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Forrest Gander (MOJAVE GHOST) is reading at NYU on Thursday 2/27 Hope to see you there! RSVP required as.nyu.edu/departments/...

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We are thrilled that Solvej Balle’s ON THE CALCULATION OF VOLUME, translated by Barbara J. Haveland, and Anne Serre’s A LEOPARD-SKIN HAT, translated by Mark Hutchinson, have been longlisted for the International Booker Prize! @thebookerprizes.bsky.social

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“Today’s poem takes up the idea that human cells contain light. This discovery makes it possible for us to theorize about communication between plants and other life forms,” shares Major in today’s episode. Read “Hello, the Roses” by Mei-mei Berssenbrugge (@ndbooks.bsky.social): bit.ly/3WZZSE4

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Out this May: two novels by the brilliant Inger Christensen, translated by Denise Newman

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Still very relevant--and now available again thanks to New Directions--the poems of Essex Hemphill, essential reading for LGBTQ community (and allies!) Pre-order with your local bookstore because you know it's gonna sell through fast and the fascists will be trying to ban it. Comes out March 2025.

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Novel Prize announcement in Lithub. Congrats, Giada. lithub.com/giada-scodel...

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Come to Molasses Books this Saturday for old tunes, Sam Bett's new translation of Dazai's THE BEGGAR STUDENT, and a signing!

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🧡 Join us at Molasses Books this Saturday, February 1, for an evening of Japanese literature and music with Sam Bett, translator of THE BEGGAR STUDENT by Osamu Dazai 🧡 ndbooks.com/book/the-beggar-student

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"Balle communicates something painful about the limits of sharing a life, and perhaps the limits of sharing time at all." —Hilary Leichter on the first two volumes of Solvej Balle's septology www.nytimes.com/2025/01/25/b...

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Announcing the 2024 Novel Prize Congratulations to all the shortlisted writers! ndbooks.com/article/the-2024-novel-prize-shortlist

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This year, join us at McNally Jackson for the ND Book Club! We'll read staff favorites and New Directions staples with an emphasis on writerly genius and comic relief. First up: Fran Ross' pioneering, dazzling satire OREO! www.ndbooks.com/article/nd-b...

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Sam Bett in conversation with artist Kerry Anderson about translating the humor in Osamu Dazai's Novels. Join us at SPACE gallery in Portland Maine! space538.org/event/one-bi...

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A poem from Forrest Gander's MOJAVE GHOST is now in @thenation.com online, and hitting stands in print in December! www.thenation.com/article/arch...

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Claire Baglin shares an excerpt from her new novel ON THE CLOCK (trans. Jordan Stump) in the winter issue of @nplusonemag.com ! www.nplusonemag.com/issue-49/fic...

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Celebrate the birthday of the inimitable Clarice Lispector with one of her most beloved short stories, alongside a documentary showcasing never-before-seen images of her life in Washington, D.C.! t.co/A3DceRcXSL

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BEHOLD! Spring/summer ’25, featuring: Mathias Énard, Inger Christensen, Bernadette Mayer, Gabriela Cabezón Cámara, László Krasznahorkai, Naguib Mahfouz, Hélène Bessette, Yoko Tawada, Harald Voetmann, Marlen Haushofer, and C. F. Ramuz. cdn.sanity.io/files/p34gzx...

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