Author Archives
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Mazen Maarouf: At the Intersection Between Surrealism and Fantasy
“In an Arabic cultural scene that’s full of novels about political and societal issues, Maarouf gives us a chance to breathe and taste something different[.]”
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Sunday Submissions: The Operating System Seeking Manuscripts for ‘Unsilenced Texts’ Series
“GLOSSARIUM: UNSILENCED TEXTS AND MODERN TRANSLATIONS was established in early 2016 in an effort to recover silenced voices outside and beyond the familiar poetic canon, seeking out and publishing both contemporary translations and little known (and unknown) out of print texts, in particular those under siege by restrictive regimes and silencing practices in their home (or adoptive) countries.”
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Friday Finds: New Work in Translation by Hassan Blasim, Fadwa Soleiman
Blasim also has a forthcoming novel, God 99, that follows Hassan Owl, an Iraqi who arrives in Finland as a writer and a refugee.
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5 Books: Neil Hewison’s Most Memorable Books from 31 Years at AUC Press
“I have not kept count of the books, both fiction and non-fiction, that I have edited since I joined the AUC Press in 1986, but each one has been different, each one has had its challenges and its rewards, and from each one I have learned many things.”
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Imprisoned Palestinian Poet Ashraf Fayadh Wins PEN Canada One Humanity Award
“This award reminds Fayadh, his family, his supporters, and most importantly, his jailers, that his colleagues will continue advocate for his right to freedom of expression until he is released.”
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Charif Majdalani Wins 2017 ‘Khayrallah Prize’ for Work Capturing Experiences of Lebanese Immigrants
Previous winners of the Khayrallah Prize include Lebanese-Australian playwright David Joseph and Lebanese-American author Joseph Geha.
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‘Book of Sleep’: Intensive Reflections from Haytham El-Wardany
“El-Wardany refuses those depictions of sleeping as a passive act. Also, interestingly, he observes the moment of getting to sleep and builds his ideas on it, away from the usual talk about the dreams.”
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An Excerpt from ‘The Effacement,’ Shortlisted for the 2017 Prix de la Littérature Arabe
The novel, according to The Nation, was “a sensation of the 2016 Algiers International Book Fair,” and it also won the Prix de l’Association France-Algérie earlier this year.
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Sunday Submissions: CSU Poetry Center Looking for Poetry in Translation
“Full manuscripts are welcome.”
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The Great Arabic Boxing Novel: Ma’n Abu Taleb’s ‘All the Battles’
“Boxing, perhaps more than any other sport, is made for the modern novel.”
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Friday Finds: Hisham Bustani’s ‘Crossing,’ Translated by Maia Tabet
“You cross the bridge suspended over the canal. Colored ships slowly glide across the surface of blue waters below. Now and then, from beyond the hills of fine sand, a date palm emerges, a village, some people. Fish dart across the lake and a swarthy, dusty child poses for the camera, stick in hand.”
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Shortlists Released for Etisalat Prize for Arabic Children’s Literature
The prize has six categories: Young Adult Book of the Year, Best Text, Best Illustrations, Best Production, and Digital Book App of the Year. There is also a “Children’s Book of the Year” award, a top prize worth 300,000 AED, that additionally goes to a book in any of the categories.
