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For decades, the International Writing Program in Iowa City facilitated transformative connections for its resident writers—but the loss of funding worth nearly a million dollars challenges staff and students to find ways to keep going.
As the Common celebrates its fifteenth anniversary, founder and editor in chief Jennifer Acker delves into the thinking behind creating a literary organization and magazine devoted to place.
The new executive director of Words Without Borders, Elisabeth Jaquette, speaks on translation as an art and a profession as well as her goals to spotlight new global voices and help set best practices in the field.
The recipients of the 2023 International Booker Prize discuss the Bulgarian author’s obsession with memory, growing up in the former socialist state, and the intricacies of translating the award-winning novel, Time Shelter.
As threats to freedom of expression rise around the world, organizations like the International Cities of Refuge Network and PEN America strive to support writers.
In a continuing series on international writing communities, contributing editor Stephen Morison Jr. spends time with writers in the capital city of Bulgaria.
A writer in Sofia, Bulgaria, tracks the coronavirus pandemic through a global network of family and friends.
“Dutch classic” 1947 novel translated into English for the first time; American Library Association announces winners of its Youth Media Awards; novelist Anuk Arudpragasam on articulating inner life; and other news.
A consideration of sustainable funding for poets; Ha Jin on his new novel; Jeff VanderMeer funds full year of the Octavia Project; and other news.
Books to help understand Trump’s win; illustrations of bookstores around the world; contemporary Thai literature in translation; and other news.
