“Woodworm” by Layla Mart铆nez, Sophie Hughes & Annie McDermott [NBA 2024]
When the National Book Award for Translated Literature longlist was announced the other week, I realized that I hadn't read聽any聽of the books on the list for the first time in . . . ages. Usually it's a mix of books I've loved, some I think are overrated, and a few I've never heard of, or at least didn't stick in my brain. ...
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Dubravka Ugresic’s “A Muzzle for Witches”
To mark the release of Dubravka Ugresic's final book,聽A Muzzle for Witches聽(translated from the Croatian by Ellen Elias-Bursa膰)鈥攐rder it now from our website, or your local indie bookstore!鈥攚e thought we'd share an excerpt, which you'll find below. As a bit of context, this book is a conversation between ...
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Pilar Ad贸n Reading Tour!!
This September, Pilar Ad贸n鈥攁uthor of Of Beasts and Fowls (translated by Katie Whittemore), winner of Spain's Premio Nacional de Narrativa last year鈥攚ill embark on a five-city, six-stop tour hitting several of the best indie bookshops in America, and sharing this incredibly beautiful, compelling novel of a woman who, ...
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More “Montao’s Malady” (Excerpt)
Following up on yesterday's post, this excerpt from聽Montano's Malady聽is just too perfect聽not聽to share. Enjoy and preorder the forthcoming Dalkey Archive edition of Vila-Matas's brilliant, twisty book here. April 21 鈥淚鈥檓 absolutely convinced that publishing being in the hands of businessmen is just a ...
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A Venn Diagram of Not Reading
鈥淚f I actually finish a book, I feel like I deserve a Nobel Prize.鈥 鈥淚 can't even guess when I last read a book. But I'd watch movies all day if I could. Especially Marvel ones.鈥 Overheard on a URochester Shuttle 鈥淚n the last decade, she says, history has toppled from the king of disciplines to a ...
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Eleven Books, Selected
My parents are straight-up hoarders. Not of foodstuffs or other animal attractant stuff; nothing that will quite land them on a nightmare HGTV show (one that airs right after聽Flipanthropy), but hoarders nonetheless. Of paper, mostly. Checklists from the early 80s show up on the regular. I currently have a gym bag ca. 1993 ...
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“Vladivostok Circus” by Elisa Shua Dusapin & Aneesa Abbas Higgins [Excerpt]
Today's聽#WITMonth post is a really special one鈥攚ith a special offer. What you'll find below is an excerpt from the very start of聽Vladivostok Circus by Elisa Shua Dusapin & Aneesa Abbas Higgins. You might remember Dusapin & Higgins as the winners of the 2021 National Book Award for Literature in Translation ...
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