C.J. Evans is the editor-in-chief of Two Lines Press, a leading independent publisher of international literature in translation, based in San Francisco. Prior to editing at Two Lines, he worked at Tin House magazine and for the Academy of American Poets. He is the author of three poetry collections, most recently Lives, which was selected…

by Barbara J. Zitwer | Today, I see Korean books on so many global publishers’ lists and their popularity continues to grow. But when I sold my first Korean book in 2005, little did I know that this was the beginning of new era for global literature and Korean literature. Before then, no one ever…

Tracy Fisher is a partner and head of the international rights team at William Morris Endeavour (WME). She is the literary agent for Quentin Tarantino, Tom Clancy, Joy Fielding, Curtis Sittenfeld, Mohsin Hamid, Yaa Gyasi, Julia Phillips, Chloe Benjamin, Jean Kwok, Jean Korelitz, and Jeannette Walls, among others. Over the last five years, WME books…

Colorado Mountain College (CMC) is hosting award winning author Benjamin Alire Sáenz at eight different CMC communities, from Oct. 23-27, to discuss his book, “Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe.” The book is CMC’s current common reader. Locally, Sáenz will be present for a common reader talk and book signing at 6pm…

Scholastic to Separate Book Fair Literature , Based on Race, Gender and Sexuality. The children’s book publisher will enact the change for its book fairs so that elementary school districts can decide what they want to include or exclude, ‘The Guardian’ reports. . Even though Scholastic has opposed such changes in the past, districts will…

You may have stocked up on treats, inflated the giant skeleton in your front yard, and dusted off your old “Monster Mash” seven-inch, but if you’re a book lover, your Halloween planning isn’t complete until you’ve shored up your spooky reading list. Luckily, you still have time. There’s no greater Halloween pleasure than reading a…

There’s just something about sapphic love that feels special and all-consuming. In the realm of sapphic literature and media, there has been a historical tendency to depict these relationships as tragic narratives. Our love is riveting and profound, yet it never thrives outside of a spark. It can’t roar into a fire or exist in…

She published her first book at 17 and has since become one of France’s best-known novelists. NDiaye is not interested in easy — and she expects her readers to work, too. The French writer Marie NDiaye likes a mystery. An admirer of detective novels, she has often felt “a pang of disappointment at the resolution,…

Books How Dallas Became the National Capital of International Books Sorry, New York. The largest U.S. publisher of literature in translation, plus a thriving global books scene, resides in the Metroplex. By Alicia Maria Meier Alicia Maria Meier Alicia Maria Meier is the assistant managing editor at Texas Monthly and a translator from Spanish and…