Chad W. Post is the director of Open Letter Books and managing editor of Three Percent, a blog and review site that promotes literature in translation and is home to both the Translation Database and the Best Translated Book Awards. His articles and book reviews have appeared in a range of publications including The Believer, Publishing Perspectives, the Wall Street Journal culture blog, and Quarterly Conversation.
Ellen Elias-Bursać, Dubravka Ugresšić, and Chad Post at the 2016 Neustadt Festival banquet. Photo: Jen Rickard Blair
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