As influencers and celebrities vie for advance copies, buzzy books like Intermezzo are going viral before publication. But what happens when a book becomes a status symbol? At Esquire, we’re taking you inside the “complete frenzy” of status galleys. esquire.com/entertainment/…

We're just dropping this here: wordswithoutborders.org/read/article/2…

I interviewed Lauren Karcz about her stellar flash, “If Stevie Nicks Was Your Klonopin Withdrawal Counselor,” for SmokeLong Quarterly 85! I hope you’ll take a few minutes to read it, and then maybe a few more to read the interview too 👀 (linked in the byline!) smokelong.com/stories/if-ste…

So excited to talk with Laura van den Berg, Jáchym Topol, and Katie Yee at the Brooklyn Book Festival next weekend! Sunday, 3 pm. Come see us, old friends and new! brooklynbookfestival.org/event/once-upo…

Today's American Literary Translators Association (ALTA) translator speed dating revealed a country-mouse/city-mouse cousin story from France, an Argentine radio personality on love & philosophy, a Brazilian ecofiction that acknowledges millennia of Indigenous stewardship of the "virgin" Amazon & & & thank you!

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Tilted Axis is one of my all-time favorite publishers with a reliably brilliant list year after year - please help them out if you can!

A few months ago, I was invited to write a review of Park Nohae's Dawn of Labor, a collection of progressive poetry from the mid-1980s, in a new translation from Korean. I just got the author copies; I'm pretty sure this is the first time my work has appeared in print!

This is so terrific! Read Ian Battaglia in KoreanLitNow: kln.or.kr/lines/reviewsV…

Looking forward to chatting with Sally Rooney next Wednesday evening at Southbank Centre! Some people have asked for a link to the live stream; here you go. southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/sally…

Why is there not time enough and place enough to write about the books we're reading?

At the next Close Readings in a Virtual Space from my beloved flowchartfoundation the great Deborah Meadows will be leading a "read-through" of a Rosmarie Waldrop poem & yours truly will be in conversation w/her. Join us 9/26 at 3pET. Free but pls pre-register! eventbrite.com/e/close-readin…

okay so to everyone who asked for a galley, i will try to send you one, but you can also pre-order my book btw penguinrandomhouse.com/books/743786/g…

For Literary Hub’s new podcast, Huda Fakhreddine | هدى فخر الدين spoke to me about being an Arabic literature professor in a time of genocide. We recorded this conversation over two weeks ago, and I’ve thought about Huda’s powerful, painful words every day since. lithub.com/campus-repress…

Great opportunity.

I love my family

I am equally excited!

Gonna do our best to do her justice today…

The Municipality of Gaza is on the final day of a vital fundraiser to support water supply and waste management. They are under 60% of their goal. Can you give and share widely today? Any amount helps. Match below 👇 gaza-city.ensany.com/campaign/6737

For those of you who are new to Jameson and are looking to get a sense of what he was about, I recommend Benjamin Kunkel "Into the Big Tent" London Review of Books, Leo Robson "Jameson After Post Critique" New Left Review, and Mark Greif "Glimmers of Totality" Harper's Magazine. lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v32/…