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A Shortlist Nomination! We love Prizes! Especially when they showcase literature in translation!

The American Literary Translators Association (ALTA) is delighted to announce the 2024 shortlists for the Italian Prose in Translation Award (IPTA), Lucien Stryk Asian Translation Prize, the Spain-USA Foundation Translation Award (SUFTA), and ALTA First Translation Prize! The winners of these awards will be announced at ALTA’s annual awards ceremony, which will take place on …

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HINDERED TO SUCCEED: THE GREAT AMERICAN SPINSTER POETESS MARIANNE MOORE: My November Bookslut Column

For most of their lives, Marianne Moore and her mother, Mary, slept in the same bed. Together with Moore's brother, Warner, the family had many nicknames for each other: two favorites were "Mole" for Mary and "Rat" for Moore. In referring to her daughter, Mary usually used a masculine pronoun. Linda Leavell's new biography, Holding …

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