Niloufar Talebi and Belonging: New Poetry by Iranians Around the World
I had the pleasure of spending a couple of days with Niloufar Talebi at an American Literary Translators Conference in Montreal a few years back, when she was still translating the poems for Belonging and looking for a publisher. (To be frank, I knew immediately that I was going to like Niloufar, when, after an ALTA ...
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Diverse Views on the Kindle
The 240,000 Kindle sales figure has been written about quite a bit over the past few weeks, with everyone speculating on whether this number is strong enough to make the Kindle the next iPod. According to Silicon Alley Insider,- Citi’s Mark Mahaney has doubled his estimate of Kindle sales to 378,000 for this year. ...
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Houellebecq Should Stick to Books
From the Independent: Several film critics walked out of a showing of the first full-length film written and directed by Houellebecq at the 61st Locarno movie festival. Others giggled or made rude remarks. Houellebecq, perhaps sensing a hostile audience or perhaps just unpredictable as usual, failed to turn up for ...
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Latest Review: Sun, Stone, and Shadows
Our latest review is of Sun, Stone, and Shadows: 20 Great Mexican Short Stories edited by Jorge F. Hernandez and published in collaboration with the NEA’s Big Read program. ...
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Translation Database Update
It’s been a couple months since I last posted an update to the 2008 Translation Database, and since we have added a number of titles (thanks as always to Michael Orthofer, PW, and all the publishers who send us copies of their catalogs) it seemed like a good time to post an updated Excel file. The Excel file linked to ...
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Sun, Stone, and Shadows: 20 Great Mexican Short Stories
It can be tricky reviewing an anthology. Especially a general anthology that strives to introduce the literature of a particular country or region, since in an attempt to be all-encompassing, these anthologies can seem too diffuse, without anything linking the included pieces. When I first picked up Sun, Stone, and Shadows ...
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Open Letter Update
Things have been a bit slow around here the past few weeks, but now that I’m back in the office for the rest of the month (I think), things should pick up. We have a couple of reviews coming up in the next week or so—Sun, Stone, and Shadows: 20 Great Mexican Short Stories and I’d Like by Amanda ...
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