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May 6, 2026

Helen Penet hosted Malcolm Sen to discuss his new book, Irish Anthropocene: Literature, Climate Change, Sovereignty. The book traces the ways in which contemporary Irish literature responds to climate breakdown. Drawing upon concepts of sovereignty, precarity, and disaster, Sen examines Irish literary works to reveal how they engage with the entangled relations between ecology, economy, ...

April 28, 2026

Marcia Lynx Qualey, author, translator, and editor of ArabLit, moderated a conversation on the art and challenge of carrying literature from the edge of the Arab world across linguistic and geographical boundaries. Participants: Marilyn Booth, translator of Honey Hunger, winner of the 2025 Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation Zia Ahmed, translator of The Raven of Ruwi and ...

April 28, 2026

In this conversation with R. Neil Hewison, discusses what brought him to Mohamed Mansi Qandil’s The Country Doctor’s Tale, the pleasures of the Egyptian village novel, Mansi Qandil’s attention to women’s pain, and what makes a “modern classic.” Read the full interview

April 6, 2026

Historian Philip Terrie reflects on fifty years of studying and writing about the region in an interview with Mark Obbie, Adirondack Explorer. Terrie is the author of several books, including newly released Wild Forest Lands: Finding History and Meaning in the Adirondacks. A blends memoir, philosophy and constitutional history of Adirondacks. Read the full interview

March 4, 2026

Translator Neil Hewison of The Country Doctor’s Tale by Mohamed Mansi discussed the book on the on New Books Network. This absorbing novel weaves together forbidden love, political corruption, and the clash between tradition and desire. Listen to the full interview

March 4, 2026

Editors, Minoo Moallem and Paola Bacchetta of Fatema Mernissi for Our Times were interviewed by Jadaliyya. “We began working together on projects related to Fatema Mernissi after her passing in November 2015. We wanted to ensure that Mernissi’s many contributions would not be forgotten.” Read to full intereview

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