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  • Natasha Wimmer on Horacio Castellanos Moya, Name-Checks Quarterly Conversation

    Posted on Friday November 27th, 2009 at 10:54 in horacio castellanos moya, the quarterly conversation

    In The Nation. Graciously, Wimmer sends some kind words toward The Quarterly Conversation: El asco struck a nerve not just in El Salvador but across Latin America. Photocopies of it were circulated where the printed book wasn't available, a...

  • Breaking Out of Our Box

    Posted on Friday November 27th, 2009 at 10:39

    In The Guardian, Martin Riker puts to rest a particularly annoying canard surrounding literature in translation: So we discovered that Dalkey Archive had something to offer the country of Estonia, in return for the great literature that Estonia of...

  • New Review @ TQC: Shadowplay by Norman Lock

    Posted on Wednesday November 25th, 2009 at 16:44

    Just in time for Thanksgiving, read our review of Shadowplay by Norman Lock, from the estimable Ellipsis Press: With his short novel Shadowplay, Norman Lock makes no attempt to hide his inspirations or intentions; an epigraph states, “In Java d...

  • Shout Out

    Posted on Wednesday November 25th, 2009 at 15:16

    Terri Saul, the artist behind TQC's nice logo, has an article up at Momentum magazine. Check it out. And if you're in need of some bicycle-themed art, Terri's got you covered. ...

  • Invisible Conforms to the Auster Model?

    Posted on Wednesday November 25th, 2009 at 12:51

    Last week I was thinking that Paul Auster's new novel, Invisible, was breaking out of his rut, but James Wood argues no: Paul Auster’s latest book, “Invisible” (Holt; $25), though it has charm and vitality in places, conforms to the Auster m...

  • Don DeLillo in The New Yorker

    Posted on Wednesday November 25th, 2009 at 09:20

    "Midnight in Dostoevsky" Guessing this is an excerpt from Point Omega ...

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