This year’s Man Booker Prize International longlist is pretty freaking awesome
The Man Booker Prize, soon to simply be the Booker Prize, has announced the 2019 longlist for its coveted prize for best work of literature in translation. It’s a nifty… Read more »
We asked, “Is it possible to make a team of soccer players with famous writers’ surnames from this year’s World Cup?” and the answer is “Yeah, kinda!”
As you may have heard, the World Cup started yesterday in Russia. The soccer World Cup. You know, the round ball? The one that isn’t basketball, football, or baseball? The… Read more »
450 American authors bravely band together to publicly denounce the most reviled public figure in recent memory
Over at iPetitions.com, a group of 450 American authors have posted an open letter opposing the candidacy of Donald Trump, who, if you haven’t heard, is running for President of… Read more »
French vending machines dispense fiction instead of snacks
As our lives become busier and our screen-time perpetual, some have predicted that the short story would become the most readily-consumed literary form of the age. Now the city of… Read more »
Two new Robert Walser translations coupled with art
The work of the German-speaking Swiss writer Robert Walser (1878–1956) languished in relative obscurity for decades, but a slew of recent English translations of his work have raised his profile… Read more »
The Man Booker International Prize longlist is truly international
The morning after the Folio Prize winner was announced, another prize shortlist came to our attention: the Man Booker International Prize, one of the most interesting prizes around. Launched in… Read more »
Boston’s new Edgar Allan Poe statue looks familiar
When images of the new statue of Edgar Allan Poe to be installed in central Boston later this year were circulated online last week, there was something awfully familiar about… Read more »
In praise of readability
In John Self’s latest missive in the Guardian, he discusses the idea of “an easy read,” which is defined as a book that is “not too hard going.” But what… 2 / Read more »