WWB's 2026 National Book Awards interview series continues with Ping Lu and @jeremytiang.bsky.social on TO THE EAST OF THE EAST. Read about the author’s inspiration in “mirrors within mirrors” and the “misrecognitions and misreadings” of the world here: wordswithoutborders.org/read/article...
![On the right, a portion of a painting of a messiah as a knight on a white horse riding against a swarm of men and wild beasts. On the left, black text over a red canvas background reads:
“National Translation Month,” with the WWB logo in black and the Academy of American Poets logo in black and bright blue below this. Remaining black text reads: “[Someone running with his head aflame] by Daniel Lipara, translated from Spanish by Robin Myers. ‘An impulse is an extraordinary glimmer, sometimes a blind one.’”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ho65ysdggjjtbdshnsjlaeuk/bafkreibtkmumh4jfc66kstqnf34ggtai6onmxmpuyvbiiy5kdldmg3lrm4)
