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“Amman consumes me when I’m there and it can feel like an entire world. It demands so much attention even as it grumbles about its own frustrations.” ...read more

It’s so exciting to be able to write to an author and ask, “How would you like your book to shine in this new language? How can we allow it to tell its truths with new words?” ...read more

“Ietsy dreamed that she would bring him with her in her purse along with all the other objects lost at the bottom the way individual days and nights get lost in a life.” ...read more

“Thirteen stories guaranteed to send a chill down your spine.” ...read more

“To be an edgy woman writer in the early twentieth century, Silvina risked invisibility (except for the happy few readers).” ...read more

“I’m posing a question: to what extent can we step into history and shape it, and at what price?” ...read more

“The moment you think that you know Abidjan, the city escapes your embrace.” ...read more

“Fabiano manages to fool security at the luxury apartment block by pretending he’s the gardener, which, as of last week, he no longer is.” ...read more

“Salima let her breath out slowly. She was worried that the oily hue of the walls in here was darker and heavier than it ought to be for a new mother.” ...read more

Tobias Carroll recommends new works translated from Turkish, Italian, Hebrew, Japanese, Spanish, and Yiddish. ...read more