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Author of South (@dundurnpress, 2023) and Floating Notes (Tyrant Books, 2018).
Toronto, Ontario
Joined April 2008
SOUTH is officially out in the US today! Thanks to everyone who has supported and read the book so far.
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Looking for suggestions on genre-bending memoirs that don't have a thematic focus and either do something formally interesting and/or blur the lines between non-fiction/fiction. Some examples that I can think of are Dictee, Autoportrait, and Moods by Yoel Hoffmann.
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10 favourite Novels:.2666.Wittgenstein's Mistress.The Castle.Beckett's Trilogy.To the Lighthouse.Life A User's Manual.Libra.Blood Meridian.Ice.Omensetter's Luck.
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Happy to announce that my novel SOUTH will be published by Rare Machines @dundurnpress. Thank you @AEAkinwumi for all the efforts in finding a home for it
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Very excited to share the cover for my novel SOUTH, out August 15th 2023 from @dundurnpress.
You’re seeing it first: the fantastic cover for @babakl’s SOUTH, a hallucinatory novel about totalitarianism, surveillance, alienation, and guilt. Out August 15th 2023 from @dundurnpress’s Rare Machines! Cover designed by Laura Boyle.✨✨. More info here:
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I guess we’re showing our Dalkey stack! Honestly, so many of my favourite books are on this stack
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I was supposed to not buy more books this month, but here are new additions from February!!
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“I am not writing for someone to read me, I am writing to try to understand what is happening to me, what labyrinth I am in, whose test I am subject to, and how I can answer to get out whole.” -Solenoid by Mircea Cartarescu.
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Two months left to the publication date of my novel SOUTH from @dundurnpress ! I thought I’d share a stack of some of the books that were important to its writing.
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10 favourite story collections:. Jesus’s Son, Johnson.Airships, Hannah.A Manual for Cleaning Woman, Berlin.60 Stories, Barthelme .Pricksongs and Descants, Coover.Stories in the Worst Way, Lutz.Stories in Another Language, Murphy .Creature, Amina Cain.Fugue State, Evenson.
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Excited to be represented by @AEAkinwumi at @WillenfieldLit.
WLA welcomes Babak Lakghomi (@babakl), author of Floating Notes (Tyrant Books, 2018)! Babak was born in Tehran, Iran, and currently lives and writes in Toronto.
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I have a new story up at R&R magazine! I've been excited with R&R has been publishing, make sure to check the other stories and poems too. Thanks to @MisterJGrantham!.
“Do you find it strange that your first memory is of another woman instead of your mother? the therapist asks. I don’t find it strange. What I find strange is that I don’t remember what happens next.”. Read new fiction by Babak Lakghomi (@babakl):
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My novel SOUTH from @dundurnpress now has a trailer! Thanks to Soroush and Sara G. The figure collaged from the documentary “Wind of Jinn” by Nasser Taghvai with permission. Thanks to @aminamemory and @blakebutler for the kind words! Pre-order link in the bio
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Read an excerpt from my novel “South” here! Thanks @FenceBooks and @HarrisLahti!!.
“The night workers gradually showed up on the deck again. They were directing the drill deep into the sea.”. Read “All I Heard was the Humming of Machines,” an excerpt from “South” (@dundurnpress) by Babak Lakghomi (@babakl). Now on Fence Steaming.
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This kind of grew beyond what I was thinking, but I am excited to see and meet friends and read from the book. It’d be lovely to see you if you can make it to any of these! Keep an eye as there may be one or two updates
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“You know what’s for everyone? Water. Water is for everyone. And if you’re publishing something for everyone, well, you’re publishing water.” So hard to shake off his loss.
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I don’t think any book had made me feel so much recently. A moving and nuanced book, graceful in its investigation.
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Good mail day today!! @MarcusPactor @raviddice @vikhinao @J_A_Tyler @jeanmarcahsen @sublunaryeds @asterism_books @1111Press
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For @ElectricLit, I wrote about 10 formally innovative books portraying a search for truth. Including books by @criveragarza, @PoupehMissaghi, Brian Evenson, Maggie Nelson, Ricardo Piglia, and Witold Gombrowicz, among others.
“South” author Babak Lakghomi recommends books that explore our relationship to truth.
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I am so shocked and devastated. Can’t really believe this.
With great sorrow, and on behalf of his grieving husband and family, Tyrant Books confirms the death of our founder and publisher Giancarlo DiTrapano 💔
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Four books I read and liked a lot recently, all very short! @K_Scanlan_ @aminamemory @dashiel_carrera
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Some recent favourites. Was my first Fosse, Quin, and Hilst. I’ll definitely read more
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Great to be on the 20th anniversary issue of Sleepingfish with so many friends! Thank you @gariellelutz, Derek White, and Robert Lopez!.
It was a pleasure to co-edit the bountiful, daring, and exactingly precise twentieth-anniversary issue of Sleepingfish for Calamari Archive, which is out today:
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My last stop for SOUTH will be on Oct 5th @mcnallyjackson in NYC where I’ll be in conversation with @jordan_castro2 the author of THE NOVELIST. Super excited for this one and it’d be lovely to see you if you can make it to this! RSVP below:.
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I had a lot of fun talking to Ben about my novel SOUTH and some favourite books!.
Brand new episode with @babakl speaking about his amazing new novel South available now everywhere you get your podcasts. Get the book from @dundurnpress .
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My story “For What May Still Be There” initially published @adroitjournal will appear in the Best Small Fictions 2023 anthology forthcoming from @altcurrent! Thanks to the editors @21045Nathan, @leahangstman,Michelle Elvy, and Catherine McNamara!.
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Very excited to share this early praise for SOUTH. Many thanks to @aminamemory and @blakebutler whose works I admire! Digital review copies to be available shortly and DM me if you'd like one.
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Very excited to have a piece in the second issue of @EgressMag along work from Gary Lutz, Jason Shwartz, Gordon Lish, @JulieReverb , @russellpersson, @Brad___phillips, Kate Wyer, @NicolettePolek, @clcooperider , @K_Scanlan_ Lily Hackett, and others.
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My story “North” has been selected for @BestSmFictions. Thanks to the editors @asfmag for publishing it.
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"He brought a bowl of strawberry jam and a glass filled with date syrup, put it on a table in front of me. 'Now, your real test. Your job for today,' he said, 'is to eat this.'". No whisk, no reward with @babakl .
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South has been out for three months now! Thankful for all the thoughtful reviews, and to everyone who showed up to the launch events and has engaged with the book!
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Thank you @bwhobson for these words on my novel South! .South is forthcoming from @dundurnpress this August.
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I have a very short story in this issue, can’t wait to check out the rest. Such a great line up of writers. Thanks @giac__.
It means the world to me to share issue two of the Neutral Spaces magazine with you all. I think this is the crowning achievement of Neutral Spaces to date. Thank you to everyone who has trusted me with their art.
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My Story “For What May Still Be There” published at @adroitjournal is selected for Best Small Fictions 2023!
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Thrilled to see SOUTH on the list of books Goodreads editors are excited to read this Summer!.
SOUTH by @babakl has been included in this list of upcoming books that @goodreads editors are excited to read! Check out the full list now, and don't forget to add SOUTH to your shelf: #BookRecs #Fiction
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I’ve been looking forward to sharing this conversation between @stephenmortland and myself for a while! Stephen is one of the most thoughtful readers I know, and it was a pleasure to think about his questions. Thanks @adroitjournal for giving this a home!
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Much gratitude to @Bud_Smith for his very kind words on my forthcoming novel from @dundurnpress ! .If you're interested in reviewing/interviewing please DM me.
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Thank you @nothing_mag for this interview in which I talk about my first rejection, my favourite ending (Wittgenstein’s Mistress’s) and some recent reads (The Beetle Leg and The Big Shadow), among other things!.
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For @dundurnpress’s blog, I wrote about my love of film and four movies that influenced SOUTH’s creation!
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Some 2023 books I am looking forward to: Suicide @vikhinao @1111Press ; Ripe @sarahroseetter; Thirst for Salt @madelaine_lucas; The Box @MandySuzanneW; Falling Hour @GeoffreyDMorri1 ; Big Shadow @MartaBalcewicz ; Only and Ever This @J_A_Tyler;.
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Three stories published this year. Third one is an excerpt from South. Thanks to the editors Caitlin Forst, @joshuabohnsack, @HarrisLahti!.
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"It was a hot summer and most days the operators were hung over, or outside feeding a ground hog they’d tamed.". read "I Kept Looking For It" by Babak Lakghomi !!.
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I'll be reading in NYC on Feb 11th for the launch of @RnRlitmag!.
in february we’re excited to celebrate the launch of R&R and Will Mountain Cox’s debut novel ROUNDABOUT. come see us in arlington and NYC!. @weeatherhead @babakl @doodiehole_ @uglylibrarian @AirheadDC @willmountaincox . poster art/design by @tvbeaches
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Here is a recent interview of mine, also check out other ones by @oneloveasshole , @gariellelutz, @vikhinao, @Greg_Gerke on their website.
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Some reading highlights from this year. @russellpersson,.@MisterJGrantham, @criveragarza, @DavidCWinters, @EgressMag,@NOONAnnual, @RitaBullwinkel. Also enjoyed audio books of Cherry, Tonight I Am Someone Else @ChelseaHodson, My Year of Rest and Relaxation.
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NYC friends, I am reading on Feb 11th for the launch of @RnRlitmag!.It’d be great to see you if you can make it.
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Favourite little books:.The Age of Wire and String.Berg.Rose Mellie Rose.The Blind Owl.The Taiga Syndrome.Aug 9-Fog.Bob, or Man on Boat.Sweet Days of Discipline .Waste.Autobiography of Red.Minor Angels .Dictee .Good Morning, Midnight.
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Excited to have a story up at Big Other today where you can also check out work by Norman Lock, Kim Chinquee, Debra Di Blasi, Tina May Hall, Bill Lessard and others. Thanks @aredamnhoj.
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Appreciate this very insightful review of SOUTH! @ShelfAwareness "A Lynchian descent into the paranoia and alienation of totalitarianism, South is a haunting and dreamlike novel from Babak Lakghomi." @dundurnpress
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Finally got my copy of @APolitanoff @emilyhallnyc’s books that I have been excited about! Along with Telluria that sounds fascinating
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Love this cover for the Italian translation of Floating Notes.
"Quaderni sull'acqua", dell'iraniano Babak Lakghomi, è un breve #romanzo #noir #sperimentale, un racconto di #mistero, #solitudine, #paranoia e #amore, narrato attraverso una prosa minimale che compone un #puzzle di cui mancano la maggior parte dei pezzi. Dal 1° #dicembre.
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Flannery O’Connor wrote, “You tell a story because a statement would be inadequate.” Lakghomi does just that. A wonderful review of South @fullstopmag. Thank you Paula Bomer! .
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Pleasantly surprised to see SOUTH on this list of Big Summer Reads on Goodreads (and as a Sci-Fi!!!).
.@goodreads has a list of some of the most exciting Fantasy, Science Fiction, and Horror books of the Summer, and they included SOUTH by @babakl! Check out the list here: Make sure you pre-order SOUTH at your favourite bookstore - it's so great 😍
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Very excited to go back to Sezze this fall to continue work on a pretty new project!.
Our Fall 2022 residents will be @pauldallarosa @babakl and @chiarabarzini -- the Sezze Renaissance is ON.
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“A compliment to the harrowing freedom of language, its ability to imperil and empower, imprison, and emancipate…South highlights the danger and necessity of finding our voice, before it’s too late.”.Thanks to @simondavidlowe and @PrismLitMag!.
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Great to see my novel South (from @dundurnpress) on this list of Can’t miss speculative fictions for Jul and Aug @tordotcom! Thank you @TobiasCarroll!.
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You can read the first chapter of SOUTH here now! Things only get weirder after that!!.
SOUTH by @babakl is one dystopian novel you don't want to miss this summer! Read the first chapter now: Intrigued? Pre-order your book now at your favourite local bookstore!
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Thanks to @MarcusPactor for this interview! We talked about strange juxtapositions, "difficulty", and pleasures of language. Marcus has interviewed some of my favourite writers and I appreciated the chance to talk to him about SOUTH (@dundurnpress)!
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