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A detail from the book cover to Haruki Murakami’s Kafka on the Shore

Soundtracking Haruki Murakami’s Kafka on the Shore

August 16, 2018 |

An abstract painting of a river in shades of gray

Contemporary Bengali Poetry in Translation: A Trajectory of New Worlds

August 14, 2018 |Devika Basu

Three Poems from Sudan

August 10, 2018 |

A photograph of a sunrise over the waters off of Ithaca in Greece

Three Poems from Greece

August 07, 2018 |

A close-up photograph of two orange flowers with lavender at their center

Old New Griefs

August 02, 2018 |

Steps, roughly cut from stone, leading steeply toward a door, partially obscured by the curvature of the rock

Cultural Cross Sections

Hill Elementary

July 31, 2018 |

The author, Samantha Thornhill, smiling broadly

Ode to an Apron

July 26, 2018 |

The cover to Dark Moons Rising on a Starless Night juxtaposed with a photo of its author

Mame Bougouma Diene and the Promise of African Horror

July 24, 2018 |

A close-up detail of sunlight on a body of water

Four Poems

July 18, 2018 |

The three covers from the Reading List juxtaposed in a tryptich

Going the Distance: Three Summer Reads

July 16, 2018 |

A paper cutout of Link from the Legend of Zelda peeking up from the top of a book

Friday Lit Links — Week of July 13

July 13, 2018 |

A photo of Karl Ove Knausgård juxtaposed with the partial cover to his book Autumn

Postmodern Idylls Framed for Family: Reading Karl Ove Knausgård’s Autumn

July 11, 2018 |

A nine-panel grid of the 2019 NSK Nominees

News and Events

Finalists Announced for 2019 NSK Neustadt Prize for Children’s Literature

July 10, 2018 |

The cover to Tracy K. Smith's Wade in the Water juxtaposed against a photo of its author

Tracy K. Smith’s Poetry and the Erasures of American History

July 09, 2018 |

The cover to Zhu Zhu's The Wild Great Wall juxtaposed with a photo of the author

Translating Zhu Zhu: Poetry as Lifeline

July 03, 2018 |

A gauzy black and white photo of a woman, framed from the shoulder blades up from behind, her head slightly dipped forward

On the Border of Understanding

July 02, 2018 |

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