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News
- New book, The Language of Thieves, available now.

 - October 14, 8pm: book launch, NYPL Live. Register for this (virtual and free) event here, and for a recording, here.
 - Review of Language of Thieves in NYTimes.
- Pre-pub review of Language of Thieves in Publishers Weekly.
- Read and excerpt of Language of Thieves in CrimeReads.
- Interview with Beijing News.
- The Written World wins Massachusetts Book Award.
- The Written World available in translation: Brazil, China, Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Spain, Italy, France, Germany, Portugal, Czech Republic, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Iran, Ukraine, Saudi Arabia (more on the way).
- The Written World on WSJ bestseller list; NYTimes Editors' Choice.
- Martin Puchner wins Berlin Prize, American Academy in Berlin
- The Story of Literature--in 1001 Words (BBC)
- The Technological Shift Behind the World's First Novel (Atlantic)
- Op-ed on literature in careers of Obama and Trump  (Irish Times).
- Ten Books that Changed the World (Granta).
- Martin Puchner wins Guggenheim fellowship.
- Martin Puchner wins Cullman fellowship at the New York Public Library.
- New Norton Anthology of World Literature, with Emily Wilson's translation of The Odyssey, especially commissioned for this edition.

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Upcoming event:
- October 14, 8pm. Book launch, NYPL Live (virtual). Register for free here.

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