“When I first read Dola de Jong’s 1954 queer classic, The Tree and the Vine, on submission, I had concerns about the outdated translation but felt eager to put in an offer quickly because I’d fallen for it, and hard. Acquisitions bring out the drama in me.”
Read MoreThe New York Times reviews Dola de Jong’s midcentury queer classic, The Tree and the Vine (tr. Kristen Gehrman).
Read MoreOur May newsletter, featuring a reviews of Dola de Jong’s The Tree and the Vine in The New York Times and Harper’s, and introducing Grove by Esther Kinsky.
Read MoreJon Fosse’s The Other Name (tr. Damion Searls) is longlisted for the 2020 International Booker Prize—the first book in Fosse’s three-volume magnum opus, Septology.
Read MoreTransit Books introduces Undelivered Lectures, a new narrative nonfiction series featuring book-length essays by international and American writers.
Read MoreTransit 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,
Read MoreAxiomatic by Maria Tumarkin is a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism.
Read MoreOur December newsletter, featuring a look back on 2019 and a peek at what’s ahead in 2020. Plus Maria Tumarkin in The New Yorker.
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