The Watchlist: November 2020
November 24th, 2020by Tobias Carroll
The Latest from WWB Daily
- City and the Writer
The City and the Writer: In Naples with Angelo Cannavacciuolo
by Nathalie Handal
Naples is the city of a hundred cities, of a hundred satellites all orbiting the unique, massive planet that is memory. ...read more
- News
Introducing WWB’s Assistant Editor and Development Associate, Nina Perrotta
by Words Without Borders
We're pleased to welcome Nina Perrotta to the WWB team. ...read more
- Interviews
Children’s Literature in Translation: Levine Querido
by Words Without Borders
We are acutely aware of the danger of the “single story.” ...read more
- Essays
Disoriented: Creating a Platform for Lives in Transit
by Paige Aniyah Morris
We wanted to rupture the “easy” answer to questions about our time in Korea. ...read more
- First Read
An Archipelago in a Landlocked Country
by Elisa Taber
“The land will grow as hard as stone.” ...read more
- City and the Writer
The City and the Writer: In Mexico City with Carmen Boullosa
by Carmen Boullosa
“The city has devoured itself over and over again.” ...read more
- Essays
The Discreet Strength of Mercedes Barcha
by Felipe Restrepo Pombo
If she married Gabito, she would end up “eating paper.” ...read more
“Glaciers and Oceans and the Next Hundred Years”: A Conversation with Andri Snær Magnason
by Words Without Borders
Soon I had followed the issue so obsessively that I knew more than I read in the papers. ...read more
- Interviews
“We Are Always Present in What We Write”: An Exchange between Emmanuel Carrère and Daniel Mendelsohn
by Raphaëlle Leyris
You are never the same “you” from book to book. ...read more
- Watchlist
The Watchlist: October 2020
by Tobias Carroll
Tobias Carroll recommends exciting new and forthcoming books translated from Tamil, Georgian, Japanese, Spanish, and more. ...read more