For May, reviewed 4 more incredible works in translation for the Asymptote blog, by @EnardMathias tr @avecsesdoigts; @mohamedkheir tr @RobinMoger; Alexander Kluge tr Vennewitz & Booth; and Rita Halász tr Kris(ten) Herbert.

for Asymptote's "new in translation" column, I reviewed 4 sweeping books about deportation during WWII, reconstructing a Lebanese family saga, the "last surrealist" Marianne Ivsic, and a love affair with a troll (literal) @7StoriesPress @otherpress @CommonNotions @PushkinPress.

RT @asymptotejrnl: What better way to end 2024 than with a round-up of the best new books in world lit?. Spanning Germany, Lebanon, Taiwan,….

RT @asymptotejrnl: 'I think optimism is a solution to our very deep trauma­. If you didn’t view life that way, you just wouldn’t survive.….

I had such a great time speaking with @stefantobler of And Other Stories about the relationship between indie presses and international lit, his experiences translating and publishing Lutz Seiler, & upcoming @andothertweets titles.

@LAReviewofBooks @TwoLinesPress @sublunaryeds on UNDER THE NEOMOON, translated by Isabel Fargo Cole, & TERRITORIES OF THE SOUL/ON INTONATION, translated by Matthew Spencer (@unpaginated).

RT @LAReviewofBooks: "Hilbig’s short fiction is nightmarish and anxiety-inducing, tales of disorientation, surveillance, and divided identi….

For @LAReviewofBooks, I wrote about two newly translated (unsettling, outstanding) collections of Wolfgang Hilbig's early prose and poetry (from @TwoLinesPress & @sublunaryeds)

In my 2 latest newsletters I recommend favorite memoirs-in-essays (Margo Jefferson, @gregrmarshall, @AthenaDDixon) & books for fans of Linklater's Before Trilogy films (yes, Cusk's Outline Trilogy- but also a German novel from the 50s & an early 00s road trip tale), link in bio!.

An ode to public library summer reading challenges, and 3 book recs for hot weather & long weekends - including 2 novels and poetry in (mis)translation by @sawakonakayasu & @kojensen, link in bio!

RT @newgermanbooks: Recent intern Regan Mies reflects on her time with New Books in German.

A brief reflection on literary serendipity, 3 book recs, and a shout-out for my favorite essays on KAIROS in the wake of this week's Erpenbeck/Hofmann win, by @ajbwells & @rossmbenjamin (& a superb GDR essay by @lizzy_kinch), link in my bio!

RT @newgermanbooks: @PressIndigoThe publisher @SusieLiterature talks to us about founding an independent press, the search for justice in c….

Interviewed Albert Eibl about his incredible Verlag: ". a playing field, networking arena, and platform that makes the wrongfully forgotten works of earlier days newly­­––or in some cases, for the very first time––accessible to a broad, historically interested reading public.".

I was so excited to hear @JezewskaJ’s third book would be a story collection and loved connecting with Jessi to talk about Ghost Pains (a must read!), Americans abroad, how human connection to history has changed across generations & more.

RT @newgermanbooks: NBG recommendations spring 2024! . . #lbf24 #lbf #German #Literature #xl8 #translation #transla….

Sharing my (second) annual "books I've loved this year" essay because @The_Millions' "Year in Reading" series has once again been one of my favorite parts of December :)