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So pleased to see our TWIST with the House of SpeakEasy! @SpeakEasy_House's book truck just embarked on an 1,800 mile, 10-day, 10-stop road trip, bringing books to those who need them most. https://t.co/niByc0o9ZV

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This Friday in Brooklyn, hear some wonderful poetry by Nurit Kasztelan and Emily Toder, with poems translated from the Spanish by Maureen Shaughnessy (who also translated our upcoming "Scent of Buenos Aires" by Hebe Uhart!)

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Check out Charcoal Boys by Roger Mello, translated by Daniel Hahn, on World Kid Lit's list of books to read by this fall for #worldkitlitmonth!

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Thanks @ForewordReviews for making SERAPHIN your book of the day!

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"A Parisian Metro ticket puncher follows a butterfly and his heart, searches for beauty, and loses his job in this beloved French classic."
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"The clash between tradition and modernity…the lure of transgression and of nostalgia…themes in many stories that examine a woman's struggle to define her identity in changing times. Fresh, graceful stories create a palpable world." —Kirkus Reviews

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In reply toNew York Times Books

@nytimesbooks "'Cockroaches' is @Mukasonga’s devastating account of her childhood and what she was able to learn about the slaughter of her family." https://t.co/XNiJ4laWHE

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We're enormously proud to see COCKROACHES selected as one of @nytimesbooks' "50 Best Memoirs of the Past 50 Years." https://t.co/XNiJ4laWHE https://t.co/khn1AUWu42

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Join Scandinavia House on 7/30 for a discussion on A Change of Time by Ida Jessen. A Change in Time "understands that desire permeates everything," writes Anne Michael. "It is a book that deepens and dignifies both our innocence and our fallibility."

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"Events and their shadows arabesque after one another, begging for interpretation and eluding it." ⁠— Isabella Hammad on Elias Khoury's My Name is Adam, @nytimesbooks https://t.co/NCiRhvQc81 https://t.co/MsAJwmPvIi

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"Writing about being a Rohingya in such a situation is a battle between trying to survive and raising the voices of people who are counted as forgotten in the world." Read an interview with a Rohingya poet in @worldlittoday. https://t.co/AgLvq7Yt94

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Don't miss our first spring auction tonight! https://t.co/kqTjPk5lPe

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Tomorrow night we'll be celebrating children's literature from around the world and amazing art at the @CGBoerner Gallery, 526 W 26th St, #304, at 6pm: https://t.co/Jrea40Mw4y. Bring your friends for art by Nancy Blum, Moyra Davey, and Ingrid Godon! https://t.co/Nkc0YFNy0e

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Our spring auction for @elsewherebks is in just two days! Please join us on the 30th to bid on the works below by Renee Gladman, Chioma Ebinama, and Betty Woodman! Admission to the auction is free – we'd love for you to join us!
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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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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.

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