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Join us virtually at the 2024 @GlobalEdAction GLOW Conference on 11/21, where WWB Campus will offer a workshop on bringing global lit alive through author classroom visits. If this sounds like your cup of tea, you can learn more about how to attend here: buff.ly/4fHyK3v
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Kerima Lorena Tariman, translated by Amanda Socorro Lacaba Echanis @wwborders wordswithoutborders.org/read…
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Adore his poetry — congrats 🎉
“Sze’s imaginative capaciousness pulls in languages, traditions and systems from both East and West, and it can speak to the cosmos then turn to the smallest natural detail.” Congrats to WWB Contributor Arthur Sze on winning the 2024 Bobbitt Prize! publishersweekly.com/pw/news…
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Join us tonight for the Virtual Gala in T-45 minutes! wwborders.live/2024VirtualGa…
Last call to get (free) tickets to our Virtual Gala on 11/13! Join from any time zone and any hemisphere. You just need a wi-fi connection and a love of global lit. Get tickets here: wwborders.live/2024VirtualGa…
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"Does the camera make the unspeakable more speakable in the digital age? Is that a good thing or just a thing? The horror not subject to live-streamed narration versus the horror that is."
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“Sze’s imaginative capaciousness pulls in languages, traditions and systems from both East and West, and it can speak to the cosmos then turn to the smallest natural detail.” Congrats to WWB Contributor Arthur Sze on winning the 2024 Bobbitt Prize! publishersweekly.com/pw/news…
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Now on WWB: three new interviews with writers & translators on the National Book Award for Translated Literature Shortlist! Go to the link in our bio to read what they have to say. buff.ly/4ffXMah
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Excited to hear that this new book from ⁦@DorothyProject⁩ will be the topic for the next ⁦@pod_bright⁩ discussion. I was fortunate to sit at the same ⁦@wwborders⁩ gala table with Damion Searls, who recommended it, with a mischievous grin.
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NBCC Vice President/Membership and Technology @Ofbooksandbikes reviewed Suzumi Suzuki's novella "Gifted," translated by Allison Markin Powell, for @wwborders: buff.ly/4fhFl4I
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In this story from the archives, a woman is haunted by memories of committing violence during war, and a walk to the bakery turns into a harrowing, guilt-filled odyssey. Read “The Scream” by Claudia Salazar Jiménez (tr. Elizabeth Bryer): buff.ly/4fibwBc
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Celebrate this book's tenth birthday with an excerpt on our site, first published in 2013! wordswithoutborders.org/read…
Ten years ago, we published our first book—TEXAS: THE GREAT THEFT by Carmen Boullosa, a sprawling contemporary classic. We’re thrilled to announce a special anniversary edition, translated by Samantha Schnee, with an introduction by Merve Emre ( @mervatim )
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