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Tue, August 07, 2007 09:42:02 PMFrom:
Words without Borders
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Words Without Borders August Newsletter
Dear Friends:
Our idyllic Russian summer stretches into the languid weeks of August, and the reverie continues as Nadezhda Gorlova's narrator molds her grandmother into a golem and Ludmilla Petrushevskaya's seamstress remakes both clothes and her past. In a selection from Maxim Kantor's sensational debut, academics flirt with self-destruction. Alexander Vvedensky works round the clock, while Alnyuta Evseeva's neighbors solve old problems with a new beginning. Regina Derieva thinks dark thoughts, Ludmila Ulitskaya's bigoted orchard owner packs a suitcase with pears and prejudice, and Alexandr Skidan decodes and recodes St. Petersburg. Thanks to intern Rohan Kamicheril for making our Russian dreams come true.
Elsewhere in this issue, Magnus William-Olsson pens an ode to Pindar, Roque Dalton honors dead comrades, and Nouri Gana interviews Hisham Matar.
In Memoriam: Aura Estrada (1977-2007), a very talented young writer whose radiant intelligence, gleeful wit, and beautiful smile will never be forgotten by all of us who had the joy of knowing her, lost her life in a swimming accident last month.
On the Bookshelf: Tsipi Keller illuminates the cosmopolitan Uri Nssan Gnessin in Beside & Other Stories, Alex Wenger has fun with Written Lives by Javiar Marias, and Michael Kern Johnson diagnoses Montano's Malady by Enrique Vila-Matas.
Blogs, blogs, blogs: Arnon Grunberg remembers George Tabori and Rohan Kamicheril reports on Gombrowicz, Kharms, and Kerouac's French reception.
Join our ongoing celebration of our first anthology, Literature from the "Axis of Evil." We've now posted the reading guide. And look for the paperback, just in time for classes and book clubs this fall. Check out the website for more on our new anthology, Words Without Borders: The World Through the Eyes of Writers .
You may now donate to WWB online. Your donation helps us commission more translations of exciting new international works, build our community features, host live readings and events, and continuously improve WWB. We couldn't do it without you and are immensely grateful for your support. Your contribution is tax deductible to the extent allowable by law.
Join us in September, when we'll be celebrating the Lusophone world. We hope you enjoy the site.
The Editors
Susan Harris
Dedi Felman
A*** Salierno Mason
Samantha Schnee
