Mehdi’s Gone

Mehdi’s Gone is part of Zahra’s Paradise, a story set in the aftermath of Iran’s 2009 elections. First Second Books is publishing it online in Farsi, Arabic, English, French,… More

Book

The following is excerpted from the comic New Engineering by Yuichi Yokoyama, translated by Taro Nettleton. It appears in PEN America 14: The Good Books. More

The Puppet Makers

The following is an excerpt from The Puppet Makers by Molly Crabapple, a 2011 PEN World Voices Festival participant. More

Lucille

The following is an excerpt from Lucille by Ludovic Debeurme, a 2011 PEN World Voices Festival participant. More

1963 Literary Award Winner

Book-of-the-Month Club Translation Prize Archibald Colquhoun, The Viceroys by Federico de Roberto (Harcourt Brace) More

1965 Literary Award Winner

Book-of-the-Month Club Translation PrizeJoseph Barnes, The Story of a Life by Konstantin Paustovsky (Pantheon) More