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The works that Crevel left us indicate that he was one of the most original, gifted French novelists of the century.

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This incredible watercolor by NY artist Emilie Clark is available for bidding on our site. Her work has been in the @morganlehmangal, @drawingcenter, and praised in the @nytimes and @NewYorker!

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More amazing work by @dani_orchard and Jane Kent at the @CGBoerner Gallery! You can start the bidding here: https://t.co/Jrea40Mw4y.

Everyone is welcome on May 30th at 6pm! All of the proceeds will go towards publishing children's books from around the world. https://t.co/cvkP7DxnEa

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The bidding is live for Jane Benson's amazing hand-cut piece, "A Little Ramble (Robert Walser)": https://t.co/H6SFifVF7X.

Jane's work has been in @MoMAPS1, @LMAKgallery, @ThierryGoldberg, and many others! https://t.co/H8Ts8skdk1

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This fantastic piece by artist Mary Simpson is now up for bidding! Mary's work has been featured in @BOMBmagazine, @Artforum, and the @NewYorker. See her work here (and on view at the CG Boerner Gallery): https://t.co/Ium5ZPAMU3 https://t.co/4NyskVMNtF

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Our installation at the @CGBoerner gallery is now open for viewing! stop in for work by @NinaSubin, @lianafinck, and many more!
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@JenMazzaNYC's incredible painting of AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF RED is now live for bidding on our site! All are welcome on May 30th at the @CGBoerner Gallery. https://t.co/V78D1Dh4ZK https://t.co/vIQ5ANkF3A

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Our benefit auction is now live and features work by incredible artists and authors, including @alexanderchee's "The Runner"!

Proceeds support international children's lit from Elsewhere Editions. https://t.co/qDbxLhhprP https://t.co/JDefb2u7wH

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"Dear Mama,
Here goes the third time I've written this letter to you. I didn't like the first one and I lost the second..."

Discover Hebe Uhart's stories "Dear Mama" and "Nothing but Shadows," translated by Maureen Shaughnessy, in AGNI 89! https://t.co/5DoJ8exxny

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"Hebe Uhart’s characters are made of an almost palpable material. They are alive, and they seem to emerge from the page to tell us, 'This one here is me, that one over there could be you.'" — Alejandra Costamagna, @parisreview
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Read an excerpt from Elias Khoury's powerful MY NAME IS ADAM, translated by Humphrey Davies, today on @GuernicaMag! We're excited to be bringing this book into the world on June 16. https://t.co/TzcYFDVYDa

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Everyone come out to @DeutschesHausNY for our Musil event this Friday! Featuring translator Peter Wortsman in conversation with Kathrin Holzermeyr-Rosenfield, Fatima Naqvi, and Tess Lewis. An evening of Modernist fun! https://t.co/zdMZ1b7yux

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Join us on May 7 as translator Donald Nicholson-Smith reads from his translation of Abdellatif Laâbi's IN PRAISE OF DEFEAT! 7pm, May 7, @espresso77! https://t.co/0i1iJIIFp6

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"When I hear people rail against the killers at their doorsteps or at their borders, I think, maybe naively, that it might help if they read more books." – @chapmanchapman https://t.co/Q6BPtduOzi @Longreads

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"Why do some countries’ books get over-translated for the U.S. market and others not at all?" https://t.co/rzsVb2Kz5T

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Evergreen call to support your local bookstores! https://t.co/Rf45geDmVn

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Don’t miss our next release!
Become a member and we’ll send you free copies of every book we publish. https://t.co/ARiMfvPdZV https://t.co/cBzk1X8yyH

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"We can thank Archipelago Books and translator David Colmer for introducing American readers to this urgent scream from the middle of the twentieth century. Not a word or a sentence feels dated." @chapmanchapman on AN UNTOUCHED HOUSE https://t.co/Q6BPtdMpXS @Longreads

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Not every classic holds up, that's why @parisreview took a look at some "stupid classics." https://t.co/oWyNR5hRQy

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Archipelago Books

A not-for-profit press devoted to publishing excellent translations of classic and contemporary world literature. In our first fifteen years, we have brought out close to two hundred books from more than thirty-five languages.

232 Third Street #A111
Brooklyn, NY 11215
info@archipelagobooks.org

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