I recently joined with other translators and advocates for translation to start a group called Global Literature in Libraries Initiative. According to the mission statement, "the Global Literature in Libraries…
Announcing the 2016 We Are the People Summer Reading List, featuring outstanding books for children and teens by authors and artists of color.
A report on the second panel of the Bridge Series on Translation, where editors discussed the process of editing translations.
In preparing to offer writing workshops to incarcerated teens, I was inspired by the play Key Change, about women in prison in the UK.
Blog food reviewer Richard Lachmann's roundup of the restaurants we visited on our trip to Venice and Florence.
A review of Clara Bensen's NO BAGGAGE, read on the way home from my own family trip to Italy (with far more suitcases).
Thinking about the themes of Surviving Santiago in the wake of two incidents of political violence in the U.S. in the past week.
The implications of LEGO's refusal to sell bulk bricks to Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei: Corporations are not democracies.
I almost didn't attend the USBBY (United States Board of Books for Young People) conference this year, even though it was held in New York City, five subway stops from…
A report on the "PEN Presents: Translating Books for Young Readers" panel at the Brooklyn Book Festival.