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Congratulations to Gary Younge author of DISPATCHES FROM THE DIASPORA orbooks.com/catalog/dispat…

I am stunned to be in this company, and overwhelmed at the generosity of the The Robert B. Silvers Foundation. My great great infinite thanks to the editors who taught me to be a critic: David Cote, Adam Feldman, Brian Parks, Jennifer Krasinski, and, now, my Valerie Steiker

We are honored to have published DISPATCHES FROM THE DIASPORA by Gary Younge, recipient of the 2025 Silvers Prize for Journalism The Robert B. Silvers Foundation buff.ly/3C0aH1E


Attn nonfiction writers, journalists, critics! The The Robert B. Silvers Foundation is now accepting applications for the 2025 Silvers Grants for Work in Progress. Apply for support of up to $10,000. For more info, please visit silversfoundation.org/grants/




Lovers of Greek #literature and #theater! My next seminar for the The New York Review of Books.com #NYRSeminar series on “Tragic Meaning” is a four-part exploration of the tragedies of #Sophocles. Info below! #classicstwitter #classics #Greece eventbrite.com/e/tragic-meani…

A wonderful opportunity with a supportive community I’m proud to be a part of: The The Robert B. Silvers Foundation is accepting new applications to provide writers $10,000 to support long-form writing. Application below, deadline March 31. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…



I highly recommend applying to the The Robert B. Silvers Foundation As a recipient in 2023, I greatly benefitted for my project on abortion and reproductive rights.



In Literary Hub today, an excerpt from the Introduction my new translation of #Homer’s #Odyssey, published today by UChicagoPress : “On the Opaque Origins and Tumultuous Ancient History of Homer’s Odyssey” lithub.com/on-the-opaque-… via Literary Hub

Splendid piece in today’s The Guardian about the #Odyssey (and my new translation!): theguardian.com/books/2025/apr…


If you want to get a taste about my thoughts about the history of psychiatry in Germany, give my latest The New York Review of Books a read nybooks.com/online/2025/05…

The Silvers Foundation is proud to have supported this extraordinary work from Scott Sayare, who excavates a generational debate in paleoanthropology over who we are and where we come from.