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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, bestseller in Thailand.
- Culture: The Story of Us, on McKinsey's CEO reading list
- Thai edition of Culture: The Story of Us, just out.
- German edition of Culture: The Story of Us, just out.
- Chinese edition of Culture: The Story of Us, just out.
- Culture is best non-fiction book of the year, according to Publico. 
- The Drama of Ideas just out in Chinese.
- The Written World just out in Croatian and Kurdish.
​- Culture: The Story of Us, just out in Portuguese, Slovak and Slovenian.
- 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.

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Upcoming events:
August 2-5, Bhutan Echoes Festival
August 12-16, Shanghai Book Fair
August 18, Aspire Masterclass
September 6, JLF Houston
​September 20, WIREDK lecture on AI
September 26, Literary Salon, Cambridge, MA
September 27, JLF North Carolina
October 20, Dublin Core, Barcelona
October 24, Chapman University
November 6, Augsburg, Germany
December 15, Nuremberg
December 16, Stuttgart
December 17, Luxembourg
January 15-19, Jaipur Literary Festival
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