Carlos Manuel Álvarez’s debut novel, The Fallen—a withering portrait of a Cuban family with conflicting visions of their country and their roles within it—was published in June 2020…
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February 18, 2021Photo by Tyler Quiring / Unsplash Ismail Kadare has a remarkable quality of saying a great deal and with much clarity, but in an elusive, oblique, and allegorical way. Peter Constantine situates…- October 16, 2015News, Reviews, and Interviews Catch one of our Reader’s Choice essayists Aleš Debeljak at a poetry reading October 21 at the University of Richmond. The event is part of the university’s Writers Serie…
October 2, 2015Jenny Erpenbeck is shortlisted for the 2015 German Book Prize. News, Reviews, and Interviews Young-adult books are often challenged. This article from the Los Angeles Times lists the 10 mos…
July 3, 2015News, Reviews, and Interviews National Book Award winner and Puterbaugh Fellow Sherman Alexie will publish his first picture book in May 2016. WLT featured Alexie on the cover of the July 201…- June 26, 2015News, Reviews, and Interviews Time magazine featured a debate sure to spark interest in readers. The article asked whether or not it was acceptable to write in books as part of interacting wi…
June 8, 2015Ann Morgan. Photo © Steve Lennon. What if New York Review of Books blogger Tim Parks is right that international literature is becoming homogenized? It’s a scary thought. And on the cusp of…
May 22, 2015News, Reviews, and Interviews The jury for the 2016 Neustadt Prize has been announced! Discover the panel of nine writers…
November 14, 2014Photo by Joede Sousa News, Reviews, and Interviews This week, the world remembered the fall of the Berlin Wall, which took place 25 years ago on November 9, 1989. Th…- January 18, 2013So 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…
- November 9, 2012Hurricane Sandy affected so many people in the northeastern United States, including several bookstores and literacy charities. We've included a few links to information and ways to help the recovery…
October 4, 2012As Banned Books Week comes to a close, we shift our gaze upon the censorship of authors on an international scale. Below is a list of 17 books that have been banned in the last decade. The original ve…
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