Revolutions of All Colors reviewed in the Southern Review of Books
Dewaine Farria’s novel Revolutions of All Colors was recently reviewed in Southern Review of Books. “Revolutions of All Colors: A Story that Communities Do Not Forget”
Roger Allen receives the 2020 Sheikh Hamad Lifetime Achievement Award
Roger Allen, translator of several books including The Heart of Lebanon and A Muslim Suicide, received the 2020 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Sheikh Hamad Award for Translation and International Understanding.
Sarah Lightman discusses Jewish Women in Comics on Jewish Women’s Archive
Q & A with Sarah Lightman, coeditor of Jewish Women in Comics: Bodies and Borders on the Jewish Women’s Archive blog.
Sarah Lightman discusses Jewish Women in Comics on New Books Network podcast
Sarah Lightman is joined by Mira Sucharov, Rebecca Katz, Efraim Sicher, and Jenny Caplan to discuss Jewish Women in Comics, coedited with Heike Bauer and Andrea Greenbaum, on New Books Network.
Tablet praises Rozenbaumas’s The Odyssey of an Apple Thief
Tablet reviewer Rokhl Kafrissen calls The Odyssey of an Apple Thief “a remarkably compelling read.” The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research will host a book launch for The Odyssey of an Apple Thief on March 2, 2020 at 7 p.m. The evening will also feature readings from the book by Yuri Venedyapin and musical performances by violinist and singer Eléonore Biezunski, Yuri Venedyapin (guitar, vocals), and Ilan Moss (accordion) including songs in Yiddish, Russian, and French.
The Slave Yards in Book Riot
Book Riot calls Najwa Bin Shatwan’s novel The Slave Yards a “challenging, powerful story of people trying to survive through some of life’s harshest conditions. It captures a time and place with nuance and care.” Read the full review here.
Veterans Writing Award Reading and Book Talk
Join us for the Veterans Writing Award reading and book talk. November 12, 2020 4 p.m. Tobias Wolff, award-winning novelist, short story writer, Vietnam veteran and former Syracuse University faculty member who will share his impressions of Revolutions of All Colors and why he selected it to win the inaugural award. Dewaine Farria, winner of the Veterans Writing award, who holds an MFA in Creative Writing from the Vermont College of Fine Arts, served in the US Marine Corps and then the United Nations Department of Safety and Security. Kicia Sears, IVMF Program Evaluation Manager, and Syracuse Stage Associate Artistic Director and…
William Hutchins discusses a life in translation on the New Lines podcast
Award-winning translator William Hutchins discusses his long and storied career and his most recent translation of Hassouna Mosbahi’s Solitaire on the New Lines podcast.