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January 13, 2026

Zia Ahmed, translator of The Raven of Ruwi and Other Stories of Oman, spotlights stories of the marginalized in a new reading list for The Markaz Review. “The titles on this reading list may not be unique in their portrayal of marginal characters and settings, but each one holds profound meaning for the writer. They offer ...

January 13, 2026

Moneera Al-Ghadeer, editor of Tracing the Ether: Contemporary Poetry from Saudi Arabia, is interviewed on Electric Lit. “Tracing the Ether is one of the first English-language anthologies to present Saudi poets not as cultural emissaries, but as participants in a shared global lyric—writing through the accelerations and dislocations of the digital age.”—Jood AlThukair, Electric Lit Read the interview

January 5, 2026

Penn State’s Liberal Arts Collective interviewed Buğra Giritlioğlu, editor of The Pulse of Contemporary Turkish: Poems from the New Millennium—an anthology that offers a unique glimpse into the vibrant world of Turkish poetry, featuring 172 poems by more than 60 poets, most of whom are still active today. Read more

November 21, 2025

The Gilded Age on Syracuse’s James Street by Dennis Connors and edited by Gregg Tripoli was selected for the Preservation Association of New York’s CNY Heritage Award. The award will be presented at PACNY’s 2025 Annual Preservation Awards on December 5 at St. Paul’s Syracuse. Order Tickets

November 21, 2025

In honor of University Press Week, Literary Hub selected 17 exemplary translated books including The Man of Middling Height by Fadi Zaghmout and Translated from the Arabic by Wasan Abdelhaq. Also making the list is translator of Castigation, Shelley Fairweather-Vega. Read more

November 21, 2025

Moderated by Cassiah Sears the military veteran panelists—Robin Caudell, Brian O’Hare, Dewaine Farria, and Jenny Pacanowski—discussed why they joined the military and their experiences with writing on Friday night. Later in the weekend, each one got a chance to read some of their work for other workshop participants. Read the article

September 26, 2025

Castigation by Sultan Raev and translated from the Kyrgyz by Shelley Fairweather-Vega was reviewed in Asymptote. “Rich with polyphony and plethoric subtexts, Castigation rewards careful reading—and rereading.” Read full review

August 29, 2025

Adirondack Daily Enterprise reviews Sketching the Adirondacks: Letters from the Wilderness by Edward I. Pitts “Today, travel through the Adirondacks is easy, summer traffic notwithstanding. This entertaining and instructive volume will convince any reader that it wasn’t always so.” Read full review

August 20, 2025

“A gripping work of speculative fiction—thought-provoking, unsettling, and difficult to put down. Zaghmount’s imaginative story forces us to question the “natural” order of our own world, revealing just how arbitrary and dangerous such hierarchies can be.”—Underrated Reads Read the full review

August 20, 2025

Antidote Zine published interview with Shareah Taleghani, author of Syrian Prison Literature: The Poetics of Human Rights that explores the intertwined relationships between prison writings, oppositional political movements in Syria, and modern Arabic literary experimentalism. Read the interview