The Birthday Party Shortlisted for the 2023 Republic of Consciousness Prize, US & Canada

The Birthday Party by Laurent Mauvignier (tr. Daniel Levin Becker) has been shortlisted for the 2023 Republic of Consciousness Prize, US & Canada.

Transit NewsTransit BooksMarch 5, 2024Translated Literature, Small Presses, Republic of Consciousness Prize, The Birthday Party, Laurent Mauvignier, Daniel Levin Becker

Transit Receives $30,000 Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)

Transit Books has been approved for a $30,000 grant to support the publication and promotion of books of fiction and nonfiction, including works in translation.

Transit NewsTransit BooksJanuary 24, 2024National Endowment for the Arts, NEA, Translated Literature, Adam Z. Levy

Transit Receives $15,000 Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)

Transit Books has been approved for a $15,000 grant to support the publication and promotion of books of fiction and nonfiction, including works in translation.

Transit NewsTransit BooksJanuary 10, 2023National Endowment for the Arts, NEA, Translated Literature, Adam Z. Levy

Transit Receives $20,000 Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)

Transit Books has been approved for a $20,000 grant to support the publication and promotion of books of fiction and nonfiction, including works in translation.

Transit NewsTransit BooksFebruary 4, 2021National Endowment for the Arts, NEA, Translated Literature, Adam Z. Levy

Transit Receives $15,000 Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)

Transit Books has been approved for a $15,000 Art Works grant to support the publication and promotion of books of fiction and nonfiction, including works in translation,

Transit NewsTransit BooksJanuary 15, 2020National Endowment for the Arts, NEA, Translated Literature, Adam Z. Levy

The New York Times on False Calm

The New York Times reviews María Sonia Cristoff’s Patagonian chronicle, False Calm (tr. Katherine Silver), calling it “a bold, beautiful book.”

ReviewsTransit BooksNovember 30, 2018María Sonia Cristoff, Katherine Silver, Patagonia, New York Times, Holiday Gift Guide, False Calm, Argentine Literature, Translated Literature, Translation, Transit Books

Best of 2018: Kirkus Names The Right Intention

Kirkus Reviews names Andrés Barba’s The Right Intention one of the Best Books of 2018.

Transit News, Spanish LiteratureTransit BooksNovember 18, 2018Andrés Barba, The Right Intention, Such Small Hands, Kirkus Reviews, Best Books of 2018, Lisa Dillman, Spanish Literature, Translated Literature

Guernica Interview with Transit Founders

Adam Z. Levy and Ashley Nelson Levy on the power of literary translation to bridge cultural divides.

Translated FictionTransit BooksAugust 10, 2016Transit BooksTransit Books, Adam Z. Levy, Ashley Nelson Levy, Liza St. James, Guernica, Translated Literature