Out in the world today, from wherever you buy books.

Join Wendy Call at Third Place Books in Seattle on May 5.

Guest edited by Pulitzer Prize winner Cristina Rivera Garza, BEST LITERARY TRANSLATIONS 2025 features a diverse mix of poetry and prose, originally written in nearly two-dozen languages, brought into English by the most talented translators working today. AVAILABLE NOW!

ATTN 🤩 If you're in Seattle on May 5, head on over to Third Place Books in Ravenna for a talk/reading from "Best Literary Translations 2025" with several PNW #literarytranslation superstars! 💫 #xl8 #NWLinguists #NWLiteraryTranslators

A Stacking of Translations and the Affect of the Here-and-Now By Cristina Rivera Garza wordswithoutborders.org/read/article/2…

A World in Crisis: Deep Vellum’s Best Literary Translations 2025 themarkaz.org/a-world-in-cri…

Don't miss this collection, incl. John High and Matvei Yankelevich's sparkling translations of Mandelstam from Turkoslavia Collective & Journal Issue 3! exchanges.uiowa.edu/voronezh

A wonderful review by fellow translator Lara Vergnaud of Deep Vellum's latest BEST LITERARY TRANSLATIONS anthology, which debuted last year! GET IN: bookshop.org/p/books/best-l…

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Alright translation nerds, it’s a Deep Vellum / Center for the Art of Translation collab event, launching The Best Literary Translations Anthology (BLT) at Medicine for Nightmares in San Francisco! One week from today!

Beautiful Choices: UConn Makes Its Mark on the World of Literary Translation today.uconn.edu/2025/05/beauti…

Good morning. Where are you reading us from?

A day of reading and book signing at the Best Literary Translations 2025 launch in San Francisco (May 27, 2025), hosted by Medicine for Nightmares.

From unannounced office visits to long, searching conversations, my time with Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o was a rare education in politics, literature, and humility—an unforgettable window into the mind of a giant. Yusuf Ahmad✍️🏿 geeska.com/en/my-encounte…

At this extraordinarily dangerous moment it is a comfort to remember that a weekend talk show co-host who recently quit drinking is running the military.

Call for Applications: A co-editor with expertise in Middle Eastern Literatures. deepvellum.org/news/call-for-…

Just received my first piece of mail in Paris at my office in CERI Sciences Po: The Best Literary Translations Anthology '25 (The Best Literary Translations Anthology (BLT)) from Deep Vellum—featuring "Time Delivery," my hybrid piece on Amman, love, and departures. No better way to begin this Parisian chapter