Literary South Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
Literary South on XMonthly radio show & podcast on @ResonanceFM abt Literature in translation 🎧 Host Silvia Rothlisberger. Currently on hiatus

The History of Now
Jesse S. DarnayA beautiful poem “The History of Snow” by Ukrainian poet Serhiy Zhadan @serhiy_zhadan (translated by Oksana Maksymchuk @ok_maksymchuk and Sasha Dugdale @SashaDugdale ) @MPTmagazine https://t.co/E9mmWS3TgJ
Paperback, 2012
$11.99Member price:$5.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
A Furious Oyster
Jessica SequeiraHappening this week: Wednesday 11 May 7pm at @CervantesLondon author Yara Rodrigues Fowler (there are more things & Stubborn Archivist) + author & literary translator Jessica Sequeira (A Luminous History of the Palm, A Furious Oyster) https://t.co/lfbbQO82tO https://t.co/29qx3RoNef
Out of stock

Grey Bees
Andrey KurkovThis month’s show with Ukrainian author Andrei Kurkov @AKurkov & Ukrainian-American poet & translator Boris Dralyuk @BorisDralyuk is available to listen. Talking Grey Bees, My Hollywood & other poems, LA, Ukraine, the power of names & words. ⭐ https://www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/literary-south-27-april-2022-boris-dralyuk-andrey-kurkov/
Paperback, 2022
$15.95Member price:$7.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
A Quick Ting On: Plantain
Rui Da SilvaAn excerpt from Rui Da Silva’s @AQuickTingOn Plantain his book about… plantains @JacarandaBooks @reiskyrei https://t.co/RjtnhvNdel
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The Absolute
Daniel Guebel“Never, throughout all the time of writing The Absolute, did I give a thought to the devil, but I did contemplate the way that the light of art can save us.” - An Interview with Daniel Guebel By Jessica Sequeira @jess_sequeira via @SouthwestReview https://t.co/MhohbM9KM3
Paperback, 2022
$19.95Member price:$9.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Stubborn Archivist
Yara Rodrigues FowlerHappening this week: Wednesday 11 May 7pm at @CervantesLondon author Yara Rodrigues Fowler (there are more things & Stubborn Archivist) + author & literary translator Jessica Sequeira (A Luminous History of the Palm, A Furious Oyster) https://t.co/lfbbQO82tO https://t.co/29qx3RoNef
Paperback, 2019
$16.99Member price:$8.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
In the Margins: On the Pleasures of Reading and Writing
Elena FerrantePains, Pens, and Poets: Elena Ferrante’s “In The Margins: On The Pleasures Of Reading And Writing,” Translated From Italian By Ann Goldstein @moro_carlotta @becky3105 @ReadinginTrans @EuropaEditions https://t.co/SKgbKxlnZ0
Hardcover, 2022
$20.00Member price:$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
New and Selected Stories
Cristina Rivera Garza‘A fine collection, chilling and frequently bizarre in all the best ways.’ Great review on New And Selected Stories by Cristina Rivera Garza @criveragarza (tr. @sarahkbooker Francisca González Arias, Lisa Dillman, Alex Ross) via @KirkusReviews https://t.co/5ys1jJ9HXU
Paperback, 2022
$18.00Member price:$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
My Pen Is the Wing of a Bird: New Fiction by Afghan Women
Afghan Women“My Pen Is the Wing of a Bird; it will tell you those thoughts we are not allowed to think, those dreams we are not allowed to dream.” My Pen Is the Wing of a Bird: New Fiction by Afghan Women @HachetteUK #readwomen #womenintranslation https://t.co/EtuWDEyeEA
Hardcover, 2022
$25.00Member price:$12.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The New Adventures of Helen: Magical Tales
Ludmilla PetrushevskayaThe Realm of Forgotten Things: On Ludmilla Petrushevskaya’s “The New Adventures of Helen” @DeepVellum @LAReviewofBooks https://t.co/Fo9J585AJq
Paperback, 2021
$16.95Member price:$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book