Photo by Wolfram Burner/FlickrNews, Reviews, and Interviews Poet Mai Mang shares these two poems in the wake of the 27th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Mass…
Short Stories
June 3, 2016
February 17, 2015Mia Couto photographed by Shevaun Williams, October 2014.The Mia Couto short-story collection I’m currently translating, entitled Estórias Abensonhadas (working title: Selected S…- January 22, 2015A cover feature on Iranian exile lit featuring Moniro Ravanipour, Omid Fallahazad, Mohsen Emadi, and Mana Neyestani, guest-edited by Persis Karim plusRoberto Fernández Retamar’s reading…
September 23, 2014Photo by Nèg FotoWhether you’re looking for a quick escape on your midday break or a quiet lunch with that always entertaining friend, literature, this list includes five short works of fiction t…- September 12, 2014News, Reviews, and InterviewsDuring the Edinburgh International Book Festival, author Michael Rosen asked a controversial question: what is the point of books?To honor the country she…
- August 22, 2014News, Reviews, and InterviewsAfter years of civil war and conflict, Afghan refugees are beginning to return home and bring with them waves of migrant literature.The 2014 PEN/Heim Fund…
- August 1, 2014News, Reviews, and InterviewsIs literary translation something that can be taught? Translator Katy Derbyshire shares her thoughts on the subject and the BCLT summit.International auth…
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