @SchaffnerPress .@USRofC . #bookx #usrofc
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Chris Via (Leaf by Leaf)📚
10 months
This is a book that cleverly, tenderly, and imaginatively teases meaning upon meaning out the concept of crossings and mirrorings from Alice’s looking glass and Escher’s drawing hands. Be receptive and engage in the search. @bellevuepress .@USRofC . #bookx #usrofc
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RT @DukePress: We are working on a remembrance, but we cannot overstate the influence of #FredricJameson on Duke University Press. We have….
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RT @helendewitt: So! For everyone who’s been wheedling to buy it in pdf behind the scenes, it will be available to buy legit next year.
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US Republic of Consciousness Prize reading: Don’t be fooled by the feel-good airbrushing of the cover—this is part of the dark, biting irony of these sharp, clever, lacerating “love” stories. @sarabandebooks .@USRofC . #bookx #usrofc.
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