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Sins of the Mother: Unsettling Matrilineal Inheritance in East Europe, Central Asia, and the Caucasus

By Sabrina Jaszi, Mirgul Kali & Ena Selimović

The translators of the four stories in the Matrilineal collection consider matriarchal influence and the uncanny power of feminine inheritance.

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The Watchlist: April 2024

By Tobias Carroll

Tobias Carroll ranges far and wide in this month’s Watchlist, recommending a memoir by Palestinian writer Nasser Abu Srour, Astrid Roemer’s novel of mid-century Suriname, newly translated essays by Dubravka Ugrešic, and more.

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Nepal

By Marina Gudelj

“Mom was like, ‘The Himalayas? She’s never even climbed the Mosor, right here on her doorstep.’”

Translated from Croatian by Ena Selimović

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The covers of the books in the December Watchlist: Glossolalia, On the Isle of Antioch, The Archive...

The Watchlist: December 2023

By Tobias Carroll

Tobias Carroll recommends six new books you won’t want to miss this month, from a Brazilian crime novel to poetry translated from Filipino and Serbian.

The covers of the books featured in the Watchlist: Sweetlust, Stravaging Strange, Black Foam, and...

The Watchlist: February 2023

By Tobias Carroll

Tobias Carroll recommends exciting new books translated from Arabic, Croatian, Spanish, and Russian.

July 2022 Poetry Collection Feature

8 Poetry Collections in Translation to Read in 2022

By Words Without Borders

Recent and forthcoming poetry in translation from Mexico, South Korea, Croatia, Haiti, and more.

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The Watchlist: May/June 2022

By Tobias Carroll

Tobias Carroll recommends noteworthy new books translated from Tibetan, Vietnamese, Arabic, Russian, Spanish, and Croatian.

“It’s Us and Them”: Writing from and about Divided Countries

By Susan Harris

In the current environment of relentless political strife . . . debate deteriorates into name-calling; partisans morph into zealots, complex issues are reduced to binary terms, and hostility seethes just beneath the surface.

Losing Ground

By Zoran Janjanin

“It wasn’t a civil war. It was a rebellion.”

Translated from Croatian by Ellen Elias-Bursać

Sunset in August

They were travelers and were looking for accommodation for the night. They would leave early in the morning.

Translated from Croatian by the author

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The Other Letter

By Muharem Bazdulj

He gave me a very serious look and said there would not be any more murders.

Translated from Croatian by John K. Cox

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My Tongue Falls out of My Mouth

By Miroslav Kirin

my tongue falls out of my mouth

Translated from Croatian by the author

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From “The Ministry of Pain”

By Dubravka Ugrešic

Instead of talking, they seem to be patting each other with words, spreading a soothing, sonorous saliva over one another.

Translated from Croatian by Michael Henry Heim

From “The Banquet in Blitva”

By Miroslav Krleza

Croatian writer Miroslav Krleza portrays a distinctly Balkan Everywhere of blended places and events in this surreal novel excerpt.

Translated from Croatian by Edward Dennis Goy & Jasna Levinger