Today I’m hosting my first-ever cover reveal. I’m thrilled and honored to present the cover of Katia Raina’s debut YA novel, Castle of Concrete, published by Young Europe, the YA…
A discussion of the 2019 Academy Award nominees for Foreign Language Film and why these movies are superior to Hollywood's offerings.
The shocking victory of a white nationalist President and his political party in November 2016 led me to wonder about the fate of the many diverse books making their way…
A discussion of an old publishing model that is being revived as an alternative to traditional publishing and going it alone.
My 2019 New Year's Resolutions, what I've learned from not achieving past ones and how to make these more successful.
Although I didn't achieve my 2018 New Year's Resolution I achieved a lot of things related to it, making the year a mixed bag.
Reviewing an indie-published bilingual (English-Arabic) picture book and exploring different ways of portraying child protagonists.
One of the duties of the PEN Translation Committee, of which I'm now a co-chair, is to administer the PEN/Heim Translation Fund Grant, an annual award of from $2,000 to…
An interview with Alison Littman, author of Radio Underground, set in Hungary in the aftermath of the failed 1956 uprising.
Discussion of New Adult literature and a fresh new book from an upstart small press set in the aftermath of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956.