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Lit Lists
April 16, 2015
April 10, 2015News, Reviews, and InterviewsSome controversy surrounded the publication announcement of Harper Lee’s new work, Go Set A Watchman, and some wondered if she was manipulated into signing a cont…- April 3, 2015News, Reviews, and InterviewsThis year marked the twenty-fifth anniversary of Tomas Tranströmer receiving the Neustadt Prize, and we were saddened to hear he passed away last week. Read his poem…
April 1, 2015The realm of science fiction expands throughout languages, countries, and perhaps even the universe. Why do we cling to science fiction? The answers remain vast and abundant. Science fiction provides…
March 27, 2015Mia Couto. Photo by Shevaun WilliamsNews, Reviews, and Interviews Jonathan Stalling, deputy editor in chief of our sister publication Chinese Literature Today, joins in this radio conver…
March 19, 2015Jane Hirshfield. Photo by Nick RoszaNews, Reviews, and InterviewsBrand new literary translation publisher Deep Velllum is picking up momentum. The publisher has just released the first of legendary Me…- March 12, 2015News, Reviews, and Interviews March 8 was International Women’s Day. This list gives a brief background into the 13 women who have won the Nobel Prize in Literature since its start in 1901.…
- March 6, 2015News, Reviews, and InterviewsTo kick off National Reading Month, Time magazine compiled a list of 15 life-changing books you can read in one day.Over 150 international poets, authors, and tra…
- February 27, 2015News, Reviews, and InterviewsA historian unearthed new work from Sherlock Holmes found in his attic. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote the short story as a fundraiser to help save a town bridge.The U.S. Po…
- February 20, 2015News, Reviews, and InterviewsTurns out Harper Lee isn't the only one with unpublished manuscripts. Three more works by Dr.…
- February 13, 2015News, Reviews, and InterviewsThe Israel Prize for Literature might not be granted this year because all of the judges resigned to protest the Prime Minister’s Office.The Folio Pr…
- February 6, 2015News, Reviews, and InterviewsUp at Words Without Borders this week, Suzanne Jill Levine remembers all of the times she sat down to dinner with Pablo Neruda over his lifetime.…
- January 30, 2015News, Reviews, and InterviewsTo celebrate the start of political relations between the United States and Cuba, Restless Books has begun a new blog series asking Cuban writers what it…
- January 23, 2015News, Reviews, and InterviewsThis week, author Valeria Luiselli sat down with NPR to talk about why she chooses to have her work translated, despite being bilingual. (Luiselli’s forth…
- January 16, 2015News, Reviews, and InterviewsWe want to send our congratulations to all of the recipients of this year’s Hemingway Grant, recognizing excellence in French literature translation.Ahead…
- January 9, 2015News, Reviews, and InterviewsIn an announcement before the holidays, the Anton Chekhov Foundation revealed that it is working to translate over 500 of Chekhov’s earliest works into En…
- December 19, 2014News, Reviews, and InterviewsLibyan poet and translator Khaled Mattawa was recently announced as one of the MacArthur Foundation Genius Grant recipients, and in an interview with NPR,…
- December 12, 2014News, Reviews, and InterviewsAn exciting new discovery was recently made in Northern China: a tomb, dated approximately 1,000 years old, contained no human remains, but was filled wit…
December 10, 2014Orson Scott Card’s Ender’s Game is an excellent example of how children and the compelling worlds of science fiction mix together brilliantly. After all, the children of today are the leaders…
December 7, 2014On this day seventy-three years ago, the Japanese attacked the American military base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, successfully provoking the United States to enter a war that had already been occupying t…- December 5, 2014News, Reviews, and InterviewsWe sadly note the passing of two literary greats this week: first, former U.S. poet laureate Mark Strand, who passed away at the age of 80; second, Egypti…
November 21, 20142014 Neustadt Prize Laureate Mia CoutoNews, Reviews, and InterviewsLast weekend, PEN International asked the international literary community to stand in solidarity a…
November 14, 2014Photo by Joede SousaNews, Reviews, and InterviewsThis week, the world remembered the fall of the Berlin Wall, which took place 25 years ago on November 9, 1989. This…
November 7, 2014Maaza Mengiste. Photo by Shevaun WilliamsNews, Reviews, and InterviewsMaaza Mengiste spoke with Mantle contributor Emmanuel Iduma this week about her photogr…
October 31, 2014Mia Couto receiving the Neustadt feather. Photo by Vanesssa Rudloff.Thank you to all of our readers who supported the 2014 Neustadt Festival last week! It was a wonderful celebration of Mia Couto and…
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