"My First Suicide" Giveaway on GoodReads
For all the Jerzy Pilch fans out there, we’re going to be publishing his new book, My First Suicide, this summer, but for those of you who are too eager to wait until May, enter the contest below for a chance to win one of the 10 copies we’re giving away via GoodReads. This new book is in the same vein as the ...
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Dream of Ding Village
Dream of Ding Village tells the story of a village destroyed by unregulated blood selling. Gloomily enough, the novel is narrated by a 12 year-old-boy who died without ever having sold his blood; instead, the narrator, Ding Quiang, was murdered by villagers with a grudge against his father, Ding Hui, the local blood head. ...
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RTWCS: Ben Moser on Clarice Lispector
A couple weeks ago, Ben Moser was in town for the unfortunately acronymed NeMLA conference. We took advantage of this to host a special RTWCS event to talk to Ben about his biography of Lispector (Why This World, Oxford University Press), his new translation of The Hour of the Star, and the four Lispector books he’s ...
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Unbelievable Ledig House Opportunity
I think this press release speaks for itself: Writers Omi at Ledig House Translation Lab, Fall 2012 Writers Omi at Ledig House, a part of Omi International Arts Center, has been awarded a grant from Amazon.com to fund Translation Lab, a weeklong special, intensive residency for five collaborating ...
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"The Druze of Belgrade" by Rabee Jaber Wins the International Prize for Arabic Fiction
The International Prize for Arabic Fiction—also known as the Arabic Booker—was announced yesterday as a sort of kick-off for this year’s Abu Dhabi International Book Fair. This is the second time Jaber has been shortlisted for the prize, which, when you think about the fact that this is only the fifth ...
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Bilingual Readings at ALTA 2012
FYI, here’s the information about how to participate in the bilingual readings at this year’s ALTA conference: For a chance to participate in the Bilingual Readings taking place at this year’s ALTA (October 3-6 in Rochester, NY), please send Alexis Levitin the following information by AUGUST 15, 2012: ...
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Of Flies and Monkeys
My head hasn’t been in poetry lately. Call it burn out—last year I read mostly poems—or attribute it to grad school killing my love for poetry, but I have been reading more prose as of late. Subsequently, my recent poetry reading has mostly been out of obligation. That being said, it takes a lot to get me excited ...
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