Why This Book Should Win – Snow and Shadow by Guest Critic Christine Palau
Christine Zoe Palau is the speechwriter at the Korean Consulate in Los Angeles. She plays accordion, writes theatre reviews for the Noho Arts District, and has recently completed her first novel. Snow and Shadow – Dorothy Tse, Translated from the Chinese by Nicky Harman, Hong Kong Muse Magazine Project Dorothy ...
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Why This Book Should Win – Baboon by Guest Critic Lori Feathers
Lori Feathers is a freelance critic and Vice President of the Board of Deep Vellum Publishing. Baboon – Naja Marie Aidt, translated from the Danish by Denise Newman, Denmark Two Lines Press Baboon should win this year’s Best Translated Book Award because page-for-page it offers more surprises and excitement ...
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Why This Book Should Win – The Woman Who Borrowed Memories by BTBA Judge Katrine Øgaard Jensen
Katrine Øgaard Jensen is an editor-at-large for Asymptote and the editor-in-chief for Columbia: A Journal of Literature and Art. The Woman Who Borrowed Memories: Selected Stories – Translated by Thomas Teal and Silvester Mazzarella NYRB Classics When growing up in Northern Europe, you come to expect a certain ...
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Asian Anthologies, Part III: Digital Geishas and Talking Frogs, The Best 21st Century Short Stories from Japan
Digital Geishas and Talking Frogs: The Best 21st Century Short Stories from Japan Edited by Helen Mitsios Foreword by Pico Iyer There are some pretty wild support groups out there. Acne support groups, jealousy support groups, lactose intolerance and tooth grinding. (And yes, these really do exist. I looked them up.) But ...
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Asian Anthologies, Part II: The Lotus Singers, Short Stories from Contemporary South Asia
The Lotus Eaters: Short Stories from Contemporary South Asia Edited by Trevor Carolan Foreword by Urvashi Butalia To escape from poverty a woman sells of her body in order to get by. You’ve heard this story before, haven’t you? Actually, you haven’t. Niaz Zaman of Bangladesh’s story “The Daily Woman” is part ...
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Asian Anthologies, Part I: Another Kind of Paradise, Short Stories from the New Asia-Pacific
Another Kind of Paradise: Short Stories from the New Asia-Pacific Edited by Trevor Carolan Foreword by Frank Stewart and Pat Matsueda (from Manoa: A Pacific Journal of International Writing ) It is generally agreed upon that, in general, short stories are…nice, like novels for those of us with short attention spans. They ...
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