News, Reviews, and InterviewsA new film, “Write Down, I Am an Arab,” will tell the story behind Mahmoud Darwish’s greatest love affair, with a Jewish woman he fell fo…
Griffin Poetry Prize
June 13, 2014- July 20, 2012Welcome to the first Friday Link Pool post! Every week, this space will feature links from media sources around the web about recent literary news and events.News, Reviews, and…
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Katie Kassam and Vala Thorodds, winners of the 2023 Student Translation PrizesWorld Literature Today, the University of Oklahoma’s award-…
The author’s mother, Phyllis Irene McLaughlinAward-winning writer Luis Alberto Urrea describes Good Night, Irene (Little, Brown, 2023) as “…
Top row (left to right): Angie Cruz, Ananda Devi (credit: J.F. Paga (Grasset)), Jenny Erpenbeck (credit: Shevaun Williams)
Middle row: Valeria…
Suzanne Berne has received praise for her astute character studies of the psychological dramas underlying seemingly serene domestic settings. Her…
Scene from the premiere of Omar at the Spoleto Festival in May 2022 / Photo by Leigh Webber / spoletousa.orgThe opera Omar, which had its…
