Belarusian Poet Valzhyna Mort in Poets & Writers Magazine
The Belarusian poet Valzhyna Mort is featured in the cover story of the May/June issue of Poets & Writers magazine. After reading the article you'll want to pick up her book Factory of Tears and if you're in the Detroit-area on May 9th you have an opportunity to hear her read at the Oakland University/Absinthe Festival of New European Film and Writing.
Asymptote
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I recently discovered the journal Asymptote, which is dedicated to literary
translation. As they say on their website, “Though a translation may never
ful...
Reclaiming North Korean Literature
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Engaging with ancient literature has its difficulties. Even if we put aside
the unfamiliar details of cultural context, there remain factors such as
genr...
Top ten Spanish novels since 2000 ?
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Via The Modern Novel weblog (which I hope you're following -- lots
of good foreign literature coverage to be found across the site) I find the
resul...
Tobias Roth: Two Poems and an Interview
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Last month, poet Tobias Roth won the Wolfgang-Weyrauch-Förderpreise 2013,
along with fellow poet Uljana Wolf. (A “Förderpreis” is one given to
emerging a...
Karin Boye ebook
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Just a reminder that my translations of Karin Boye's poetry (Complete Poems) are now available as a Kindle ebook, here (UK) and here (US).
Walser Worldwide
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How many Robert Walser translators have you ever seen in one place at the
same time? Two? Three? Well, I just saw 18 of them (i.e. 19 counting me),
and ev...
Première sélection du Prix de Flore 2012
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Le jury du Prix de Flore a annoncé mercredi 12 septembre sa première
sélection de dix romans en lice pour le prix qui sera décernée le 8
novembre.
[ima...
Rediscovering The Quay Brothers
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*by Sandy Mandelberger, North American Editor*
Among the filmmaker iconoclasts who have influenced many a film and visual
artist, one of the least heralde...
2010: Ten Best Films
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*Here’s the only top ten that really matters, then, as Colin and James
offer their respective five best films.
Over to Colin first:*
*5. TRON: Legacy (20...
2nd International Conrad Festival in Kraków
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The second International Joseph Conrad Festival started yesterday in Kraków
and for the second year running is putting Kraków on the map of
international l...
World War II Through Many Eyes
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NoteworthyIt's true, I have been all over Twitter today about the February/March 2009 Issue of Bookforum. Yes, indeed, stimulating. They do such of good jo...
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