Melville House Books

Sal Robinson

Sal Robinson is an editor at Melville House, and co-founder of the Bridge Series, a reading series focused on translation.

• Gerbrand Bakker and David Colmer: happy together

  It’s relatively rare that, when an author wins a major international prize, the main news stories on it show a photo of the author and their translator. It’s even rarer… Read more »

• Copyright reform discussions underway, first punches being thrown

  When the current Register of Copyrights Maria Pallante called for an overhaul of the copyright system back in March, the House listened. And last week, hearings began in the Courts,… Read more »

• Editor Drenka Willen wins new international literature prize

  These past few years have been good ones for awards honoring international literature: prizes have mutated in and out of sponsorships fairly successfully, gained traction and publicity, honored translations and… Read more »

• Plans unveiled for NYC’s Donnell Library

  The New York Public Library officially unveiled the architectural plans today for the long-left-in-limbo Donnell Branch on 53rd Street. The good news is that it’s nice and airy-looking. The bad… Read more »

• A year of Librotraficantes: where to read Arizona’s banned books

  It’s been a little over a year for Librotraficantes, a movement that came out of the passing, in May 2010, of HB 2281, an Arizona bill that prohibited school districts… Read more »

• Poetry ringtones, wretched money, and blogging Arabic literature: an interview with M. Lynx Qualey

  The blog Arabic Literature (in English) hasn’t been around for very long, but it covers with vigor and depth a giant field of literary activity that still remains relatively unknown… Read more »

• What is PEN World Voices good for?

  The news today that a dozen books from Carlos Fuentes’s backlist, including The Death of Artemio Cruz and The Old Gringo, will now be available as e-books, and the conclusion… Read more »

• Moby-Dick, the card game

  Moby-Dick, the BBC historical drama; Moby-Dick, the interactive sing-along theatrical production; Moby-Dick, the beer; Moby-Dick, the felted version? Chalk up one more adaption for Herman Melville’s novel: Moby-Dick, the card… Read more »

• The deleted tweets of U.S. politicians

  Think you deleted that tweet, Junior Senator? Think again. For there is now a website, Politwoops, which collects deleted tweets by U.S. politicians and preserves them for all time, so… Read more »

• Becks in Paris: the footballer
  as philosopher king

  David Beckham hasn’t done much for Paris Saint-Germain during his short stint with the team, but he has had a profound effect on one academic. Namely, one man, Andy Martin, a professor… Read more »