Cory Oldweiler<p>In 2022, I was fortunate to serve on the longlist committee for the National Book Critics Circle’s inaugural Barrios Book in Translation Prize. I don’t think anyone else has made the jump to Mastodon yet, but I still wanted to link to our appreciations of all the longlist titles, which were published today by Words Without Borders (<span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://twtr.plus/users/wwborders" class="u-url mention">@<span>wwborders</span></a></span>). The five finalists will be announced tomorrow night, Tuesday, January 31! <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/translatedliterature" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>translatedliterature</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/bookawards" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>bookawards</span></a></p><p><a href="https://wordswithoutborders.org/read/article/2023-01/the-national-book-critics-circle-appreciations-for-the-gregg-barrios-book-in-translation-prize-words-without-borders/?src=twitter" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">wordswithoutborders.org/read/a</span><span class="invisible">rticle/2023-01/the-national-book-critics-circle-appreciations-for-the-gregg-barrios-book-in-translation-prize-words-without-borders/?src=twitter</span></a></p>