In the four years I've worked on the women in translation project, I'll admit that my goals, aspirations, and thoughts have evolved ...

It feels redundant to review a book that has been praised to the skies by so many readers and critics far more eloquent than myself. I...

I basically put it  on my reading list the day after I finished reading Inger Christensen's phenomenal alphabet . I positively raved abo...

I've got to say, this one surprised me. I bought it years ago at Hebrew Book Week, I think to complete a 1+1 sort of deal, something pur...

This isn't really going to be a real review. I'm not sure I'm qualified to write a real review of such a powerful series, nor do...

Truthfully, Marie Vieux-Chauvet's  Dance on the Volcano  (tr. Kaiama L. Glover) feels like a few books in one. Here is a chunkster novel...

I will admit, I first tried to read Visitation  several years ago. There was so much buzz, so much praise, I was so excited for this slim no...

The Impossible Knife of Memory  has been on my shelves for so long, that I honestly wasn't sure I'd ever get around to reading it. E...

I've already begun to make progress on my reading... yet haven't finished publishing the titles I hope to read! Here are a few more ...

Swallowing Mercury by Wioletta Greg (trqnslated from Polish by Eliza Marciniak) has been shortlisted for the Warwick Prize for Women in Tra...

After too many years of acquiring far more books than I manage to read, the time has come to take drastic action. Rather than culling my sh...

And here it is... August 31st, come so soon. Didn't WITMonth just start the other day? Yesterday, I posted about some personal goals. ...

WITMonth is almost over, which means it's time to wrap things up and reach some conclusions. Or something. I'll talk about some big ...

A very special WITMonth post today, from my dear sister ( not twins ) - the original inspiration for this blog! Thank you, Shiranne! I’ve ...

Still traveling and with limited internet, so instead of writing a thoughtful post today, I'm going to briefly mention some fun things r...

It's been a whole, long WITMonth... and I haven't spoken about an Israeli writer yet. Let's talk a bit about Ronit Matalon, shal...

Today, I finally got around to reading PEN America's Glossolalia Vol. 2, Women Writing Brazil . It's the first time I've ever re...

You know what's always fun? Fantasy that isn't based on European medieval conventions! This is a personal pet peeve of mine: I l...

One of the primary reasons WITMonth exists is in order to give voice to women writers in translation who are too often sidelined. WITMonth i...

Sharp-eyed readers will have noticed that I mentioned three titles in my post about nonfiction a few days ago, and that two of those books h...