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Italian literature from a comparative perspective (Kafka, Woolf, Musil, Bernhard …), associate professor at Duke, human and trying
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Bye-bye, libraries
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Continuing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.  Purpose.
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March 17, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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Calling all Italian-to-English translators! It's time for submissions to ALTA's Italian Prose in Translation Award! And yes, translators may submit their own works!
littranslate.bsky.social American Literary Translators Association @littranslate.bsky.social · Feb 17
📣 There is just one month left! Submissions to ALTA's 6 book awards, which recognize excellence in literary translation, and the ALTA Travel Fellowships, which provide funding to emerging translators to travel to the annual ALTA conference, close on 3/17.

Apply today! alta.submittable.com/submit/
February 18, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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Innovative readings, interesting places, intriguing photos, intricate history, Maaza Mengiste, Orhan Pamuk, Daša Drndić, Olga Tokarczuk, Valeria Luiselli, Claudio Magris & more. Congratulations, Emma Bond, on “Curating Worlds: Museum Practices in Contemporary Literature,” a beautiful book! #worldlit
Photo of Emma Bond’s new book “Curating Worlds: Museum Practices in Contemporary Literature.” The cover has falling chairs on it and the book is on a chair.
January 16, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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Celebrating fabulous MLO prize-winners in Italian Studies last night: Giulia Riccò, Akash Kumar and Clarissa Clò! 🎉
A programme for the MLA prize ceremony with a plate of king cake and pralines and a glass of sparkling wine. A picture of Giulia Riccò holding her MLA prize for best manuscript in Italian studies A picture of Clarissa Clò holding her MLA prize
January 11, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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Early Christmas gifts from @nupress.bsky.social! It’s great to have author copies of CURATING WORLDS. Available for purchase now: nupress.northwestern.edu/978081014795...
Two copies of a book entitled Curating Worlds Table of contents page in a book entitled Curating Worlds
December 20, 2024 at 12:43 PM