You can also pre-order @mahernandez.bsky.social's newly translated novel, "The Pain of Others," which blends autofiction and true crime, here from Other Press.
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I will also be in conversation with @mahernandez.bsky.social at Bird in Hand in Baltimore on April 25 at 6pm.
If you're in the area, please join us! It's free and open to the public.
I spoke with the brilliant writer @mahernandez.bsky.social about true crime, the ethics of literature, and the art of taking a nap.
Listen and enjoy!
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En un mes justo volvemos a cruzar el charco para conversar sobre #ThePainOfOthers, que llega a las librerías norteamericanas el 14 de abril, publicada por Other Press y traducida con primor por Nate West. ¡Qué ganas de charlar con
@sarahweinman.com @becquer.bsky.social y @topefolarin.bsky.social!
Yesterday, I was on @sobremesapod.bsky.social, hosted by the wonderful @eoghangilmartin.bsky.social, to talk about why Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez seems to be loved everywhere but in his own country.
(Link in the thread, which includes other related links.)
Why has Pedro Sánchez been willing to reject US-Israeli aggression against Iran?
@becquer.bsky.social & @eoghangilmartin.bsky.social
discuss the domestic factors informing his foreign policy & Sánchez's vision for Spain and the EU's place in the new world order: open.spotify.com/episode/7lRT...
I wrote about jobs, immigration, and my most recent piece with @sebasfaber.bsky.social for @thenation.com, which is about Madrid. (Link in first reply.)
It's my first piece in English. My apologies for the delay to all the English-language readers out there. Many thanks for reading.
New at PB: @xdapena.bsky.social interviews PB literature-in-translation editor @becquer.bsky.social about his book The Op-Ed Novel: A Literary History of Post-Franco Spain (@harvardpress.bsky.social) & the link between contemporary narrative & opinion journalism.
Today, the interview "de largo aliento" I conducted with @becquer.bsky.social about his book The Op-Ed Novel: A Literary History of Post-Franco Spain is being published. My deepest thanks to Bécquer for the conversation, and to @publicbooks.bsky.social for the opportunity.👇 tinyurl.com/33fh4k3p
“I became interested in the op-ed as a form. And more generally, I wanted to think about how opinion circulates in modern societies.”
New at PB: Bécquer Seguín (@becquer.bsky.social) in conversation with Xavier Dapena (@xdapena.bsky.social).
“Muñoz Molina has what we might call a hypermoral sensibility, which drives his newspaper writing and, I argue, simultaneously drives his novel writing.”
New at PB: @becquer.bsky.social on the novelists who became Spain’s premiere op-ed columnists.
“The op-ed is ‘journalism’s sonnet,’ according to Francisco Umbral, which is a beautiful way to understand an ephemeral piece of writing that is not so ephemeral after all.”
New at PB: @becquer.bsky.social on the art of the op-ed.
PB editors @megancummins.bsky.social, @njdames.bsky.social, Marlene L. Daut, @taoleighgoffe.bsky.social, Frank Guridy, Tara K. Menon, Leah Price, @becquer.bsky.social, @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social, Abigail Struhl, and Stephanie Wong share their fave books of 2025.
Our 2025 Editors’ Picks are here! Lit in Translation & Sports co-editor @becquer.bsky.social recommends Luis Martín-Santos's "Time of Silence" (trans. Peter Bush) & @johnnysmith135.bsky.social & Randy Roberts's "The Fight of His Life."
Madrid's reputation as “a graceless city of reactionary generals and slow-moving civil servants” is undeserved, says Luke Stegemann in his urban biography (@yalepress.bsky.social).
Bécquer Seguín (@becquer.bsky.social) and I are not so sure.
In @thenation.com.
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Book cover with aerial photograph showing an oblique aerial view of the city of Paris, picturing the avanue du Bois du Boulogne and the Arc de Triomphe. The surface of the photograph is annotated in red and black ink. The book title and author appear in white serif font: Inventing Nadar: A History of Photographic Firsts, by Emily Doucet .
My book has a cover! Inventing Nadar will be out in April 2026 from @dukepress.bsky.social.
For the latest On Our Nightstands, Literature in Translation editor @becquer.bsky.social recommends All Things Are Too Small: Essays in Praise of Excess by Becca Rothfeld.
Muchísimas felicidades compa!
I had a fascinating conversation with
@nicoabu.bsky.social about his 4 decade history of the Francoist dictatorship, 'Ni una, ni grande, ni libre'.
We discuss the Spanish path to fascism, how it diverged from the Germany & Italy & how the dictatorship evolved post-WWII while demolishing any idea
Thank you!
What a great privilege to get to know and support the truly stellar faculty at Johns Hopkins, especially early in their career.
We just announced the 2025 cohort of Catalyst Award recipients.
This award will allow them to move into new bold directions.
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Congratulations! 🎉
Many congratulations to our Hispanic issue editor @becquer.bsky.social who has just been honored with a prestigious award for early career faculty.
¡Bien merecido!
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I still can't believe this happened.
Many thanks to @jhu.edu, @jhuartssciences.bsky.social, and @deniswirtz.bsky.social's office for this very, very generous award.
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cover image for MLN's Hispanic issue
Coming soon! Edited by @becquer.bsky.social + a dossier on Catalan studies edited by Anna Casas Aguilar, Maria Dasca, @albertlloret.bsky.social, and Olga Sendra Ferrer. Managing editor @victoriajane.bsky.social Assistant Editor Lauren Reynolds.
Cover: SON RAVAL © Consuelo Bautista. 2013.
Hoy en @elpais.com, escribo sobre Trump, Emilia Pardo Bazán y el auge de la censura de libros en EE.UU.
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Hace bien el movimiento MAGA en censurar "El Cuento de la Criada", porque el dedo de Margaret Atwood apunta directamente al ojo de Trump.
