Bookishly Witty

Fade to Black by Zoë Beck, translated by Rachel Hildebrandt (Weyward Sisters Publishing, forthcoming 2017) It isn't often that you...

Katja Bohnet Threads in Dew and Other Stories by Katja Bohnet, translated by Rachel Hildebrandt (Weyward Sisters Publishing, forthcomin...

A Contented Man and Other Stories by Zoë Beck, translated by Rachel Hildebrandt (Weyward Sisters Publishing, 54 pages, August 7) Zoë Be...

I’m very excited about the fiction and poetry out in translation this month: we have the first book of Mongolian poetry to be published in ...

Yes, 2016 has felled many well-known writers, musicians, and other cultural icons, but the recent death of Elie Wiesel is, for me, particu...

The Noise of Time by Julian Barnes (Knopf, 224 pages, May 10) I've been a Shostakovich fan for a long time, but not entirely because...

Before by Carmen Boullosa, translated by Peter Bush (Deep Vellum Publishing, 120 pages, August 2) First published in 1989, Before is ...

Snow Flurries and Other Stories by Romy Fölck, translated by Rachel Hildebrandt (Weyward Sisters Publishing, 45 pages, July 12) This com...

You may have seen this blog post of bookish insults floating around the internet, and they’re pretty amusing. But we here at the Riot figur...

       

There’s a great big world out there, filled with accomplished authors writing in every language. Speculative fiction is an especially vibra...

It’s summertime here in ‘Murica, so if you’re headed to the beach, be sure to bring these fantastic books from Iran, France, Cuba, and Isra...

*warning: here be spoilers* You’ve probably heard that a Dark Tower film is actually in the works, starring Idris Elba and Matthew McCon...

You know when someone accuses you of something, or criticizes you, or rakes you over the coals, and you can only come up with a really lame ...

You know what I’m talking about. Someone mentions their favorite writer and you’re all like EYE ROLLLLL. Of course, everyone has their own...