The announcement of this award slips past me every year. I was just looking to see when it would be announced and see that it already was (see their page). Winner: The Yellow Birds, by Kevin Powers Finalists: A Partial History of Lost Causes, by Jennifer duBois In the Shadow of the Banyan, by Vaddey Ratner
The 2013 PEN/Faulkner Award finalists have been announced (see the official site). The winner will be announced on March 19. Threats, by Amelia Gray Kind One, by Laird Hunt Hold It ‘Til It Hurts, by T. Geronimo Johnson Watergate, by Thomas Mallon Everything Begins & Ends at the Kentucky Club, by Benjamin Alire Sáenz I
I’m a bit of a sucker when it comes to old-fashioned shipwreck stories. The Island of Last Truth (L’illa de l’última veritat, 2011; tr. from the Catalan by Laura McGloughlin, 2012) hits the spot: it’s the story of a man who is the sole survivor of a pirate attack and who ends up being marooned on a small island for
Over at Three Percent, the 2013 Best Translated Book Longlist has been announced. A great list! I will be updating this post throughout the day and the season to include links to reviews and whatever else seems appropriate. The Planets, by Sergio Chejfec; Argentina; tr. from the Spanish by Heather Cleary (Open Letter Books) Prehistoric
Click here to read the story in its entirety on The New Yorker webpage. Will Mackin’s “Kattekoppen” was originally published in the March 11, 2013 issue of The New Yorker. Trevor It’s always exciting when The New Yorker publishes an author’s debut piece of fiction. From the little I can find, Mackin has been an aspiring writer for
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