"My Two Worlds" by Sergio Chejfec [25 Days of the BTBA]
As with years past, we’re going to spend the next five weeks highlighting all 25 titles on the BTBA fiction longlist. We’ll have a variety of guests writing these posts, all of which are centered around the question of “Why This Book Should Win.” Hopefully these are funny, accidental, entertaining, and ...
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Come Find Me at AWP!
So for the first year ever, Open Letter has a booth at AWP, the annual conference of the Associated Writing Programs. Our booth is J8, which, if you look at this rather daunting map, is against the wall in the Southeast Hall. Not exactly the center of all AWP foot traffic, so PLEASE come by. I promise to make it worth your ...
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And Here It Is: The BTBA 2012 Fiction Longlist
I was really excited to get the longlist from the judges last Thursday. Having removed myself entirely from the process, it was as much of a surprise to me as it is for anyone reading this. And after spending a few days going over it, checking off the titles I’ve read, and the ones I want to read, I have to say that ...
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Latest Review: "In Spite of the Dark Silence" by Jorge Volpi
The latest addition to our Reviews Section is a piece by Kaitlyn Brady on Jorge Volpi’s In Spite of the Dark Silence, which is translated from the Spanish by Olivia Maciel and available from Swan Isle Press. Kaitlyn was in my “Introduction to Literary Publishing/Open Letter Internship” class last ...
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"Translation: A Transdisciplinary Journal"
Thanks to Edwin Gentzler, the font of knowledge for all things translation, I just found out about a new journal called, simply, Translation. With this publication, the editors present the new international peer-reviewed journal translation, which from January 2012 will be published twice a year. The journal—a ...
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The Noise of Time
I have to thank Daniel Medin for bringing to my attention Cynthia Haven’s post about a small French publisher focused on literature in translation: Translation is the poor stepchild of literature – academics get more applause for producing their own books, not for translating the writing of others; for writers, ...
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Death in Spring on All Things Considered
This review actually appeared online a couple months ago, but National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward’s piece on Merce Rodoreda’s Death in Spring made it onto “All Things Considered” last night. I personally think Death in Spring is one of the most unique, and interesting books that we’ve ...
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