Magdaléna Platzová’s LIFE AFTER KAFKA is the story of Franz Kafka’s fiancée Felice Bauer, that “in @alexjzucker’s artful & inspired translation, proves even the briefest encounters—in love & in art—can shape us forever” (Jaroslav Kalfař) #PubDay #WITMonth blpress.org/books/life-aft…

NBCC member Cory Oldweiler reviewed Alex Zucker’s translation of Magdaléna Platzová’s "Life Without Kafka" for Words Without Borders: buff.ly/3Wg0cxn

"When asked to explain my work as a literary translator, I start by saying the main thing I translate is style. Not words. Style." - @alexjzucker lithub.com/bringing-felic…

Dana Sach’s ALL ELSE FAILED: The Unlikely Volunteers at the Heart of the Migrant Aid Crisis is a finalist for the Dayton Literary Peace Prize, an award recognizing "writers whose work demonstrates the power of the written word to foster peace" #honored lithub.com/here-are-the-f…

Review of the day!! ‘Life After Kafka’ by Magdaléna Platzová | LJ Review of the Day hubs.la/Q02MnbHL0

'The misadventures of an art student and general ne’er-do-well in 1897, from Philadelphia to Cuba. Masterfully written.' #EditorsChoice: The Caricaturist by Norman Lock, review by Kathryn Bashaar historicalnovelsociety.org/reviews/the-ca…

Bellevue Literary Press looks forward to reading your narrative nonfiction submissions through December 15 #openreading

My must reads recommended on today’s ⁦All Sides⁩ Weekend Books. Shout out to ⁦alifeinbooks⁩ for the Adam Isler. ⁦Grove Atlantic⁩ ⁦HarperCollins⁩ ⁦⁦Bellevue Literary Press⁩

It’s not too late to browse and bookmark our #TranslationMonth list, so that you can return to these excellent recs year-round! Read Transit Books, New Vessel Press, Frayed Edge Press, Dorothy, a publishing project, Sandorf Passage @sandorfpassage.bsky.social, Bellevue Literary Press, Graywolf Press, and more: clmp.org/news/a-reading…

“By canceling the enduring distinction between fiction and nonfiction, Platzová options a radical methodology of writing that reveals the unanswerable questions composing our present” —Filip Noubel Asymptote Journal on LIFE AFTER KAFKA (trans. @alexjzucker) asymptotejournal.com/blog/2024/10/0…

Czech author Magdaléna Platzová is coming to the US! Join her and many special guests, including translator @alexjzucker, to celebrate the publication of her novel, LIFE AFTER KAFKA, the story of Franz Kafka’s first fiancée Felice Bauer blpress.org/books/life-aft…

Applications are open for the 2025-26 NEA Big Read! And BIG news: we've introduced a new theme, "Our Nature." 🍃📖✨ Learn more about the theme, the 22 books available for selection, and how to apply here: bit.ly/3YtVygr

On the podcast | Melissa Pritchard explores the life, legacy and extraordinary achievements of the English nurse and statistician known as the 'lady with the lamp': bit.ly/4f5vsqL

London friends, Raphael Ruiz will be doing a reading at the book launch of LIFE AFTER KAFKA, a novel about Kafka’s fiancée Felice Bauer, Czech Centre London on Nov 21, followed by a discussion with author Magdaléna Platzová & literary critic Nicholas Lezard 🎟️: eventbrite.co.uk/e/magdalena-pl…

So nice to be able to interview Leah. When I was chair of the Pulitzer fiction jury, she was one of the two other judges, along with another writer I just adore: Elizabeth McCracken

"Surprising, touching, and deeply humane, the ten stories of North of Ordinary offer an intimate, revelatory look at our fractured society and pull us together through the power of art." Enter to win a copy of John Rolfe Gardiner's "North of Ordinary" from Bellevue Literary Press

“Stylistically bold... An investigation of the ways history does and doesn’t shape us.” —Kirkus Reviews Enter to win a copy of Roger Celestin's "The Delicate Beast" from Bellevue Literary Press