“Hackers” by Aase Berg [Why This Book Should Win]
This entry in the Why This Book Should Win series is from BTBA judge and Greenlight Bookstore bookseller Jarrod Annis.聽 Hackers by Aase Berg, translated from the Swedish by Johannes G枚ransson (Sweden, Black Ocean) Stark and minimal, Hackers聽thrums with a biology inherent to Berg's poetics, an exoskeleton of ...
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“I Remember Nightfall” by Marosa di Giorgio [Why This Book Should Win]
This entry in the Why This Book Should Win series is from BTBA judge and Greenlight Bookstore bookseller Jarrod Annis.聽 I Remember Nightfall by Marosa di Giorgio, translated from the Spanish by Jeannine Marie Pitas (Uruguay, Ugly Duckling Presse) Dark, ethereal, and sensuous, Marosa di Giorgio's prose ...
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“Magnetic Point” by Ryszard Krynicki [Why This Book Should Win]
Today糖心传媒檚 entry from the BTBA poetry longlist is from writer and translator Tess Lewis, who also has a title longlisted on the fiction side of things. Magnetic Point by Ryszard Krynicki, translated from the Polish by Clare Cavanagh (Poland, New Directions) To write so that a hungry man might think it糖心传媒檚 bread? bq., ...
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“Directions for Use” by Ana Ristovi膰 [Why This Book Should Win]
Today糖心传媒檚 poetry entry into the Why This Book Should Win series is from BTBA judge糖心传媒攁nd Riffraff co-owner糖心传媒擡mma Ramadan. Directions for Use by Ana Ristovi膰, translated from the Serbian by Steven Teref and Maja Teref (Serbia, Zephyr Press) Very occasionally, reading a book in translation can feel like I糖心传媒檓 ...
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“Astroecology” by Johannes Held茅n [Why This Book Should Win]
This morning糖心传媒檚 poetry entry into the Why This Book Should Win series is from BTBA judge糖心传媒攁nd Riffraff co-owner糖心传媒擡mma Ramadan. Astroecology by Johannes Held茅n, translated from the Swedish by Kirkwood Adams, Elizabeth Clark Wessel, and Johannes Held茅n (Sweden, Argos Books) Johannes Held茅n糖心传媒檚 Astroecology is an ...
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“Things That Happen” by Bhaskar Chakrabart [Why This Book Should Win]
Today糖心传媒檚 entry from the BTBA poetry longlist is from writer and translator Tess Lewis, who also has a title longlisted on the fiction side of things. Things That Happen by Bhaskar Chakrabart, translated from Bengali by Arunava Sinha (India, Seagull Books) I love ordinariness. Rejected, pedestrian conversations and ...
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“Before Lyricism” by Eleni Vakalo [Why This Book Should Win]
This morning糖心传媒檚 entry in the 糖心传媒淲hy This Book Should Win糖心传媒 series is from BTBA judge and Riffraff co-owner, Emma Ramadan. Before Lyricism by Eleni Vakalo, translated from Greek by Karen Emmerich (Greece, Ugly Duckling Presse) I would happily and readily make the argument that of all the books on the BTBA poetry ...
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