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Something to Celebrate: In Praise of Awards Season

Something to Celebrate: In Praise of Awards Season

Maris Kreizman on the Importance of Recognizing Art That Matters

By Maris Kreizman | September 11, 2025

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Shame and English Translation on <em

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The Critic and Her Publics">Shame and English Translation on The Critic and Her Publics

a week-long season on translation continues

By The Critic and Her Publics | August 27, 2025

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First Sentences and Translating Proust on <em

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The Critic and Her Publics">First Sentences and Translating Proust on The Critic and Her Publics

a week-long season on translation begins

By The Critic and Her Publics | August 25, 2025

Speak/Stop

Speak/Stop

Noémi Lefebvre (trans. Sophie Lewis)

By Lit Hub Excerpts | September 18, 2024

The Secret Master: On Translating the Forgotten Argentine Writer Ángel Bonomini

The Secret Master: On Translating the Forgotten Argentine Writer Ángel Bonomini

Jordan Landsman Remembers the Writer Admired by Jorge Luis Borges, Alberto Manguel, and Others

By Jordan Landsman | May 16, 2024

Saying the Unsayable, and Listening to Silence: Jon Fosse on How Writing Plays Transformed His Craft

Saying the Unsayable, and Listening to Silence: Jon Fosse on How Writing Plays Transformed His Craft

From the Author’s Nobel Lecture in “A Silent Language”

By Jon Fosse | May 13, 2024

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By Literary Hub | September 30, 2021

Imminence

Imminence

Mariana Dimópulos, tr. by Alice Whitmore

By Literary Hub | September 7, 2021

Migratory Birds

Migratory Birds

Mariana Oliver, trans. Julia Sanches

By Lit Hub Excerpts | June 25, 2021

Poetics of Work

Poetics of Work

Noémi Lefebvre, trans. Sophie Lewis

By Lit Hub Excerpts | February 23, 2021

Here are some awesome literary organizations to support this #GivingTuesday.

Here are some awesome literary organizations to support this #GivingTuesday.

By Katie Yee | December 1, 2020

Before the Essay, the Lecture: Nonfiction's Lost Performative

Before the Essay, the Lecture: Nonfiction's Lost Performative

Mary Cappello Takes up a Question Virginia Woolf Once Asked

By Mary Cappello | September 9, 2020

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