As the publication date for the four new translations approaches, Moser discusses the Brazilian master. Listen here.   

And sets it against the very real Argentine backdrop. Read it here.   

Writing on the Poetry Society of America blog, Klein talks about the process of translating Xi Chuan, walking readers through an example.

An intimate look at his writing — and tastes — in an with Guernica. 

New Directions intern, Laura Brown, chats with award-winning translator, Susan Bernofsky, who talks about her favorite foreign authors and gives tips to aspiring translators. Read their full conversation here. 

They say that Roberto Bolano is still "haunting" Latin American Literature, most recently in The Secret of Evil. Read their full review here. 

With an eye on the context of the Arab Spring. Read their full review here. 

This thoughtful piece, as her editor joked, is "nearly as long as one of his novels." You can read it all here. 

Both Never Any End to Paris, by Spanish author Enrique Vila-Matas, and Kornél Esti, by Hungarian author Dezső Kosztolányi, are on the BTBA shortlist. You can read the full write-up here.

Featuring fascinating discussions of the books we've translated. Read their thoughts on Ghosts here. 

And discovers a "willful blurring of literary boundaries." Read the article here.

An article about parents encouraing their precocious children to publish their writing has sparked curious discussion in the "Letters" section, including an analogy to French poet Arthur Rimbaud.  Read the banter here.

 In advance of the book's release, they've excerpted "The Scholars of Sodom" — a story about Naipaul in Buenos Aires.  

BTBA judge Monica Carter shares why she thinks Enrique Vila-Matas's novel is the top choice. Read it on the Three Percent blog here.

In the magazine's wonderfully curated "Readings" section this month is a story of the forthcoming collection called "I Can't Read". Enjoy.

Back in December, n + 1 hosted an event at Fordham, with Keith Gessen moderating and Helen DeWitt participating. Now they have video evidence. 

The perfect review for Aira fans and newcomers alike. Read the full review here.

Reviewer Jacob Silverman parallels the book to the eponymous dance, saying that it is "ever moving forward and back, orchestrated by a knowing, even otherwordly figure." Read the full review here.

News comes today that Helen DeWitt's Lightning Rods is on The Believer's shortlist for its annual Book Award for Fiction. You can read the announcement here, and watch a dramatic reading from the book here. 

But not everything is roses. The New York Times Book Review compares translation of Thomas Tranströmer's poetry, before and after his win. Read it all here.

Editor of Pound's New Selected Poems & Translations, Sieburth talks about his unusual education, his love for Rimbaud, and — of course — Ezra Pound. Read the interview here.

And decides that, as we intended, it composes a "fragmented biography." Read their review full here.

The Washington Post shares glimpses of each. Read the full list of finalists here.

Nominated for the National Book Critics Circle award, Craig Teicher reviews Gander's poetry collection: Core Samples from the World.

The Harvard Crimson takes a closer look at Cesar Aira's Varamo.

With Barbara Epler, Benjamin Moser, David Randall, and host Scott Esposito. Read it all here. 

Previewing the National Book Critics Circle finalists for poetry, a recommendation for Forrest Gander's Core Samples from the World. Read their full recommendation here.

The Millions gives a close reading of Satantango's "vast black river of type." Read the full review here.

And the "the absurdities that make reading Aira addictive. Read the full review here. 

... and praises Aira's "attention to the raw strangeness of life's ordinary details." Read the full article here. 

Balancing between satire and the plausible, The Rumpus claims "DeWitt's true genius lies in the skewered logic she concocts" when justifying her character's preposterious business plan. Details here.

According to Ehrenreich, "he word lyrical is key" to understanding Bolaño. Read the full article here. 

Oh, and a "must read." Read their full review here.

... citing his moxie to create fake quotes from Kate Moss and Vladimir Nabokov in the same breath. Fiction Advocate explains how he gets away with it in The Hall of the Singing Caryatids.

And praises the Egyptian author as "a keen observer of codes." Read the complete review here.

Click here to listen to InDefinite's Podcast of Helen DeWitt reading from Lightning Rods. 

At least not when sex is involved. We're talking about Lightning Rods, of course, and this reviewer is not a fan. 

Wherein not one, but two reviewers chime in. 

Sex sells, after all. Read the entire article here.

"Intelligent, funny, and absurd." Read the rest here.

Specifically The Glass Menagerie and the introduction he wrote for its deluxe edition. Read it here. 

Which of course only his poetry reveals. Read the review here. 

Jenny Davidson and Helen DeWitt discuss sexual fantasies, Robbe-Grillet, and businesspeak. And more. Read it here.

Read the entire article here. 

Read the entire rave review here. 

Christopher Glazek and Elizabeth Gumport talked to Helen DeWitt about inspiration, rage, and Berlin, among many other things. Part one; part two.

And decides that it's the "most autobiographical of his writings." Read it here.

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Full review here.

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