Why This Book Should Win: "The Invention of Glass" by Emmanuel Hocquard [BTBA 2013]
Over the course of this week, we will be highlighting all 6 BTBA Poetry Finalists one by one, building up to next Friday’s announcement of the winners. All of these are written by the BTBA poetry judges under the rubric of “Why This Book Should Win.” You can find the whole series by clicking here. Stay tuned ...
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Child of Nature [Why This Book Should Win the BTBA]
Starting this week, we’ll be highlighting the five finalists in the poetry category for the BTBA. Similar to what we did for the fiction longlist, these will be framed by the question: “Why should this book win?” Click here for all past and future posts in this series. Today’s post is by poetry committee member ...
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"The Brittle Age and Returning Upland" by Rene Char [BTBA 2010 Poetry Finalists]
Over the next three days, we’ll be featuring each of the ten titles from this year’s Best Translated Book Award poetry shortlist. Click here for all past write-ups. The Brittle Age and Returning Upland by Rene Char. Translated from the French by Gustaf Sobin. (France, Counterpath) This guest post is by ...
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"If I Were Another" by Mahmoud Darwish [BTBA 2010 Poetry Finalists]
Over the next four days, we’ll be featuring each of the ten titles from this year’s Best Translated Book Award poetry shortlist. Click here for all past write-ups. If I Were Another by Mahmoud Darwish. Translated from the Arabic by Fady Joudah (Palestine, FSG) This guest post is by Brandon ...
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CALQUE Issue No. 5 Reading
For anyone who’s not a subscriber, the new issue of CALQUE Magazine is now available for purchase. (You can also find some interesting supplementary online material via that link.) Rumors about CALQUE have been circulating of late, and according to Steve and Brandon, this will be the final issue of the magazine. But ...
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