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The Annotated Nightstand: What Daniel Saldaña Paris is Reading Now, and Next

The Annotated Nightstand: What Daniel Saldaña Paris is Reading Now, and Next

Featuring Gustav Flaubert, Yiyun Li, Francesca Wade, and Others

By Diana Arterian | July 30, 2025

"As I Was Lost There Also, the Two of Us Did Meet"

Elisa Levi (trans. Christina MacSweeney)

By Lit Hub Excerpts | May 20, 2025

Neither Plot Nor Character, But... Something Else? Ten Novels with Mind-Blowing Structures

Neither Plot Nor Character, But... Something Else? Ten Novels with Mind-Blowing Structures

Lincoln Michel Recommends Alejandro Zambra, Renee Gladman, Percival Everett and More

By Lincoln Michel | May 13, 2025

Announcing the Winners of the 2025 O. Henry Prize for Short Fiction

Announcing the Winners of the 2025 O. Henry Prize for Short Fiction

Series Editor Jenny Minton Quigley on the Timeless Power of Channeling Truth Through Imagination

By Jenny Minton Quigley | April 21, 2025

Danez Smith! Audre Lorde! Kwame Dawes! 27 new books out today.

Danez Smith! Audre Lorde! Kwame Dawes! 27 new books out today.

By Gabrielle Bellot | August 20, 2024

Fury

Fury

Clyo Mendoza (trans. Christina Macsweeney)

By Lit Hub Excerpts | April 2, 2024

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Cross-Stitch

By Lit Hub Excerpts | November 9, 2023

Shelf Talkers: What They’re Reading at Brazos Bookstore in Houston, Texas

By Literary Hub | June 24, 2022

Linea Nigra and the Untranslatable Experiences of Motherhood">On Jazmina Barrera’s Linea Nigra and the Untranslatable Experiences of Motherhood

By Malwina Gudowska | June 2, 2022

Rabbit Island

Rabbit Island

Elvira Navarro, trans. by Christina MacSweeney

By Lit Hub Excerpts | January 29, 2021

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By Emily Temple | November 12, 2019

In Praise of the Near Impossible-to-Translate Novel

In Praise of the Near Impossible-to-Translate Novel

From Döblin to Tokarczuk, Spare a Thought for the Hardworking Translators

By Veronica Esposito | April 16, 2018

15 Books You Should Read This March

15 Books You Should Read This March

Hard Reporting, Memoirs of Belief, New Clarice Lispector, and More

By Literary Hub | March 1, 2018

Scenes from a Life in Seoul

Scenes from a Life in Seoul

For Freeman's, Diary Fragments from Andrés Felipe Solano

By Andrés Felipe Solano | November 29, 2017

Of Working Women in Madrid, and the Lives of Artists

Of Working Women in Madrid, and the Lives of Artists

Elvira Navarro in Conversation with Carlos Labbé

By Literary Hub | November 22, 2017

15 Books You Should Read This October

15 Books You Should Read This October

A Reading List for Shorter Days and Crisper Nights

By Literary Hub | October 3, 2017