Daniel Handler discusses I Wish at the DC Public Library
On Tuesday, April 6th at 1:30 PM EST, Daniel Handler (best known as Lemony Snicket) will host a virtual discussion with Turning the Page DC about Elsewhere Editions' I Wish, written by Toon Tellegen and illustrated by Ingrid Godon, translated from
Scholastique Mukasonga awarded the Simone de Beauvoir Prize for Women’s Freedom
Scholastique Mukasonga, author of Our Lady of the Nile, Cockroaches, The Barefoot Woman and Igifu, was awarded the prestigious Simone de Beauvoir Prize for Women's Freedom for 2021. The prize, which has been awarded since 2008, was created to mark the 100th
Jennifer Shyue on navigating identities and mother tongues in The Common
Jennifer Shyue, translator of Julia Wong Kcomt's forthcoming Bi-rey-nato, reflects on the different layers of her identity as a Taiwanese-American translator of Spanish. She writes about belonging and/or not belonging in many different cultures, about trying to explain her “hyphenation”