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New Translations in August

August 16, 2016 |

From the Carl Albert Center Congressional Resources Center. Wilburn Cartwright Collection, Photographs Series, Box 2, Item 191

The end of a Franz Kafka legal battle, how to receive criticism, and more

August 12, 2016 |

The Incarnations by Susan Barker, and The Red Violin

Cultural Cross Sections

The Cultural Revolution as Subnarrative

August 10, 2016 |

Portuguese Library in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Photo by Lauro Maia/Flickr

Rio’s Olympic book donations, the Man Booker’s effect on small presses, and more

August 05, 2016 |

Tujia shamans / Courtesy of Fang Qi

Elegy of a River Shaman (an excerpt)

August 03, 2016 |

Life in Peacetime

Bridging the Black Water: A Review of Life in Peacetime, by Bhisham Bherwani

August 01, 2016 |

Stack of books

2016 Man Booker Prize longlist, Hemingway look-alikes, and more

July 29, 2016 |

Mohammadali F., “Daffodils,” Tehran, 2009

Four Love Poems from Iran

July 27, 2016 |

Radio Atlas screencapture

If writers billed by the hour, a new interview with Etgar Keret, and more

July 22, 2016 |

Esther Schwarz, “Lush (66/365),” 2009. For more of Schwarz’s photos, visit Inside My Shell.

Two Poems from Portugal

July 20, 2016 |

In the Cafe of Lost Youth

Memories Unmoored: A Review of In the Café of Lost Youth, by Patrick Modiano

July 18, 2016 |

Juan Felipe Herrera. Photo by Oregon State University/Flickr

The U.S. Poet Laureate’s “sudden poem,” libraries and Pokémon Go, and more

July 15, 2016 |

Public domain drawing of Joseph dreaming.

The Amazing Adventures of a Certified Medical Interpreter

July 13, 2016 |

Aaron Brown, “Brickyard,” Ati, Chad, March 2007

Return to Africa: Two Poems

July 11, 2016 |

Photo from the Tulsa Race Riot

Race Matters Episode 5: Novelist Rilla Askew Sheds Light on Tulsa Race Riot and Today’s Racial Unrest

July 06, 2016 |

Christopher, Tania, and Isabelle Luna, “Mountains and Rain” (the hills of Fuzhou), September 2009

Two Poems from Fuzhou, China

July 05, 2016 |

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