The following interview took place before a large audience at the Palm Beach Poetry Festival on January 24, 2014.Photo © Nancy CramptonChard deNiord: I’d like to begin with t…
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May 27, 2015- June 14, 2013So many lit links, so little time! This week’s highlights include more literary news from the protestors in Gezi Park, Turkey; some disheartening news from German-language publisher Suhrkamp; and a cr…
- May 17, 2013This week, you can meet the two winners of the Best Translated Book Awards, transport yourself to the Bogota International Book Festival, and check Google for how many times your favorite word has bee…
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Photo by Evelyn Paris / UnsplashNational Anthem
This is my room, it
is called Iceland. A sea cable fastens
it to Europe and to here and
from here…
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…
