Articles and updates from the New Directions staff
In the English fairytale “Tom Tit Tot” — an English variant of the German tale “Rumpelstilzchen” — a King marries a peasant maiden whom he believes has the …
Join New Directions and BOMB for a reading by Japanese author Takashi Hiraide, author of the New York Times Best Seller, The Guest Cat. Called “careful, elegantly, …
Join Peter Cole, “one of the handful of authentic poets of his own American generation” (Harold Bloom), for a reading from his fourth collection of poetry The Invention …
Roberto Bolaño’s reputation has become that of a writer’s writer, but he might also be called a writer’s reader—for his wide, absorbent, Borgesian literary erudition—or maybe even …
New Directions has a long record of working with acclaimed and noteworthy up-and-coming book designers, like Rachel Adam. She’s been working for Rodrigo Corral Design Studio for …
The French author Margueritte Yourcenar, in an unlikely biography of Yukio Mishima, wrote that the Japanese writer had long “envisioned a certain kind of death and made it,” and …
Clarice Lispector interviewed with English subtitles. Watch at Converstational Reading.
“The deceptively simple plot plunges you — what seems like effortlessly — into a world of art, philosophy and the mysterious nature of our ties to other living things.” …
“The Invention of Influence, surpasses all previous Cole and confirms his standing as one of the most vital poets of his generation.” That’s quite the compliment! Find …
“Choose an author as you would choose a friend,” Wentworth Dillon, Earl of Roscommon, counseled aspiring translators some four centuries ago. But affinity, literary and otherwise, …
Ernesto Cardenal, Latin America’s legendary poet-activist, will celebrate his 89th birthday on January 20. He’s had quite a life—revolutionary, Catholic priest, liberation …
The Quay Brothers on the set of Unmistaken Hands: Ex Voto F.H. This past November, a few ND staff and friends went to New York’s School of Visual Arts (SVA) to see the premiere of …
