Shelley’s Snail Mail

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January 10, 2014 | 1

Most of our internet browsing results in wasted time and too many cat videos, but Nora Crook stumbled upon Mary Shelley’s unpublished letters while researching an obscure 19th-century novelist. In the letters, which range from 1831-49, Shelley fawns over her son and even discusses a 3 a.m. trip to her hairdresser when she got a ticket to the coronation of William IV in 1831. The letters will be published soon in The Keats-Shelley Journal.

is an associate editor for The Millions and an editor in Atlanta. She tweets at @temalone.

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Found In Translation

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"I have the impression that the shelves of new releases in US bookstores are becoming more globalized. They’re still not as international as those in bookstores in Rome or Paris or Mexico City or Buenos Aires, where there is a much higher percentage of books in translation. But I think works in translation are becoming much more visible." Mexican author Álvaro Enrigue contends that trends in publishing mean we'll enjoy ever-increasing bounties of translated work. See also: translator Alison Anderson on "Ferrante Fever" and what a great translation adds to the original work.
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