What shapes do solidarities take in these strange times we are living in?

From a Norwegian novel exploring language and isolation to a stunning new translation of a Brazilian masterpiece, our Fall 2026 Lit in Translation Preview is packed with unmissable titles recommended by indie booksellers.

Through her raw, unfiltered voice, Mera recounts her descent into a hellfire of deceit, hatred, murder, and betrayal — a story from Phyllis…

The longlist for the Brooklyn Caribbean Literary Festival’s Elizabeth Nunez Award for Writers in the Caribbean 2026 were announced on Tuesday, August 4, 2026.

This poem is from a forthcoming collection,  مصمم معارك, to be published by the General Egyptian Book Organization.

Read an excerpt from Chapter One of Shady Lewis's third novel, A Brief History of Creation and Eastern Cairo (Dar Elain, 2021), translated by Katharine Halls.

Adam Oyebanji has made the shortlist for the Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize 2026 announced on Thursday, May 28, 2026.

This essay examines José Agustín’s novel Se está haciendo tarde (final en laguna) (1973) as a work that gives spatial form to the collapse of the Mexican state’s postwar program of autonomous indus…

by Ericka Beckman Verso Latin America’s agrarian novels chronicled the birth of a new world Between 1910 and 1970, Latin America experienced a rapid and radical transformation. Rural societie…

edited by Joel Zapata, Andrew Reynolds, Alex Hunt and John Beusterien University of Oklahoma Press For centuries Mexican people of the plains—or los Llaneros—have inhabited and embodied the borderl…

An anthology of weird, fantastic, supernatural, Dalit futurist, & magical realist fiction by writers from South Asia and the diaspora. edited by R.T. Samuel, Rakesh K. and Rashmi R.D. cover art by...

Your city is gone, as if sunk to the bottom of the ocean. So much has vanished with it—counterfeit watches, streets echoing with the sound of stilettos, and even some of your classmates and teachers. ...

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When the genocide in Gaza began in 2023, I remember seeing a repeated commentary on social media: every time a queer-presenting person posted about Israeli war crimes, a troll would pop up to tell …

Your city is gone, as if sunk to the bottom of the ocean. So much has vanished with it—counterfeit watches, streets echoing with the sound of stilettos, and even some of your classmates and teachers. ...

“I returned to the compartment and found my seat, which a Syrian now occupied. Beside him was a jolly-looking young man with a hunchback. In the seat across from them was an old woman wrapped…

After authors and critics chose their top 100 novels, we asked for your favourites. From Uruguay to the Isle of Skye, 3,000 readers cast their votes. Here are the titles that made your list – topped b...

After authors and critics chose their top 100 novels, we asked for your favourites. From Uruguay to the Isle of Skye, 3,000 readers cast their votes. Here are the titles that made your list – topped b...

Libyan writer Najwa Binshatwan’s latest novel, شجرة الصابون (Tree of Soap, Dar Arab 2026) unfolds with her signature sarcastic-surrealism. In this world, the State encourages citizens to express themselves, ensures their participation, and provides them everything necessary to practice democracy. Nothing is forced, exactly; it’s just that absence is unwelcome and silence requires explanation.