On a visit to an Oklahoma City bookstore, Alex Crayon finds more than books. When I pulled into the snow-covered parking lot of Nappy Roots Books in northeast Oklahoma City, the first thing…

Photo by James L.W / Unsplash In January, Full Circle Bookstore was named one of five finalists for Publishers Weekly’s Bookstore of the Year. Palestinian photographer…

Photo by Wolfram Burner/Flickr News, Reviews, and Interviews  Poet Mai Mang shares these two poems in the wake of the 27th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massac…

Photo: Comfreak/Pixabay News, Reviews, and Interviews Archivists discovered unpublished works by Pablo Neruda in 2014, and those works will be published in English this May in a collection titled…

Image: MyBookmark/Etsy News, Reviews, and Interviews  This Hong Kong bookseller is keeping banned books on his shelves, selling works that are critical of the Chinese leadership.  Slovenian author Al…

News, Reviews, and Interviews The 2015 Pulitzer Book Prizes were announced this week. All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr received the Pulitzer for fiction. A list of other winners i…

News, Reviews, and Interviews To 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 t…

News, Reviews, and Interviews Libyan poet and translator Khaled Mattawa was recently announced as one of the MacArthur Foundation Genius Grant recipients, and in an interview with NPR…

News, Reviews, and Interviews We 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, Egypt…

News, Reviews, and Interviews Is literary translation something that can be taught? Translator Katy Derbyshire shares her thoughts on the subject and the BCLT summit. International au…

The newly released translation of Yuri Mamleyev's The Sublimes can be ordered with a 3D printed nylon doll. T. S. Eliot once described the month of April as the “cruellest month,” but we can…

Photo by Diane Cordell/Flickr This week was a mix of news, commentary, and fun. Below, you’ll find stories on the very first ebook and a new reading list for poetry skeptics. And don’t forget to chec…

A Conversation with Chuck Beard  With independent bookstores closing even in those cities where they typically thrive, opening a new bookstore is an act of bravery, perhaps even faith. When Chuck…

We’ve got a little bit of everything for you this week, from remembering the late Nigerian literary giant Chinua Achebe to taking a look at the most popular translated novels of all time.  New…

So many longlists, shortlists, finalists, and winners were announced for various literary prizes this week. Look below for links to prize announcements and commentary from people across the web and th…

This week, the buzz in literary news seemed all about translation—the process, the difficulties, and the benefits.  Don't forget that the November issue is right around the corner! Subscribe today to…

In May, we posted a list of 10 Unusual Micro Libraries that we discovered across the world and then opened the forum to you, our readers, to submit your own sightings of unusual or unique libraries. F…

He decided to make a selection that would be as arbitrary as it was brilliant. . . . Very quickly the idea of selling books that he himself would not advise people to read infuriated him. . . . Al…

As always, it was a very busy week in the world of literature. This week's links reach across the globe, with news from Japan, Germany, France, and England. News, Reviews, and Interviews…