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New edition of Norton Anthology of World Literature:

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​​News​:
- Check out my customized GPTs that allow you to converse with Socrates, Jesus, Shakespeare and others (complete list here).

- Culture: The Story of Us, shortlisted for Phi Beta Kappa award.
​- New edition of Norton Anthology of World Literature just out.
- Brazilian edition of Culture: The Story of Us just out.
- Culture: The Story of Us receives Cabot award.
- Romanian edition of Culture: The Story of Us just out.
- Korean edition of Culture: The Story of Us just out.
​- Financial Times column on my customized GPTs here.
- Paperback edition of Culture: Story of Us just out.
​- Wide-ranging discussion with philosopher Barbara Bleisch on TV.
- Culture wins PNPA book award.
- Culture is New York Times Editors' Choice book.
- Early reviews of Culture in NYTimes, WSJ, and Boston Globe.
- Alexander Kluge makes a totally cool short film based on the Ben Franklin chapter of The Written World.
- Language of Thieves long-listed for Wingate prize.
​- German edition, Die Sprache der Vagabunden, just out.
- FT review of Literature for a Changing Planet: best book of the week.
- My review of Ferrara's book on writing in the New York Times.
- Sprache der Vagabunden is Humboldt Book of the Week.
- Publishers Weekly review of Literature for a Changing Planet.
- Excerpt from Literature for a Changing Planet on LitHub.
- 2021 Humboldt Prize.
​- Rotwelsch on German TV.
- Oped on language and the New Right, in LA Times.
- Op-ed on the last four years, LA Times.
- The Language of Thieves is NYTimes Editors' Choice book.
 - Review of Language of Thieves in NYTimes.
- Read and excerpt of Language of Thieves in CrimeReads.
- 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, Turkey, Saudi Arabia (more on the way).
- The Written World on WSJ bestseller list; NYTimes Editors' Choice.
- 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).
-  Guggenheim fellowship.
- Cullman fellowship at the New York Public Library.

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Upcoming events:
April 10, Gras Lecture, George Mason University
April 12, University of Michigan
April 16: United International College (online)
April 18, Harvard Club of Memphis
April 18, Rhodes College, Memphis
May 2, Harvard Club of Dallas
May 4, Financial Times Festival, DC
May 11, TEFL, Kuwait
​May 25, Fiker Institute, Dubai
​June 6, Executive Education, Harvard University
June 26, "Public Humanities," Queen Mary, University of London
July 1 -5, Queen Mary, University of London
July 6-9, Alpine Fellowship, Florence, Italy
July 30, Harvard Book Store, with Genevieve Guenther
September 20-22, Jaipur Festival, Seattle
October 19, Toronto, Dublin Core Data Institute
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