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Prohibitive societies, Powell's birthday, Edgar Allan Poe's mantel, and more

August 24, 2012 |

Falling into a Laurence Cossé Novel in Looking Glass Books, Edinburgh

August 22, 2012 |

Nathan Englander and Etgar Keret Nathan Englander and Etgar Keret at the Edinburgh International Book Festival

Translators Are Like Ninjas

August 21, 2012 |

Free verse, free podcasts, and donated books

August 17, 2012 |

Pairing it Up: Writer and Illustrator

August 16, 2012 |

Translation and the Intermediary Language

August 14, 2012 |

The Edinburgh International Book Festival kicks off in Scotland

August 13, 2012 |

Mark Twain on film, the Edinburgh Book Fest, poetry readings, and more

August 10, 2012 |

Poetry Parnassus. Photo by Holly Colleen.

Olympic Tributes to Literature

August 10, 2012 |

Odes of Pindar

How Literature Saved the Olympics

August 09, 2012 |

Social Media and Translation in Marion Bloem’s Freedom Project

August 07, 2012 |

New Katherine Mansfield, Tower of Babel, RIP Gore Vidal, and more

August 03, 2012 |

2012 Salon du Livre (Paris Book Fair)

August 01, 2012 |

Translating Each Other

July 31, 2012 |

Sylvia Plath, Prison Writing, a Book Maze, and more

July 27, 2012 |

Words for Thought

Aphorisms on Art, Morality, and Spirit

July 25, 2012 |

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