Books

In their October issue, Poetry magazine announced winners of eight annual prizes for the best work published in the magazine over the past 12 months. Among the eight honored ……Read More

“Time Out of Mind: The Lives of Bob Dylan” by Ian Bell continues the tedium in Bell’s first Dylan Book. By Stephen Pate  – I will ……Read More

This past summer, as part of a workshop on “The Possibilitiies of Arab-Jewish Thought,” Najat Abdulhaqspoke about “Rethinking Narratives: The Emergence of the ‘Arab Jew’ in ……Read More

A back-and-forth with the author and translator of the witty, wild Women of Karantina (2013), released last month in excellent, gum-snapping English translation: The must-read Women of Karantina, listed ……Read More

The five shortlists for the Etisalat Prize for Arabic Children’s Literature were announced several days ago at the Frankfurt Book Fair, but the press release didn’t come ……Read More

This year’s American Literary Translators Association (ALTA) conference will feature a new opportunity: “Speed-Dating for Editors and Translators”: As ALTA organizers note on their website, “Interested translators ……Read More