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So many good titles on here too!

Shuang-zi Yang’s Taiwanese Travelogue trans. From Mandarin Chinese by Lin King

Banu Mushtaq’s Heart Lamp trans. from Kannada by Deepa Bhashti

Yuko Tsushima’s Wildcat Dome trans. from Japanese by Lisa Hofmann-Kuroda.

Prominent historian cancels course at Columbia University over Trump deal Rashid Khalidi, in open letter published by the Guardian, accuses university of ‘capitulating’ with $200m settlement

“Historian Rashid Khalidi, the Edward Said professor emeritus of modern Arab studies at Columbia University, has cancelled plans to teach this fall in response to the school’s recent agreement with the Trump administration.”

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Every day is a new horror story with this administration but each one is horrible in its own way.

In this case, the push to deny birthright citizenship to children of immigrants. 157 years of (generally) welcoming policy at risk. Just to keep non-white people out.

Nativist horror.

It’s so good! 😂

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@tobiascarroll.bsky.social 's July Watchlist is here! Feat. books by @kktranslation.bsky.social @vivekshanbhag.bsky.social @writerkimsimonsen.bsky.social @shaunwhiteside.bsky.social

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An interesting piece by Rachel Kushner on writing about incarceration, a history of fiction about the topic, the way the carceral state is built into the architecture of our daily lives and more.

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“There’s a Kreizman piece for every mood and personality and, I don’t know, astrological sign, if that’s your thing. Tag yourself. (I’m “The 10 Horniest Men In Literature” sun, “Where Did My Ambition Go” rising.)”

So excited a new novel by Lucy Tan is Corning! What We Were Promised was so good. I still think about it.

Announcing the Finalists for the 37th Annual Lambda Literary Awards This year marks 37 years

We are thrilled to announce the shortlist for the 2025 Lambda Literary Awards! lambdaliterary.org/2025/07/anno...

Worlds in Rooms Bodies on display, in exhibitions of the work of Sanya Kantarovsky, Lisa Yuskavage, and Johannes Vermeer.

Walking into the new Johannes Vermeer exhibit at the Frick “is like stepping into a dream, or the sweet reality, of love,” Hilton Als writes. “The great painter’s art has everything to do with the senses, with how we open ourselves up to beauty and why.”

Wildcat Dome: A Novel A Novel

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Race Made Radioactive: How Yuko Tsushima Fused Multiracial Identity and Military Occupation In the author’s note to her next to last novel, Wildcat Dome, Yuko Tsushima explains the provenance of the book’s title by invoking the nuclear testing that the United States conducted on the Bikin…

& a great essay on translating it by Lisa Hofmann-Kuroda:

“one thing that does interest me is the way that, in Asia in particular, the mixed race subject is specifically tied to, and invokes the memory of, U.S. military occupation”

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Into the Vortex, by Katie Kitamura

A great review of it and look at Yuko Tsushima’s works by @katiekitamura.bsky.social

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It been a few a days since I finished it, but I haven’t been able to stop thinking about Wildcat Dome by Yuko Tsushima and translated by Lisa Hofmann-Kuroda. A haunting meditation on grief, time, and the aftermath of the US occupation of Japan and it’s dropping of atomic bombs. 🧵

Amy Sherald Cancels Her Smithsonian Show, Citing Censorship

Amy Sherald says the Smithsonian suggested removing a painting of a transgender woman as the Statue of Liberty from her upcoming show at the National Portrait Gallery “to avoid provoking President Trump.” Sherald: “I cannot in good conscience comply with a culture of censorship”

‘Privilege Can Also Be a Prison’: Exploring Class and Gender in ‘My Parents’ Marriage’ - PEN America In this PEN Ten interview, Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond discusses My Parents’ Marriage, which follows a disillusioned young woman in search of a new kind of love.

In this week’s PEN Ten interview, Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond discusses her latest novel, My Parents’ Marriage (Amistad Books, 2025), a rich, tender exploration of the transition into early adulthood set in Ghana and New York City during the 1970s. Read more: pen.org/nana-ekua-br...

NEW: Extraordinary moment as the Tunisian President confronts Trump’s Middle East adviser, Masad Boulos, with images of starving children in Gaza.

One shows a child trying to eat sand out of hunger.

“This is absolutely unacceptable. This is a crime against all of humanity.”

(🎥Middle East Monitor)

It really is that good!

Solitaria: A Novel A Novel

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Solitaria by Eliana Alves Cruz & trans. by Benjamin Brooks is just incredible. So so so good. A beautifully written story about a black mother & daughter who work as live-in maids for a rich family. It’s an incisive look at race, class, gender and injustice. It’s a revelation. Buy this book!

The Guardian view on starvation in Gaza: it will take more than words to halt Israel’s genocide | Editorial Editorial: Condemnation is rightly growing. But until concrete action is taken, western allies will remain complicit with these horrifying crimes

"Faced with the systematic destruction of Palestinian life in Gaza, other states must together produce a systematic, comprehensive and concrete response. If not now, when? What more would it take to convince them?"

Guardian editorial board calls for comprehensive and concrete action against Israel.

2025 Emerging Voices Fellows and Mentors - PEN America For the fourth consecutive application cycle the 9 fellows were selected from a record high applicant pool.

PEN America welcomes our 2025 Emerging Voices Fellows: Trini Bui, Danielle Shandiin Emerson, Leila Farjami, Elisabeth Vasquez Hein, Varun U. Shetty, Pegah Ouji, Ava Pauline Emilione, Emily del Carmen Ramirez, and Solomon Tesfaye.

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I think I started off reading Nawal El Saadawi with the wrong book of hers - Love in the Kingdom of Oil. The intentions of the novel were clear, but did not really line up with it's readability.

Any one have any favorites of hers they would recommend?

“I can’t carry the weight of representing an entire population that continues to be marginalised and that is itself incredibly diverse,” she said.

Ana Maria Gonçalves becomes first Black woman in Brazil’s literary academy Author of Um defeito de cor wins seat in 128-year-old institution long dominated by white men

“I’m the first Black woman, but I can’t be the only one,” said Gonçalves, who will be just the sixth woman among the 40 members, or “immortals”, as they refer to themselves.

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Leila Aboulela awarded PEN Pinter Prize 2025 - News & Events - English PEN PEN Pinter Prize 2025 Winner, Leila Aboulela, dressed in a black top with a patterned headscarf and smiling at the camera, leaning against a wooden fence with greenery behind her.

We are thrilled to announce that Leila Aboulela is the winner of the #PENPinterPrize 2025.

She will receive the award at a ceremony at @britishlibrary.bsky.social on 10 October 2025, where she will deliver an address.

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The Garden by Fanny Howe The Garden Black winter gardens engraved at night keep soft frost on them to read the veins of our inner i...

The Garden by Fanny Howe
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