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@independentlit.bsky.socialWas told someone bought the book because of this review, which is the best response we can ever hope for 💛 ya, literary community
@independentlit.bsky.socialThank you for sharing! We’re dedicated to engaging deeply with the books we review (and honestly, it’s been really fun). With so much getting more superficial, long live the in-depth review!
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@independentlit.bsky.socialICYMI, our latest review ✨
@independentlit.bsky.socialReposted by @independentlit.bsky.socialOur latest review is out! Matthew Rice’s poetry collection, plastic (@fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social 2026), radically unites poetry and low-paid labour. ‘In a space of demanding physical labour like the factory floor, poetry is, in fact, a forbidden substance, stimulating the imagination.’
@independentlit.bsky.socialExcitingly, plastic has just been nominated for the PEN Heaney Prize 💪 (@englishpen.bsky.social)
@independentlit.bsky.socialOur latest review is out! Matthew Rice’s poetry collection, plastic (@fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social 2026), radically unites poetry and low-paid labour. ‘In a space of demanding physical labour like the factory floor, poetry is, in fact, a forbidden substance, stimulating the imagination.’
@matthew-rice.bsky.socialReposted by @independentlit.bsky.socialI’m thrilled and grateful to be shortlisted for The PEN Heaney Prize. Thanks to the judges, @englishpen.bsky.social, and above all @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social for publishing the book 💙🤍
@independentlit.bsky.socialJust a few days until our next review is out ✨
@saloneurope.bsky.socialReposted by @independentlit.bsky.social✨NEW AUTHOR FOR ANNUAL SALON KEYNOTE ✨ We’re delighted to be partnering with @desperatelit.bsky.social to bring you a brilliant literary evening at Ateneo de Madrid. We’re also thrilled to announce that Yael van der Wouden and @nussaibah.bsky.social will now be joined by Sara Torres.
@independentlit.bsky.socialShe has also published four poetry collections, a second novel La Seducción/The Seduction (Reservoir Books, 2024), and an essay El Pensamiento Erótico (Reservoir Books, 2026), which seeks ways to think outside the heterosexual binary.
@independentlit.bsky.socialSara Torres' novel Lo Que Hay/X is Where I Am (Reservoir Books, 2022) was named one of the year's best debuts by El Cultural and won the Javier Morote Award for Best Emerging Author. Her first book, La Otra Genealogía/The Other Genealogy, won the Gloria Fuertes National Poetry Prize.
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Are you dying to read about more books from independent publishers? Omg you're in luck
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