New Directions
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Founded in 1936 by James Laughlin, New Directions proudly publishes great literature from around the world. ndbooks.com
On the NBA Longlist for Translated Literature--
WE ARE GREEN AND TREMBLING by Gabriela Cabezón Cámara, translated by Robin Myers
ON THE CALCULATION OF VOLUME (Book III) by Solvej Balle, translated by Sophia Hersi Smith and Jennifer Russell
WE ARE GREEN AND TREMBLING by Gabriela Cabezón Cámara, translated by Robin Myers
ON THE CALCULATION OF VOLUME (Book III) by Solvej Balle, translated by Sophia Hersi Smith and Jennifer Russell
September 9, 2025 at 9:11 PM
On the NBA Longlist for Translated Literature--
WE ARE GREEN AND TREMBLING by Gabriela Cabezón Cámara, translated by Robin Myers
ON THE CALCULATION OF VOLUME (Book III) by Solvej Balle, translated by Sophia Hersi Smith and Jennifer Russell
WE ARE GREEN AND TREMBLING by Gabriela Cabezón Cámara, translated by Robin Myers
ON THE CALCULATION OF VOLUME (Book III) by Solvej Balle, translated by Sophia Hersi Smith and Jennifer Russell
"Voetmann ends his trilogy of historical lives on a high note with this hallucinatory chronicle of a Benedictine monk’s deathbed visions. A Boschian vision quest—this masterpiece of morbidity is not to be missed." —Publishers Weekly
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May 15, 2025 at 4:25 PM
"Voetmann ends his trilogy of historical lives on a high note with this hallucinatory chronicle of a Benedictine monk’s deathbed visions. A Boschian vision quest—this masterpiece of morbidity is not to be missed." —Publishers Weekly
www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-8112-2...
www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-8112-2...
Join Elizabeth Willis next Friday, May 23rd, at McNally Jackson Seaport while she reads alongside other brilliant minds from NYC's poetry scene.
6:30pm ET. RSVP required. www.mcnallyjackson.com/event/small-...
6:30pm ET. RSVP required. www.mcnallyjackson.com/event/small-...
May 13, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Join Elizabeth Willis next Friday, May 23rd, at McNally Jackson Seaport while she reads alongside other brilliant minds from NYC's poetry scene.
6:30pm ET. RSVP required. www.mcnallyjackson.com/event/small-...
6:30pm ET. RSVP required. www.mcnallyjackson.com/event/small-...
TOMORROW @Center4Fiction at 7 pm, join us for the release of THE JAMAICA KOLLECTION by Marcia Douglas. There will be special musical guest Keisha Martin, Jamaican snacks, and free ND totes with a surprise gift. 🎁 Can't wait to see you there... RSVP below
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May 6, 2025 at 8:46 PM
TOMORROW @Center4Fiction at 7 pm, join us for the release of THE JAMAICA KOLLECTION by Marcia Douglas. There will be special musical guest Keisha Martin, Jamaican snacks, and free ND totes with a surprise gift. 🎁 Can't wait to see you there... RSVP below
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Join us Wednesday at The Center for Fiction for The JAMAICA KOLLECTION OF THE SHANTE DREAM ARKIVE book launch and party! Marcia Douglas will be in conversation with Ken Chen, with special musical guest Keisha Martin.
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May 1, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Join us Wednesday at The Center for Fiction for The JAMAICA KOLLECTION OF THE SHANTE DREAM ARKIVE book launch and party! Marcia Douglas will be in conversation with Ken Chen, with special musical guest Keisha Martin.
centerforfiction.org/event/the-ce...
centerforfiction.org/event/the-ce...
Polly Barton presents The Place of Shells in conversation with Liza St. James, TONIGHT @mcnallyjackson seaport, 6:30pm. See you there!
RSVP:
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April 24, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Polly Barton presents The Place of Shells in conversation with Liza St. James, TONIGHT @mcnallyjackson seaport, 6:30pm. See you there!
RSVP:
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RSVP:
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Join us at the Poetry Project tomorrow April 23 at 8pm to celebrate LOVE IS A DANGEROUS WORD by Essex Hemphill (1957–1995). John Keene, Robert F. Reid-Pharr, Pamela Sneed, and more will be reading. Come at 7:30 to toast to Hemphill before the reading!
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April 22, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Join us at the Poetry Project tomorrow April 23 at 8pm to celebrate LOVE IS A DANGEROUS WORD by Essex Hemphill (1957–1995). John Keene, Robert F. Reid-Pharr, Pamela Sneed, and more will be reading. Come at 7:30 to toast to Hemphill before the reading!
🥂
RSVP: www.poetryproject.org/events/love-...
🥂
RSVP: www.poetryproject.org/events/love-...
Polly Barton presents THE PLACE OF SHELLS
in conversation with Liza St. James at McNally Jackson Seaport on April 24th, 6:30 pm. We hope to see you there!
RSVP here:
www.mcnallyjackson.com/event/polly-...
in conversation with Liza St. James at McNally Jackson Seaport on April 24th, 6:30 pm. We hope to see you there!
RSVP here:
www.mcnallyjackson.com/event/polly-...
April 16, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Polly Barton presents THE PLACE OF SHELLS
in conversation with Liza St. James at McNally Jackson Seaport on April 24th, 6:30 pm. We hope to see you there!
RSVP here:
www.mcnallyjackson.com/event/polly-...
in conversation with Liza St. James at McNally Jackson Seaport on April 24th, 6:30 pm. We hope to see you there!
RSVP here:
www.mcnallyjackson.com/event/polly-...
We are thrilled that A LEOPARD-SKIN HAT and ON THE CALCULATION OF VOLUME are finalists for the International Booker Prize. Congratulations to Anne Serre, Mark Hutchinson, Solvej Balle, and Barbara Haveland! thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-l...
April 10, 2025 at 8:48 PM
We are thrilled that A LEOPARD-SKIN HAT and ON THE CALCULATION OF VOLUME are finalists for the International Booker Prize. Congratulations to Anne Serre, Mark Hutchinson, Solvej Balle, and Barbara Haveland! thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-l...
Listen to Forrest Gander discuss Mojave Ghost with
Francesca Rheannon. The two explore the book’s coalescence of ecological awareness and personal loss for @writersvoice.bsky.social.
www.writersvoice.net/2025/04/poet...
Francesca Rheannon. The two explore the book’s coalescence of ecological awareness and personal loss for @writersvoice.bsky.social.
www.writersvoice.net/2025/04/poet...
April 8, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Listen to Forrest Gander discuss Mojave Ghost with
Francesca Rheannon. The two explore the book’s coalescence of ecological awareness and personal loss for @writersvoice.bsky.social.
www.writersvoice.net/2025/04/poet...
Francesca Rheannon. The two explore the book’s coalescence of ecological awareness and personal loss for @writersvoice.bsky.social.
www.writersvoice.net/2025/04/poet...
Join us at Rizzoli Bookstore this Thursday, April 10, from 6-8pm as Katrina Dodson discusses her translation of Clarice Lispector's Covert Joy with Merve Emre.
RSVP here: www.rizzolibookstore.com/covert-joy
RSVP here: www.rizzolibookstore.com/covert-joy
April 7, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Join us at Rizzoli Bookstore this Thursday, April 10, from 6-8pm as Katrina Dodson discusses her translation of Clarice Lispector's Covert Joy with Merve Emre.
RSVP here: www.rizzolibookstore.com/covert-joy
RSVP here: www.rizzolibookstore.com/covert-joy
BEHOLD! Fall ’25, featuring: Olga Ravn, Yoko Tawada, Alexis Wright, Susan Howe, Julio Cortázar, Jenny Erpenbeck, Caren Beilin, Ariana Harwicz, Solvej Balle, and F. Scott Fitzgerald. cdn.sanity.io/files/p34gzx...
April 2, 2025 at 8:12 PM
BEHOLD! Fall ’25, featuring: Olga Ravn, Yoko Tawada, Alexis Wright, Susan Howe, Julio Cortázar, Jenny Erpenbeck, Caren Beilin, Ariana Harwicz, Solvej Balle, and F. Scott Fitzgerald. cdn.sanity.io/files/p34gzx...
We are thrilled to announce that Anne Carson’s WRONG NORMA has won the 2024 National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry!
March 21, 2025 at 5:31 PM
We are thrilled to announce that Anne Carson’s WRONG NORMA has won the 2024 National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry!
Three of our March books, out now!
March 6, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Three of our March books, out now!
Forrest Gander (MOJAVE GHOST) is reading at NYU on Thursday 2/27
Hope to see you there!
RSVP required
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Hope to see you there!
RSVP required
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February 25, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Forrest Gander (MOJAVE GHOST) is reading at NYU on Thursday 2/27
Hope to see you there!
RSVP required
as.nyu.edu/departments/...
Hope to see you there!
RSVP required
as.nyu.edu/departments/...
We are thrilled that Solvej Balle’s ON THE CALCULATION OF VOLUME, translated by Barbara J. Haveland, and Anne Serre’s A LEOPARD-SKIN HAT, translated by Mark Hutchinson, have been longlisted for the International Booker Prize! @thebookerprizes.bsky.social
February 25, 2025 at 4:28 PM
We are thrilled that Solvej Balle’s ON THE CALCULATION OF VOLUME, translated by Barbara J. Haveland, and Anne Serre’s A LEOPARD-SKIN HAT, translated by Mark Hutchinson, have been longlisted for the International Booker Prize! @thebookerprizes.bsky.social
Out this May: two novels by the brilliant Inger Christensen, translated by Denise Newman
February 24, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Out this May: two novels by the brilliant Inger Christensen, translated by Denise Newman
Come to Molasses Books this Saturday for old tunes, Sam Bett's new translation of Dazai's THE BEGGAR STUDENT, and a signing!
January 30, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Come to Molasses Books this Saturday for old tunes, Sam Bett's new translation of Dazai's THE BEGGAR STUDENT, and a signing!
🧡 Join us at Molasses Books this Saturday, February 1, for an evening of Japanese literature and music with Sam Bett, translator of THE BEGGAR STUDENT by Osamu Dazai 🧡 ndbooks.com/book/the-beggar-student
January 30, 2025 at 5:32 PM
🧡 Join us at Molasses Books this Saturday, February 1, for an evening of Japanese literature and music with Sam Bett, translator of THE BEGGAR STUDENT by Osamu Dazai 🧡 ndbooks.com/book/the-beggar-student
Sam Bett in conversation with artist Kerry Anderson about translating the humor in Osamu Dazai's Novels. Join us at SPACE gallery in Portland Maine!
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January 6, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Sam Bett in conversation with artist Kerry Anderson about translating the humor in Osamu Dazai's Novels. Join us at SPACE gallery in Portland Maine!
space538.org/event/one-bi...
space538.org/event/one-bi...
Celebrate the birthday of the inimitable Clarice Lispector with one of her most beloved short stories, alongside a documentary showcasing never-before-seen images of her life in Washington, D.C.!
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December 10, 2024 at 5:37 PM
Celebrate the birthday of the inimitable Clarice Lispector with one of her most beloved short stories, alongside a documentary showcasing never-before-seen images of her life in Washington, D.C.!
t.co/A3DceRcXSL
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BEHOLD! Spring/summer ’25, featuring: Mathias Énard, Inger Christensen, Bernadette Mayer, Gabriela Cabezón Cámara, László Krasznahorkai, Naguib Mahfouz, Hélène Bessette, Yoko Tawada, Harald Voetmann, Marlen Haushofer, and C. F. Ramuz.
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December 10, 2024 at 5:35 PM
BEHOLD! Spring/summer ’25, featuring: Mathias Énard, Inger Christensen, Bernadette Mayer, Gabriela Cabezón Cámara, László Krasznahorkai, Naguib Mahfouz, Hélène Bessette, Yoko Tawada, Harald Voetmann, Marlen Haushofer, and C. F. Ramuz.
cdn.sanity.io/files/p34gzx...
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