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Side by side portraits of 2024 National Book Award nominees translator Barbara J. Haveland and...
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Side by side portraits of 2024 National Book Award nominees translator Leri Price and novelist...
Side by side portraits of 2024 National Book Award nominees translator Heather Cleary and novelist...
A snail with a light brown shell crawling on a terrain that seems to be moss-covered concrete
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A watercolor painting of a solitary boat on a misty lake with mountains in the background
"Rain, Bellagio" by George Elbert Burr. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Carolann Smurthwaite in memory of her mother, Caroline Atherton Connell Smurthwaite. Public domain.
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The covers of the six books featured in the Watchlist on a yellow background
An oval shard of pottery with a wide band of deep purple through the middle and sky blue at both...
Circular shard, China, 960 CE–1279, stoneware with light blue and purple glaze. Lucy Maud Buckingham Collection, Art Institute of Chicago. Public domain.
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The covers of the fifteen books featured in the list on a yellow background
Beige and brown smudges against a blue background
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Water droplets caught in a large spiderweb
Adrian Tync, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Two ants on a tree branch
Photo by Maksim Shutov on Unsplash 
A subtle spiderweb pattern on a greenish-gray background
Sidewall - sample. Gift of Dorwin L. Starr. Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Public domain.
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The covers of the six books featured in the Watchlist in a 2x3 grid: Where We Stand, Mammoth, Mina's...
A river with marshes on the left bank and buildings and trees on the right.
The Oder River in Frankfurt (Oder) and Słubice. Sebastian Wallroth, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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The text Words Without Borders is pleased to announce Marianna Suleymanova as the winner of the...
A close-up of white smoke with a black background.
Picture of author Huda Farkheddine next to the cover of The Universe all at Once by Salim Barakat...
A picture of author and translator Jen Calleja next to a picture of author and translator Carolina...
Close-up of a white orchid with a purple and green center.
Photo by Sanx, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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A wild boar bounds through a field.
Thomas Fuhrmann, CC BY-SA 4.0 Wikimedia Commons
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A picture of Sangarius Bridge.
Picture by Carole Raddato from Frankfurt, Germany, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
A picture of a white and gold living room set (sofa, mirror, table, and lamp) in a furniture store.
Photo by Max Vakhtbovycn via Pexels. Creative Commons.
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The covers of the books featured in the Watchlist in a 2x3 grid: Mourning a Breast, Elevator in...
A portrait of WWB's next executive director, Elisabeth Jaquette
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Muséum de Toulouse
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A cargo ship in a dock.
Photo via Rawpixels. Public domain.
A black-and-white photo of a brick arch bridge over a river. Two men stand in the rocky sand at...
Malabadi Bridge, Diyarbakır. Photo credit: SALTOnline, No restrictions, via Wikimedia Commons.
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A close-up of the top of an Erhu, a Chinese two-sting musical instrument, carved as a dragon head.
Photo by Andrew Kuo