Posted on March 14, 2023 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The 2023 International Booker Prize longlist, as with years past, includes some notable firsts. Three original languages — Bulgarian, Catalan,...

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Posted on March 13, 2023 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Nobel Prize-winning author Kenzaburo Oe has died. His publisher told CNN that Oe died March 3 at age eighty-eight of...

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Posted on February 22, 2023 at 8:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Opposites attract? Not so much in the case of Jennifer Croft and Boris Dralyuk. Both members of this couple are...

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Posted on February 14, 2023 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Those who believe Chilean poet Pablo Neruda was murdered appear to officially be right. Neruda's nephew told a Spanish news...

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Posted on February 12, 2023 at 4:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Author Meena Kandasamy recently completed a new translation of one portion of the Thirukkural — an ancient collection of verses...

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Posted on January 16, 2023 at 2:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Interested in another book that shocked a nation? French writer Constance Debré was just, last fall published in English for...

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Posted on December 20, 2022 at 10:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Various installments of Jon Fosse's Septology saga have appeared on a wide variety of award lists. And now, finally, they're...

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Posted on December 10, 2022 at 8:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

On this day in 1920, Clarice Lispector — considered one of Brazil's most important literary figures — was born. Her...

Posted on November 12, 2022 at 8:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

We have a teaser trailer for the Netflix adaptation of The Lying Life of Adults. Elena Ferrante's follow-up to her...

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Posted on November 10, 2022 at 10:04 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Swedish author Karin Smirnoff is the latest person carrying on the vision of Stieg Larsson. Larsson wrote three books in...

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