Books

Emily Drumsta is at work on a collection of poetry by Iraqi poet Nazik al-Mala’ika (1923-2007): Asymptote has brought out a new translation by Drumsta, ……Read More

At the end of this month, R. Neil Hewison will retire from his position as Associate Director for Editorial Programs for American University in Cairo ……Read More

Celeste Ng ‘s latest novel, Little Fires Everywhere, is a meditation on the unspoken pains and contradictions of motherhood. Its story unspools all the raw, ……Read More

There’s a moment in girlhood, a brief span of time, when the idea of a “best friend” means more than almost anything else in the ……Read More

Ahead of the Frankfurt Book Fair, Lebanese literary agent Yasmina Jraissati has five new must-translates to add to her list: Jraissati promises: “A novel by ……Read More

Celebrated Egyptian poet Iman Mersal, one of the most exciting voices in contemporary Arabic poetry, has shifted her attention — with two recent books — ……Read More