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Published: January 19, 2026 17:41

“Hanišová’s novel deals with the complicated space between one’s making and one’s own survival,” writes critic Katy Dycus. Read “‘In Every Drawer, Memories Lurk’: Revisiting the Past in Viktorie Hanišová’s THE MUSHROOM GATHERER” here:…

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Published: January 18, 2026 13:28

Books Across Borders invites booksellers and librarians to a New Year in Translation Book Buzz! @europaeditions.bsky.social @northsouthbooks.bsky.social @princetonupress.bsky.social @deepvellum.bsky.social @archipelagobooks.bsky.social…

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Published: January 17, 2026 18:41

@tpleitezvela.bsky.social traces a family’s search for a loved one killed during the Salvadoran Civil War in this genre-blending prose poem. Read “Hammering the Iron,” translated from Spanish by @jessrainey.bsky.social, here:…

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Published: January 16, 2026 17:41

Read “Cape Tenaron” by Katerina Iliopoulou (tr. Jackson Watson) where the Tenaron coastline inscribes a new language onto the horizon: https://wordswithoutborders.org/read/article/2025-09/cape-tenaron-iliopoulou-watson/ Hear this poem live on 1/31, 11am…

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Published: January 15, 2026 16:32

We are relieved to hear the news of our contributor Amanda Achanis's acquittal. https://wordswithoutborders.org/read/article/2024-11/june-12-in-prison-kerima-lorena-tariman-amanda-echanis/ [contains quote post or other embedded content]

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Published: January 15, 2026 15:05

Katy Dycus praises THE MUSHROOM GATHERER by Viktorie Hanišová (tr. Véronique Firkusny), calling it a “haunting meditation on loss and the delicate balance between isolation and connection...” Read the full review here:…

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Published: January 14, 2026 17:41

Read @tpleitezvela.bsky.social’s poem “Hammering the Iron” (tr. @jessrainey.bsky.social), which chronicles the loss of a friend and the search for the human remains of several women killed by the military in El Salvador. Find the full poem here:…

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Published: January 13, 2026 18:41

Don't miss World in Verse on 1/31, 11am ET! A free virtual poetry reading w/ AAP and Eileen O’Connor, Jackson Watson, Katerina Iliopoulou, @michehut.bsky.social, Nathalie Handal, Nisrine Mbarki Ben Ayad, @samanthaschnee.bsky.social, and Yolanda Castaño. …

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Published: January 13, 2026 13:28

Books Across Borders invites booksellers and librarians to join them for a New Year in Translation Book Buzz! Get the 411 on the seasons' most exciting translations from indie presses, and share space with fellow translation lovers. Sign up today! 1/21,…

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Published: January 12, 2026 17:41

Take time today with “No Euskera,” a story from our archives set in Francoist Spain, by Ramiro Pinilla (tr. @anathanwest.bsky.social ). The story follows the journey of an elderly woman and her granddaughter as they visit her son on death row. Read here:…

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Published: January 9, 2026 17:41

Meet our 2025-26 Editorial Fellow, Alex Tan! Alex is a writer and translator currently based in NYC. Their work can be found in @lithub.com.web.brid.gy, Poetry Foundation, @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social, and more! Read the full interview here:…

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Published: January 8, 2026 15:05

Check out this cosmic poem about an astronaut in crisis as he floats above the earth considering obsolescence. Written by Princeton professor Yuri Leving, and translated from Russian by the author. Read “Return to Earth”:…

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Published: January 7, 2026 19:37

Congratulations to WWB contributor Marilyn Booth! If you'd like to read more of her work head to our website or click here: https://wordswithoutborders.org/contributors/view/marilyn-booth/ If you'd like to read HONEY AND HUNGER and support WWB purchase…

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Published: January 7, 2026 15:58

Thank you to everyone who donated to our annual appeal! To show our appreciation, here is a short poem by Ra Heeduk (tr. Won-Chung Kim & Christopher Merrill). Here’s to another year of innovative and powerful global literature. Read “Underground Flower”…

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Published: January 5, 2026 21:32

A very happy birthday to WWB contributor and Nobel Prize winner László Krasznahorkai! In celebration, check out “From 'El último lobo'” (tr. George Szirtes), which we published back in 2009 (it's an excerpt from the novel THE LAST WOLF @ndbooks.bsky.social…