April 26, 2016

The Problem with History

Read an excerpt on the darker side of Japanese history from Hideo Furukawa’s HORSES, HORSES, IN THE END THE LIGHT REMAINS PURE, translated by Doug Slaymaker with Akiko Takenaka.

April 26, 2016

The Complexity and Individuality of Contemporary Chinese Experiences and Perspectives

Read “The Apprentice,” excerpted from Zhu Wen’s THE MATCHMAKER, THE APPRENTICE, AND THE FOOTBALL FAN, as well as an interview with Julia Lovell, the book’s translator.

April 26, 2016

New Book Tuesday: The Sierra Club, Plots, The Red Guard, and More!

Our weekly listing of new titles now available.

April 25, 2016

An Interview with M. A. Orthofer, author of The Complete Review Guide to Contemporary World Fiction

“There does seem to have been a definite move from larger publishers dominating publishing translations into English to smaller, more nimble independents and non-profits taking the lead in the field, and I think the future success of fiction in translation...

April 22, 2016

Remembering Slavery: Passover, Caribbean Literature and Black-Jewish Relations

A post by Sarah Phillips Casteel, author of “Calypso Jews: Jewishness in the Caribbean Literary Imagination”.

April 21, 2016

Thursday Fiction Corner: Chu T’ien-wen’s Notes of a Desolate Man

For this week’s Thursday Fiction Corner, Russian Library editor Christine Dunbar discusses NOTES OF A DESOLATE MAN, by Chu T’ien-wen, translated by Howard Goldblatt and Sylvia Li-Chun Lin.

April 21, 2016

Man-O-Manischewitz — Roger Horowitz on Kosher Wine and Its Popularity among African Americans

Roger Horowitz and Sammy Davis Jr. on Manischewitz and Kosher wine!

April 20, 2016

A Post for 4/20: Peter Maguire and Mike Ritter on Pot Smuggling

In recognition of 4/20, we are re-posting Peter Maguire and Mike Ritter’s appearance on HuffPost Live to discuss their book Thai Stick: Surfers, Scammers, and the Untold Story of the Marijuana Trade In the interview, Maguire and Ritter discuss drug...

April 20, 2016

Harry Kassell: Kosher Meat Man

Roger Horowitz, author of “Kosher USA,” on

April 19, 2016

Kosher Coke, Kosher Science

In the excerpt below from Kosher USA: How Coke Became Kosher and Other Tales of Modern Food, Roger Horowitz travels from his family’s Seder table to early twentieth-century Atlanta when Rabbi Geffen had to weigh in on the status of...

April 19, 2016

New Book Tuesday: Black Gods of the Asphalt, Ranciere, Stiglitz, and More New Books!

Our weekly listing of new titles now available.

April 18, 2016

Roy Harris on the Pulitzer Prize

With today’s announcement of the Pulitzer Prize winners, we are re-posting our interview with Roy Harris, author of Pulitzer’s Gold: A Century of Public Service Journalism. Recently Roy Harris previewed some of the possible winners and was interviewed by WBUR’s...