M. Lynx Qualey is the founder of ArabLit.org, a website that brings together translators, authors, publishers, critics, academics, and readers around discussions of Arabic literature in translation. She works as a book critic, reader, editor, and ghostwriter. You can follow her at @arablit.
The crowd-funded and community-supported "Sister Library" in Mumbai is the "first ever community-owned feminist library in India."
This literary prize is different. Here, the judges are chosen from among people detained in Europe’s largest prison, Fleury-Mérogis.
The Indian Novels Collective (INC) has set itself an ambitious goal. The collective intends to translate 100 novels from 13 Indian languages into English.
Little literary magazines are born to die, as Nick Ripatrazone wrote last year. Why open another one? Find out and get some advice here.
Children's book author Chitra Soundar turned to Twitter to gather story starters from around the world, starting with the Tamil, "In that only place."
Nora Lester Murad and Danna Masad worked a long time on the category-defying book Rest in My Shade. What started as ...
Translator Rachael Daum lives in Belgrade, Serbia. In addition to her work for the American Literary Translators Association, she also translates ...
My favorite Algerian book critic, Dr. Nadia Ghanem, has put together an overview of who’s who—and what’s what—when it comes to ...
The shortlist for the 2019 International Prize for Arabic Fiction was just revealed. Four of the six shortlisted authors can already be read in English.
Explore Chinese mythology, lore, legend, and literature as one reader discusses the history of Chinese fantasy literature.