Literary Festival in Rangoon

2/6/2013

I would think that many, especially the young, would be dizzy with excitement in the ‘new’ Burma/Myanmar. After decades of …

Translation: Dancers at the Wedding

1/15/2012

One of the books I received for holiday good wishes was David Bellos’ “Is That a Fish in Your Ear?“, …

3/25/2011

I’ve been trying to keep my focus on fiction and film from the North African/Middle Eastern countries where the 2011 …

3/6/2011

For some reason that escapes me at the moment I picked up my worn old copy of Paul Roche’s translation …

1/20/2011

The Blue Sky by Galsan Tschinag, of the high Altai mountains in Mongolia , is one of the most engaging, …

9/24/2010

I’ve been reading the marvelous Cities of Salt by Abdelrahman Munif, for many weeks, and have begun The Trench, the …