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Comment on Words Without Borders 2012 Graphic Novel Edition Out Now by Nana Fredua-Agyeman

Nana Fredua-Agyeman — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 10:46:05 +0000

The titles sound enticing.

Comment on Interview with Patricio Pron in El Pais – Plus Novel Excerpt by gilberto

gilberto — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 04:11:36 +0000

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Comment on Xingu and Other Stories by Edith Wharton – A Review by Nana Fredua-Agyeman

Nana Fredua-Agyeman — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:47:21 +0000

Great review. Thanks for sharing it with us. I have one of her autobiographical (semi) works, A Glance Backwards but I’m yet to read it.

Comment on Mexican Drug War Issues from Words Without Borders Update by Mexican Drug War Issues from Words Without Borders Update « By … | NAINTELX

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:17:32 +0000

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Comment on Lisbon: War in the Shadows of the City of Light, 1939-1941 – A Review by Bart

Bart — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 19:32:38 +0000

Sounds like a good book. I will definitely read it in the near future.

Comment on Interview with António Lobo Antunes at El Pais by AnnaGoclock

AnnaGoclock — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 10:55:20 +0000

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Comment on When a Librarian Goes Wrong? Nancy Pearl’s Amazon Deal by bythefirelight

bythefirelight — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 18:11:48 +0000

Good point. That’s why I was kind of on the fence about how bad this really was. I’m curious to see how the project turns out.

Comment on Granta Best of Young Spanish Language Novelists – A Review (Part II) by Hacerse el muerto (Playing Dead) by Andrés Neuman – A Review « By The Firelight

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 18:04:07 +0000

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Comment on The Black Minutes by Martín Solares – A Review of a Mexican Noir by Words without Borders Raising Kick Starter Funds for Mexican Drug War Issue « By The Firelight

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 17:18:48 +0000

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Comment on When a Librarian Goes Wrong? Nancy Pearl’s Amazon Deal by Troy J

Troy J — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 15:55:26 +0000

I think one difference in this case is that Amazon is not publishing Nancy’s books. They are acquiring rights to books she has suggested an republishing those. This is a serious commitment by a publisher. Nancy already has a publisher (Sasquatch) for the books she writes on her own and if they were able to do the project I bet she would have gone with them. Problem is they probably were not able to commit the amount of resources this project required.