30 en-us http://www.theworld.org 2010 Public Radio International PRI's The World presents the World Books podcast, a spotlight on international literary news, trends, and authors. Created by The World's Bill Marx, the World Books podcast features interviews with authors, critics, publishers, and translators from around the globe. The World is a US-based international news and analysis program co-produced by the BBC, PRI and WGBH. no Public Radio International Public Radio International interactive@pri.org books, literature, guides, world, news, international, pri, wgbh, bbc, writers, Bill Marx http://www.theworld.org/images/rss/theworld_logo_wb.jpg http://www.theworld.org http://media.theworld.org/pod/worldbooks/wbpod43.mp3 A few years ago, Peter Filkins, an award-winning translator from the German, walked into a Cambridge, MA bookstore, read a few pages of an obscure German novel and recognized that he had stumbled onto literary gold. Written in the early 1950s, "The Journey" was one of the 26 volumes penned by the German Jew H. G. Adler, a Holocaust survivor who sought to memorialize and understand the experience through fiction, poetry, social history, and philosophy. "The Journey" garnered enormous critical attention. Filkins has now translated another of Adler's books, entitled "Panorama." Inspired by Adler's life, the novel is told from the point-of-view of young Josef Kramer – the adolescent describes life in post-World War I Bohemia, from peace in a country town to oppression in a militaristic school and trauma in a German concentration camp. World Books editor Bill Marx spoke to Filkins about "Panorama" and why many critics think Adler is a major addition to Holocaust literature. Mon, 7 Feb 2011 14:45:00 GMT 37:37 Peter Filkins, German, Germany, H.G. Adler, The Journey, Panorama, Bohemia, German Jew, Jewish literature, Jewish, Bill Marx, World Books http://media.theworld.org/pod/worldbooks/wbpod42.mp3 Nigerian-born writer E.C. Osondu explores the tragicomedies of cultural misunderstanding in his new short story collection Voice of America. The title is playfully ironic: the tales probe, with impish humor and sardonic urgency, the pratfalls of delusion: Africans dream of an impossible American plenty, while Americans fantasize about a non-existent African reality. Last year, Osondu won the prestigious Caine Prize for African Writing. He is the co-editor of the latest issue of Agni magazine, which features short stories from African authors. World Books editor Bill Marx spoke to the writer, who currently teaches literature at Providence College in Rhode Island, about what his short story collection says about the state of African writing today. Wed, 24 Nov 2010 14:45:00 GMT 30:32 E.C. Osondu, Nigeria, Voice of America, African, Caine Prize, African writing, African literature, Providence College, Agni magazine http://media.theworld.org/pod/worldbooks/wbpod41.mp3 The title of Chinese-American writer Gish Jen’s latest novel, World And Town, suggests the story’s international resonance. Set in a small town in New England, the book examines the growing pressures, global and local, religious and technological, on the rural American experience. World Books editor Bill Marx spoke to Jen about what her novel says about the impact of the world on the American small town in the new millennium. Tue, 26 Oct 2010 14:45:00 GMT 30:32 Gish Jen, World and Town, Bill Marx, New England, Chinese-American writer, small town, rural America http://media.theworld.org/pod/worldbooks/wbpod40.mp3 Norwegian author Per Petterson’s 2007 novel 'Out Stealing Horses' won him a worldwide readership as well as garnering him a number of major book prizes. His latest novel, 'I Curse the River of Time', continues the writer’s lyrical exploration of the bedevilments of mortality and time. In his latest podcast, World Books editor Bill Marx spoke to Petterson about his new book, the challenges of translation, and the reasons behind the current vogue for Scandinavian fiction. Mon, 27 Sep 2010 14:45:00 GMT 30:05 Per Petterson, Norway, I Curse the River of Time, Job, Bill Marx, World Books, literature, Lisa Mullins, PRI, public radio international, writers http://media.theworld.org/pod/worldbooks/wbpod39.mp3 German translator Ross Benjamin won the 2010 Woolf prize for his version in English of the critical study Speak, Nabokov. His latest translation, Joseph Roth’s 1930 novel 'Job: The Story of a Simple Man', comes from Archipelago Books. 'Job' was a bestseller in 1931 when it was first appeared in English. Still, the novel has not gotten the attention it deserves, even though Roth is now recognized as one of the major German writers of the 20th century. Benjamin’s translation does this masterpiece, a modern retelling of the story of Job, justice in English. World Books editor Bill Marx speaks with Benjamin. Mon, 30 Aug 2010 14:45:00 GMT 29:26 Ross Benjamnin, Joseph Roth, German, Job, Bill Marx, World Books, literature, Lisa Mullins, PRI, public radio international, writers http://media.theworld.org/pod/worldbooks/wbpod38.mp3 In Africa, Nigerian writer Sefi Atta's reputation in Africa is stellar. Her novel "Everything Good Will Come" won the Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature. And her recently published collection of short stories. "News From Home," won the 2009 NOMA Award for Publishing in Africa. Her radio plays for the BBC have secured her a healthy European following. But Atta has yet to garner the critical attention she deserves in America, though she has lived in Mississippi for over a decade. World Books editor Bill Marx spoke to Atta about what roles religion and feminism play in her fiction and why her complex vision of Africa defies popular expectations: Tue, 27 Jul 2010 14:45:00 GMT 37:44 Sefi Atta, Nigeria, Bill Marx, World Books, literature, Lisa Mullins, PRI, public radio international, writers http://media.theworld.org/pod/worldbooks/wbpod37.mp3 For many readers, Filipino literature is about local color, lush descriptions of an exotic and often dreamy landscape. Miguel Syjuco challenges that pastoral vision with his first novel, Ilustrado, which recently won the Man Asian Literary Prize. An ambitious meditation on turbulent decades of Filipino culture and politics, the novel includes emails, blog entries, news reports, and extracts from the fiction and journalism of an imaginary literary lion. His mysterious death triggers a quest to find his final manuscript, which is rumored to be an explosive tell-all. World Books editor Bill Marx spoke to Syjuco about what his complex novel says about the past and future of the Philippines. Mon, 21 Jun 2010 14:45:00 GMT 22:08 Miguel Syjuco, Bill Marx, World Books, literature, Lisa Mullins, PRI, public radio international, writers http://media.theworld.org/pod/worldbooks/wbpod36.mp3 When it was published in Israel in 2004, Eshkol Nevo’s novel “Homesick” tackled a taboo topic in his homeland – this story set in a small neighborhood outside of Jerusalem includes a sympathetic look at a Palestinian construction worker who becomes obsessed with entering the home his family was evicted from in 1948. To Nevo’s surprise, “Homesick” became a best-seller and is now assigned reading in high schools and universities around Israel. An English translation of the book (by Sondra Silverston) is now available from Dalkey Archive Press. World Books editor Bill Marx spoke to Nevo about his novel’s surprising reception in Israel and elsewhere in the Middle East. http://media.theworld.org/pod/worldbooks/wbpod36.mp3 Mon, 17 May 2010 14:45:00 GMT 32:04 Eshkol Nevo, Bill Marx, World Books, literature, Lisa Mullins, PRI, public radio international, writers http://media.theworld.org/pod/worldbooks/wbpod35.mp3 This April 21st marks the 100th anniversary of the death of Mark Twain, an American icon who made an indelible impression on the world before and after his demise. The Library of America has published two volumes that remind us of Twain’s influence on other countries. One is a collection of Twain’s travel writing, featuring “A Tramp Abroad,” “Following the Equator,” and uncollected pieces. The press is also publishing “The Mark Twain Anthology: Great Writers on His Life and Works,” which contains a selection of international responses to Twain, visual as well as literary. World Books editor Bill Marx spoke to the editor of the latter volume, Stanford University professor Shelly Fisher Fishkin, about Twain’s impressions of the world and the world’s impressions of Twain. http://media.theworld.org/pod/worldbooks/wbpod35.mp3 Fri, 16 Apr 2010 14:45:00 GMT 36:48 Bill Marx, World Books, literature, Lisa Mullins, PRI, public radio international, writers http://media.theworld.org/pod/worldbooks/wbpod34.mp3 The Italian Renaissance epic “Orlando Furioso,” was once a hot volume, at least among the literati, such as Shakespeare, and musicians, such as Scarlotti and Haydn. But Ludovico Ariosto’s long tale of knights and monsters duking it out largely dropped off the radar screen in the 20th century, though it was Italo Calvino’s favorite work of literature. Translator David R. Slavitt wants to rectify that with his English translation of the poem, the first in 30 years. World Books Editor Bill Marx talks to Slavitt, a veteran translator of over eighty volumes of poetry and fiction, about how his playful version reflects the giggly, surrealist mischievousness of the original. http://media.theworld.org/pod/worldbooks/wbpod34.mp3 Tue, 02 Feb 2010 14:45:00 GMT 29:42 Bill Marx, World Books, literature, Lisa Mullins, PRI, public radio international, writers http://media.theworld.org/pod/worldbooks/wbpod33.mp3 Hailed by Milan Kundera as one of the greatest novelists of the 20th century, Polish novelist and playwright Witold Gombrowicz (1904-1969) has not garnered the readership in English he deserves. That may change with the efforts of Danuta Borchardt, who has translated three of Gombrowicz's novels. Her latest translation is of his 1966 novel "Pornografia." (She won a National Translation Award for her version of "Ferdydurke," Gombrowicz's classic black comedy about the virtues of immaturity.) World Books editor Bill Marx talks to Borchardt about the erotic gamesmanship in "Pornografia," the hazards of translating from the Polish, and why she decided to translate Gombrowicz in the first place. http://media.theworld.org/pod/worldbooks/wbpod33.mp3 Wed, 23 Dec 2009 14:45:00 GMT 27:30 Bill Marx, World Books, literature, Lisa Mullins, PRI, public radio international, writers http://media.theworld.org/pod/worldbooks/wbpod32.mp3 British journalist and author Justine Hardy has spent the last 20 years writing about Kashmir, a country of astonishing natural beauty caught in a violent territorial dispute between India and Pakistan. “In the Valley of Mist: One Family in a Changing World” looks at how a real-life middle-class Kashmiri family, the Dars, deal with their country’s turmoil and prejudices. World Books editor Bill Marx talks to Hardy about what she calls “Jihad Inc,” the responsibilities of storytelling in a troubled region, and the current state of life in Kashmir. http://media.theworld.org/pod/worldbooks/wbpod32.mp3 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:45:00 GMT 27:30 Bill Marx, World Books, literature, Lisa Mullins, PRI, public radio international, writers http://media.theworld.org/pod/worldbooks/wbpod31.mp3 Brazilian writer Clarice Lispector (1925-1977) looked like a movie star and wrote like James Joyce. Lispector's face is on postage stamps in Latin America, but her fiction is not as well known around the world. Benjamin Moser wants to change that with his new biography of Lispector, "Why This World." He argues that Lispector's Jewishness, along with her concern with the inner world of her characters rather than their politics, has stood in the way of her international reputation. World Books editor Bill Marx talks to Moser about how Lispector's life influenced her writing, whether she was a magic realist, and why she should be read today. http://64.71.145.108/pod/worldbooks/wbpod31.mp3 Tue, 15 Sep 2009 14:45:00 GMT 27:30 Bill Marx, World Books, literature, Lisa Mullins, PRI, public radio international, writers http://media.theworld.org/pod/worldbooks/wbpod30a.mp3 Hungarian writer Ferenc Barnás talks to World Books editor Bill Marx about The Ninth,his autobiographical novel,translated by Paul Olchvary, about growing up in a small village outside Budapest in the late 1960s. The narrator is a nine-year-old boy, the ninth child in a poor, secretive Catholic family that scrapes along by selling rosaries and religious gewgaws condemned by the Communist government. http://64.71.145.108/pod/worldbooks/wbpod30a.mp3 Thu, 09 Jul 2009 14:45:00 GMT 27:30 Bill Marx, World Books, literature, Lisa Mullins, PRI, public radio international, writers http://media.theworld.org/pod/worldbooks/wbpod30.mp3 Robert Chandler talks to World Books editor Bill Marx about a new translation of "The Foundation Pit, " a novel by Andrey Platonov, a Russian writer many critics consider the most provocative literary discovery since the fall of the Soviet Union. Poet Joseph Brodsky hailed Platonov as a master of language, a 20th century innovator in the same league as James Joyce and Franz Kafka. http://64.71.145.108/pod/worldbooks/wbpod30.mp3 Tue, 19 May 2009 16:00:00 GMT 27:30 Bill Marx, World Books, literature, Lisa Mullins, PRI, public radio international, writers http://media.theworld.org/pod/worldbooks/wbpod28.mp3 Award-winning translator Susan Bernofsky talks to World Books Editor Bill Marx about "The Tanners," an early work of fiction by the mysterious Swiss writer Robert Walser, a marginalized genius admired by J. M. Coetzee, Franz Kafka, and W. G. Sebald. She also reads an excerpt from her translation, the first in English, of the 1907 novel. http://64.71.145.108/pod/worldbooks/wbpod28.mp3 Tue, 03 Mar 2009 16:00:00 GMT 38:55 Susan Bernofsky, J. M. Coetzee, Franz Kafka, and W. G. Sebald, Robert Walser, Bill Marx, World Books, literature, Lisa Mullins, PRI, public radio international, writers http://media.theworld.org/pod/worldbooks/wbpod27.mp3 Israeli artist David Polonsky talks to World Books Editor Bill Marx about the full-color graphic novel version of the Oscar-nominated animated documentary "Waltz with Bashir." http://64.71.145.108/pod/worldbooks/wbpod27.mp3 Tue, 24 Feb 2009 16:00:00 GMT 17:48 David Polonsky, Waltz with Bashir, Bill Marx, World Books, literature, Lisa Mullins, PRI, public radio international, writers http://media.theworld.org/pod/worldbooks/wbpod26.mp3 Musicians Aliana de la Guardia and Gabriela Diaz perform samples from György Kurtág's chamber work "Kafka Fragments" and talk about the demanding piece to World Books editor Bill Marx. http://64.71.145.108/pod/worldbooks/wbpod26.mp3 Wed, 18 Feb 2009 16:00:00 GMT 33:54 Aliana de la Guardia, Gabriela Diaz, Bill Marx, World Books, literature, Lisa Mullins, PRI, public radio international, writers http://media.theworld.org/pod/worldbooks/wbpod25.mp3 John Donatich, Director of the Yale University Press, talks to World Books editor Bill Marx about The Margellos World Republic of Letters, a major new series dedicated to helping reverse the trend against literary translations by making high quality works from around the globe available in English. http://64.71.145.108/pod/worldbooks/wbpod25.mp3 Mon, 09 Feb 2009 16:00:00 GMT 24:54 John Donatich, Margellos World Republic of Letters, Bill Marx, World Books, literature, Lisa Mullins, PRI, public radio international, writers http://media.theworld.org/pod/worldbooks/wbpod24.mp3 Azar Nafisi, the author of the international bestseller "Reading Lolita in Tehran," talks to World Books editor Bill Marx about her new memoir, which focuses on her life in Iran as well as her personal and political responses to the Islamic Revolution during the late 1970s. http://64.71.145.108/pod/worldbooks/wbpod24.mp3 Mon, 02 Feb 2009 16:00:00 GMT 27:55 Azar Nafisi, Bill Marx, world Books, literature, Lisa Mullins, PRI, public radio international, writers http://media.theworld.org/pod/worldbooks/wbpod23.mp3 Author and book critic Helen Epstein talks to World Books editor Bill Marx about two new memoirs by émigrés living in North America, Witold Rybczynski's "My Two Polish Grandfathers" and Azar Nafisi's "Things I've Been Silent About." http://64.71.145.108/pod/worldbooks/wbpod23.mp3 Thu, 22 Jan 2009 16:00:00 GMT 28:41 Helen Epstein, Bill Marx, Romania, Stalinism, World Books, literature, Lisa Mullins, PRI, public radio international, writers http://media.theworld.org/pod/worldbooks/wbpod22.mp3 Romanian-born essayist and novelist Norman Manea explains to World Books editor Bill Marx why the young people in Eastern Europe's post-communist generation lack curiosity about what their parents and grandparents endured under Stalinism. http://64.71.145.108/pod/worldbooks/wbpod22.mp3 Fri, 16 Jan 2009 16:00:00 GMT 22:54 Norman Manea, Bill Marx, Romania, Stalinism, World Books, literature, Lisa Mullins, PRI, public radio international, writers http://media.theworld.org/pod/worldbooks/wbpod21.mp3 John Zeisel, the author of "I'm Still Here," along with Lisa Wong and Jonathan McPhee of Boston's Longwood Symphony Orchestra, talk to World Books host Bill Marx about evolving international views of the relationship between neuroscience and the arts, particularly the beneficial effects of music on those suffering from cognitive impairments. http://64.71.145.108/pod/worldbooks/wbpod21.mp3 Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:00:00 GMT 37:57 John Zeisel, Bill Marx, World Books, literature, Lisa Mullins, PRI, public radio international, writers http://media.theworld.org/pod/worldbooks/wbpod20.mp3 Award-winning novelist Ha Jin talks to World Books editor Bill Marx about his latest book, a collection of essays that explore how imaginative writers have dealt with migration. http://64.71.145.108/pod/worldbooks/wbpod20.mp3 Thu, 1 Jan 2009 16:00:00 GMT 19:15 Ha Jin, Bill Marx, World Books, literature, Lisa Mullins, PRI, public radio international, writers http://media.theworld.org/pod/worldbooks/wbpod19.mp3 Polish critic Igor Stokfiszewski and Russian scholar Boris Groys talk to World Books Editor Bill Marx about how the possibility of a new "Cold War" and the pressures of globalization are influencing the arts in Eastern Europe. http://64.71.145.108/pod/worldbooks/wbpod19.mp3 Tue, 23 Dec 2008 16:00:00 GMT 26:11 Igor Stokfiszewski, Boris Groys, cold war, globalization, Bill Marx, World Books, literature, Lisa Mullins, PRI, public radio international, writers http://media.theworld.org/pod/worldbooks/wbpod18.mp3 World Books Editor Bill Marx talks to translator Peter Filkins, who walked into a Harvard Square bookstore, opened an obscure German novel, and discovered H. G. Adler's "The Journey," a masterpiece of Holocaust fiction. http://64.71.145.108/pod/worldbooks/wbpod18.mp3 Tue, 09 Dec 2008 16:00:00 GMT 26:11 Peter Filkins, Bill Marx, World Books, literature, Lisa Mullins, PRI, public radio international, writers http://media.theworld.org/pod/worldbooks/wbpod17.mp3 Award-winning translator and poet David Hinton chats with World Books editor Bill Marx about "Classical Chinese Poetry: An Anthology," which sheds new light on the first three millennia of verse in China. http://64.71.145.108/pod/worldbooks/wbpod17.mp3 Mon, 24 Nov 2008 16:00:00 GMT 26:11 David Hinton, China, Bill Marx, World Books, literature, Lisa Mullins, PRI, public radio international, writers http://media.theworld.org/pod/worldbooks/wbpod16.mp3 Ellen Elias-Bursac tells World Books editor Bill Marx what it is like to translate into English the work of two superb writers from the former Yugoslavia -- David Albahari and Dubravka Ugresic. http://64.71.145.108/pod/worldbooks/wbpod16.mp3 Wed, 12 Nov 2008 16:00:00 GMT 21:14 Ellen Elias-Bursac, Bill Marx, World Books, literature, Lisa Mullins, PRI, public radio international, writers http://media.theworld.org/pod/worldbooks/wbpod15.mp3 Novelist and critic Dubravka Ugresic talks to World Books editor Bill Marx about her latest collection of essays, "Nobody's Home," which trains a wryly spiky eye to a number of subjects, from the plight of public intellectuals to the fluid nature of cultural identity in the age of globalization. http://64.71.145.108/pod/worldbooks/wbpod15.mp3 Tue, 28 Oct 2008 16:00:00 GMT 27:48 Dubravka Ugresic, Bill Marx, World Books, literature, Lisa Mullins, PRI, public radio international, writers http://media.theworld.org/pod/worldbooks/wbpod14.mp3 Irish playwright and novelist Sebastian Barry chats with World Books editor Bill Marx about his novel "The Secret Scripture," a finalist for this year's Mann Booker Prize. The book continues Barry's quest in his fiction to explore the forgotten political nooks and theological crannies of modern Irish history. http://64.71.145.108/pod/worldbooks/wbpod14.mp3 Mon, 13 Oct 2008 16:00:00 GMT 18:23 Sebastian Barry, Bill Marx, World Books, literature, Lisa Mullins, PRI, public radio international, writers http://media.theworld.org/pod/worldbooks/wbpod13.mp3 Angolian author Jose Eduardo Agualusa talks to World Books editor Bill Marx about "The Book of Chameleons," his acclaimed novel which won the 2007 Independent Foreign Fiction Prize. The wrily surreal tale, narrated by a gecko who claims to be the reincarnation of Jorge Luis Borges, explores issues of truth, illusion, and shifting identity in post-civil war Angola. http://64.71.145.108/pod/worldbooks/wbpod13.mp3 Wed, 08 Oct 2008 16:00:00 GMT 18:23 Jose Eduardo Agualusa, Jorge Luis Borges, Bill Marx, World Books, literature, Lisa Mullins, PRI, public radio international, writers http://media.theworld.org/pod/worldbooks/wbpod12.mp3 Porochista Khakpour's first novel, "Sons and Other Flammable Objects," garnered enthusiastic reviews for its tragi-comic treatment of the trails and tribulations of an Iranian-American family. She talks to World Books editor Bill Marx about what it is lilke to be compared to "a young Philip Roth." http://64.71.145.108/pod/worldbooks/wbpod12.mp3 Tue, 30 Sep 2008 16:00:00 GMT 25:34 Bill Marx, Porochista Khakpour, Iran, World Books, sons, flammable objects, literature, Lisa Mullins, PRI, public radio international, writers http://media.theworld.org/pod/worldbooks/wbpod11.mp3 South African writer, painter, and political activist Breyten Breytenbach talks to World Books editor Bill Marx about what his new book, "All One Horse." says about his schizophrenic creative career. Breytenbach also reads a selection from the volume. http://64.71.145.108/pod/worldbooks/wbpod11.mp3 Mon, 22 Sep 2008 18:00:00 GMT 33:31 Bill Marx, Breytenbach, Director of Open Letter, World Books, Literature, South Africa, , Lisa Mullins, pri, public radio, music, international music, pop, global hit http://media.theworld.org/pod/worldbooks/wbpod10.mp3 Hillel Halkin talks to World Books editor Bill Marx about his new translation of "To This Day," the final novel by S. Y. Agnon, the first Hebrew writer to win the Nobel Prize in literature. http://64.71.145.108/pod/worldbooks/wbpod10.mp3 Wed, 10 Sep 2008 18:00:00 GMT 22:51 Bill Marx, Director of Open Letter, World Books, Literature, Chinese, China, Paper Republic, Lisa Mullins, pri, public radio, music, international music, pop, global hit http://media.theworld.org/pod/worldbooks/wbpod9.mp3 Georgian writer Zurab Karumidze talks with World Books editor Bill Marx about the impact of the Russian occupation and its aftermath on literary culture. http://64.71.145.108/pod/worldbooks/wbpod9.mp3 Mon, 01 Sep 2008 18:00:00 GMT 22:51 Bill Marx, Director of Open Letter, World Books, Literature, Chinese, China, Paper Republic, Lisa Mullins, pri, public radio, music, international music, pop, global hit http://media.theworld.org/pod/worldbooks/wbpod8.mp3 A leading Russian translator, Marian Schwartz talks with Bill Marx about making the "first complete and accurate translation" of "White Guard," Mikhail Bulgakov's first novel. An epic story of the Russian civil war, the book anticipates Bulgakov's masterpiece,"The Master and Margarita." http://64.71.145.108/pod/worldbooks/wbpod8.mp3 Fri, 15 Aug 2008 18:00:00 GMT 22:51 Bill Marx, Director of Open Letter, World Books, Literature, Chinese, China, Paper Republic, Lisa Mullins, pri, public radio, music, international music, pop, global hit http://media.theworld.org/pod/worldbooks/wbpod7.mp3 World Books honcho Bill Marx chats with Professor Shakir Mustafa, who has edited an anthology -- the first of its kind in the West -- of contemporary Iraqi fiction in translation. http://64.71.145.108/pod/worldbooks/wbpod7.mp3 Thu, 31 Jul 2008 18:00:00 GMT 22:51 Bill Marx, Director of Open Letter, World Books, Literature, Chinese, China, Paper Republic, Lisa Mullins, pri, public radio, music, international music, pop, global hit http://media.theworld.org/pod/worldbooks/wbpod6.mp3 On this week's podcast, Bill Marx talks to David Dollenmayer, whose translation of "Childhood: An Autobiographical Fragment" won this year's Wolff Prize for Translation. http://64.71.145.108/pod/worldbooks/wbpod6.mp3 Tue, 15 Jul 2008 18:00:00 GMT 22:52 Bill Marx, Director of Open Letter, World Books, Literature, Chinese, China, Paper Republic, Lisa Mullins, pri, public radio, music, international music, pop, global hit http://media.theworld.org/pod/worldbooks/wbpod5.mp3 On this week's podcast, Bill Marx talks to Chad Post, one of the movers and shakers behind Reading the World, an annual collaboration between publishers and independent booksellers whose aim is to spread the word about the value of international literature. Post is also the Director of Open Letter, a press dedicated to publishing significant books in translation and the honcho behind the blog Three Percent. http://64.71.145.108/pod/worldbooks/wbpod5.mp3 Mon, 23 Jun 2008 18:00:00 GMT 16:10 Reading the World, Chad Post, Bill Marx, Director of Open Letter, World Books, Literature, Chinese, China, Paper Republic, Lisa Mullins, pri, public radio, music, international music, pop, global hit http://media.theworld.org/pod/worldbooks/wbpod4.mp3 On this week's podcast, Bill Marx talks to Thant Myint-U, the author of "The River of Lost Footsteps: Histories of Burma," and discusses why understanding Burma's past is crucial for the country's future. http://64.71.145.108/pod/worldbooks/wbpod4.mp3 Mon, 16 Jun 2008 18:00:00 GMT 16:10 Thant Myint-U, World Books, Literature, Chinese, China, Paper Republic, Lisa Mullins, pri, public radio, music, international music, pop, global hit http://media.theworld.org/pod/worldbooks/wbpod3.mp3 World Books editor Bill Marx chats with Lebanese novelist, critic, and journalist Elias Khoury about the value of fiction, Middle East politics, and his new novel, "Yalo." http://64.71.145.108/pod/worldbooks/wbpod3.mp3 Mon, 09 Jun 2008 18:00:00 GMT 16:10 Elias Khoury, World Books, Literature, Chinese, China, Paper Republic, Lisa Mullins, pri, public radio, music, international music, pop, global hit http://media.theworld.org/pod/worldbooks/wbpod2.mp3 The World's Bill Marx talks to best-selling Israeli short story writer Etgar Keret about "The Girl on the Fringe," his latest collection of surreal tales. http://64.71.145.108/pod/worldbooks/wbpod2.mp3 Tue, 27 May 2008 18:00:00 GMT 8:20 Etgar Keret, The Girl on the Fringe, World Books, Literature, Chinese, China, Paper Republic, Lisa Mullins, pri, public radio, music, international music, pop, global hit http://media.theworld.org/pod/worldbooks/wbpod1.mp3 The World's Bill Marx talks to Cindy Carter and Brenden O' Kane, two of the founders of Paper Republic.org, an exciting website dedicated to English translations of Chinese literature. http://64.71.145.108/pod/worldbooks/wbpod1.mp3 Tue, 20 May 2008 18:00:00 GMT 8:20 World Books, Literature, Chinese, China, Paper Republic, Lisa Mullins, pri, public radio, music, international music, pop, global hit