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“Kawakami manipulates the first person perspective to show us how Hana was primed as a young girl to take the path she did in her late teenage years.” In @thenightlyau, Eloise Budimlich reviews Mieko Kawakami’s newly translated novel, “Sisters in Yellow” - thenightly.com.au/culture/books/…

“Originally published in French and translated by Hildegarde Serle, the essence of the story has been captured perfectly.” In @BuzzMagWales, Rhianon Holley reviews Camille de Peretti’s newly translated novel, “Portrait Of An Unknown Woman” - buzzmag.co.uk/portrait-unkno…

“Thomas is the novel’s most exquisitely rendered voice, one that is itself a mysterious instrument of detection, picking up static, minutiae, and other people’s dreams.” In @Harpers, Hannah Gold reviews Ben Lerner’s new novel, “Transcription” - harpers.org/archive/2026/0…

“Mr. Yagoda does a startling good job of conveying the atmosphere of a big city at work, and the realities of the working poor.” In The Seaboard Review of Books, James M. Fisher reviews Ben Yagoda’s debut novel, “Alias O. Henry” - theseaboardreview.ca/p/alias-o-henr…

“Sami’s previous life is narrated in a general way, with sparse detail. Most of what happens in the present is the disintegration of his mind.” In @theartsfuse, David Mehegan reviews Sinan Antoon’s newly translated novel, “Of Loss and Lavender” - artsfuse.org/325784/book-re…

“Oh’s poetry is sometimes described as childlike, and the poems in ‘From Being to Being’ often evoke childhood directly.” In @ltikorea, Zach Savich reviews Oh Eun’s newly translated poetry collection, “From Being to Being” - klwave.or.kr/klw/magazines/…

“Like ‘Life of Pi,’ where Martel refers to other castaway stories, ‘Son of Nobody’ employs an old subgenre: the lost and discovered manuscript.” In @OLRReview, Tom LeClair reviews Yann Martel’s new novel, “Son of Nobody” - openlettersreview.com/posts/son-of-n…

“Every world opens a door to a new one, to a new life. Her world is unfinished because it’s endless, because we are still weaving our own stories into it.” In @MtlReviewofBks, Roxane Hudon reviews Marilyn Bowering’s new novel, “The Unfinished World” - mtlreviewofbooks.ca/reviews/the-un…

“In ‘Those Days,’ an ode to discontent, his typically low-key register hits a note of subdued terror.” In @ocreviewofbooks, Eric Bies reviews Karmelo C. Iribarren’s newly translated poetry collection, “You’ve Heard This One Before” - ocreviewofbooks.org/2026/03/12/kar…

“Lots of fundamental questions are raised by ‘The Weathering,’ none of which get satisfactory answers because such answers simply don’t exist.” In @wwborders, Cory Oldweiler reviews Artem Chapeye’s newly translated novel, “The Weathering” - wordswithoutborders.org/book-reviews/p…

“‘Songs of Love on a December Night’ takes place on conventional Richards turf, with a narrative formula practised to perfection.” In @reviewcanada, Michael W. Higgins reviews David Adams Richards’s new novel, “Songs of Love on a December Night” - reviewcanada.ca/magazine/2026/…

“While their bodies are committed to small, ordinary gestures, the evidence of what they’ve done accumulates around them in soil and scar tissue.” In @asymptotejrnl, Jordan Silversmith reviews Djaimilia Pereira de Almeida’s “Three Stories of Forgetting” - asymptotejournal.com/blog/2026/03/0…

Peruvian author Alfredo Bryce Echenique has died aged 87 - bbc.com/news/articles/…

“Like Anjet Daanje’s ‘The Remembered Soldier’ or Gao Xingjian’s ‘Soul Mountain,’ Wiesław Myśliwski’s narrator reminiscing is triggered by trauma.” In @worldlittoday, Alice-Catherine Carls reviews Wiesław Myśliwski’s newly translated novel, “Needle’s Eye” - worldliteraturetoday.org/2026/march/nee…

“‘There’s No Point in Dying’ is sprawling and occasionally disorienting, featuring a cast of more than three dozen characters” In @SouthwestReview, Cory Oldweiler reviews Francisco Maciel’s newly translated novel, “There’s No Point in Dying” - southwestreview.com/scrapbook-of-a…

“Gem proves a character of grit and independence, strength and fierce intelligence.” In @_TCglobal, Shady Cosgrove reviews Eva Hornung’s new novel, “The Minstrels” - theconversation.com/a-wild-girl-co…

“The elder’s life story is shaped by the supernatural as much as by love, grief and catastrophe.” In @NecessaryFic, Katy Dycus reviews Chi Zijian’s newly reissued novel, “The Last Quarter of the Moon” - necessaryfiction.com/reviews/the-la…

“Many of the Borjas Romeros circle around selves that are at odds with the futures their forebears envisioned for them.” In @Harvard_Review, Jade Bailey Brock reviews Miguel Bonnefoy’s newly translated novel, “The Dream of the Jaguar” - harvardreview.org/book-review/th…

“Schernikau’s b is both the gaze and the look reflected back upon the voyeur, and also the bystander filming, producing an archive of non-encounters.” In @TheBrooklynRail Chris Campanioni reviews Ronald M. Schernikau’s translated novella “SMALLTOWNNOVELLA” brooklynrail.org/2026/03/books/…

Portuguese author António Lobo Antunes has died aged 83 - euronews.com/culture/2026/0…