In solidarity with the writers boycotting the PEN America World Voices Festival; PEN America United; Writers Against the War on Gaza; and all the other writers who have declined PEN awards this week––

Kicking off our #WorldLiteratureFestival on April 15, join poets Camonghne Felix, Dorothea Lasky, Emanuel Xavier, and moderator Helena de Groot for readings and lively discussion about poetry, language, and labor.

Register now to join in person or online: on.nypl.org/4agPsEA

What a rich crossing this will be.
The Bridge: Translation From, For and To leslie.dartmouth.edu/news/2024/03/b… Alex Zucker

Applying pressure.

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…the committee is leveraging antisemitism… to caricature and demonize universities as hotbeds of “woke indoctrination.” Its opportunistic use of antisemitism in a moment of crisis is expanding and strengthening longstanding efforts to undermine educational institutions.

Join us in congratulating Graywolf's former Director & Publisher Fiona McCrae, who has been awarded the third annual Cesare De Michelis International Award for Publishing 🎉🎉

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The full piece:

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In our new report, ‘Stopping Famine in Gaza’, we provide granular data through mapping and satellite imagery on the extent of the damage and destruction and the severity of the food insecurity crisis.

Our key findings: 1/9
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Two (among several) books withdrawn from PEN America awards due to ongoing protest of PEN's normalization & denial of genocide & failure to speak against the atrocities in Gaza.

In just the last few days, several authors have withdrawn their books from PEN awards consideration.
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Ennio Moltedo’s Night is a masterpiece of controlled rage, mourning, resistance, and astonishing humor, and the first of his books to appear in English translation.

Register!
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Esther Allen

Woo! Go, Asterism, go!

i’ve just turned down the pen/dau prize, in solidarity with palestine + the protest against pen america’s refusal to take a clear, principled stance on the israeli genocide against the palestinian people

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🧵On Monday, 4/8/24, after much delay and little advance communication, PEN America announced the long lists for its 2024 literary awards. This included the PEN America Translation Prize, for which we, Larissa Kyzer, Hanna Leliv, Parisa Saranj, and Jenna Tang, were judges.

Register now for this 4/24 conversation, led by WWB’s own Karen M. Phillips, about the author-translator relationship. Featuring an all-star lineup of translators and authors, it’ll take place online and in person at the NY Public Library!
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ALTA is excited to present Write The World: A Day of Translation on May 21! Connect with translators & translation enthusiasts from across the globe. Registration is open, and tickets are just $15 for the whole day! Find the whole lineup + more info here: bit.ly/4cQoXYe

30 years ago, I reported on the Rwandan genocide as the world stood by. Afterwards, governments made another promise of 'never again'. Now they are failing Gaza. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

History doesn't repeat itself but it rhymes?