Presses shifting gears, agents inviting submissions from Muslim writers, at least one author turning down invitations to come to the US, and other #LIISSSY disruptions.
This short text by Iraqi short-story writer and playwright Hassan Blasim, translated by Jonathan Wright, has been circulating again on social media.
A glimpse of five recent narrative projects that you can read online.
“China will have a bigger booth this year…and has expanded its participation in the fair to an unprecedented extent.”
Do add your own suggestions.
I’m not so interested anymore in the idea of translation as “marketplace” or “bridge”, but as a form of radical knowledge production. My current book translation project (the first in five years or so) reflects this interest: a long-neglected memoir by a young Egyptian communist (and woman) of the 1970s student uprising generation.
“The annual residency, which launched this week, is set to continue through April 21.”
“Ten years after his release, to honor his comrades who died in prison, he wrote a memoir, ‘Tazmamort.'”
“Teens need to read about what they care about most, which is love and relationships, and we, as writers, are not permitted to go near that area, or at least we cannot be as honest and realistic as we should or would like to be.”
