by Vivi Lachs London Yiddishtown: East End Jewish Life in Yiddish Sketch and Story, 1930-1950Katie Brown, A. M. Kaizer, and I. A. LiskyTranslated with introductions and commentary by Vivi LachsDetroit: Wayne State University Press, 2021ISBN: 978-0-8143-4848-2Purchase this book London Yiddishtown is a collection of urban sketches that first appeared in the London Yiddish press. It … Continue reading #Yiddishlitmonth: London Yiddishtown
#WorldKidLit Wednesday: Just a Girl: A True Story of World War II
Last week the American Library Association (ALA) presented their annual Youth Media Awards, celebrating the best in literature for young people. Among major awards such as the Caldecott and the Newbery medals, there is also the Mildred L. Batchelder Award, given to an outstanding "children’s book originally published in a language other than English in … Continue reading #WorldKidLit Wednesday: Just a Girl: A True Story of World War II
Notes on a Return to the Ever-Dying Lands: The Return of Naón
An interview about poetry, memory, and revolution with Argentinian independent publisher, returned exile and political activist Miguel Martínez Naón. (Arturo Desimone’s series on Latin American Poetry for Anomaly and formerly The Drunken Boat. Republished with permission from Anomaly.) Miguel Martínez Naón is an Argentinian editor who forms part of the independent publisher Lamás Médula, … Continue reading Notes on a Return to the Ever-Dying Lands: The Return of Naón
Global Literature in Libraries Initiative 