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Torres had an excellent essay "It had to be gold" anthologized in Best American Essays 2022 for those who have access to that volume.

I read Eve out of her ruins a few years ago. I remember it being decent. Deep Vellum (her publisher in English) is a good publisher by the way.

Just picked up Float. (Thanks Penn State Library!) I’ll let y’all know how it is.

That was me. I unfortunately didn't sway anyone.

I did get a really funny look when I Inter library loaned it myself.

Does Duong Thu Huong have a work in English that could be considered representative?

I’ll go to bat for Nox as a representative work. That book knocked me over.

That's good, I didn't think about that. I'll edit the citation.

1) Anne Carson 2) Adonis 3) Taylor Swift I have citations too, in case that sways anyone: Anne Carson, Canadian poet and essayist - for a poet who combines the ancient with the intensely modern to unveil new horizons in both the poem and the essay, thus creating a literary legacy all her own...

Guessed it 2 years in a row! That makes me . . . 2/9. Ha ha

Jon fosse!!!!

Shoot there's 203 people on the forum right now

I still think it's Fosse's year

Here's who I've got: 1) Jon Fosse 2) Can Xue 3) Lazlo Krasznahorkai 4) Yan Lianke 5) Yoko Tawada

Oh ha ha! That one flew right over my head.