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Slave Old Man By Patrick Chamoiseau, Linda Coverdale (Translator) We follow them into a lush rain forest where nature is beyond all human control: sinister, …

The Polyglot Lovers By Lina Wolff, Saskia Vogel (Translator) ‘Do you have to stare like that?’ I asked. ‘Think about the actors in porn. They’ve …

People in the Room By Norah Lange, Charlotte Whittle (Translator) A young woman in Buenos Aires spies three women in the house across the street …

Review: Empty Words

Empty Words is such a unique concept – write not for a story, but to simply help improve your handwriting- and well, something great came …

People in the Room is a story of a teenage girl who spies out her window at three older women across from her home one …

In America, our freedoms are often taken for granted. We can go wherever we want, whenever we want, by ourselves, without a chaperone. We can …

By Chad Post,  Open Letter Books Back in 2007, when Open Letter Books was being established at the University of Rochester, we talked quite a …

Why I Love Writing YA Fiction- My Top FiveBy Christina Hagmann As the author of Stratagem, a young adult fantasy/mystery novel, and two upcoming young …

During one of my summer breaks from college, I worked at a daycare in Lake Geneva, a nearby city. My job was to work with …

Have you ever felt like a peon amongst giants? by D.L. Graser Reading through articles in last month’s Shelf Unbound Magazine I began to feel …