Karen Phillips

May 21, 2024 | wordswithoutborders.org | Lauren Goldenberg |Karen Phillips |Juan Vasquez |Juan Vásquez |Sawako Nakayasu

The Long Form is the debut novel by the award-winning writer and translator Kate Briggs. Published in 2023, it narrates a day in the life of a mother caring for her baby girl and trying to find time to read Tom Jones, and considers the relationship between what she and her child are doing, their experiences of time, and what it means to write fiction.

May 9, 2023 | wordswithoutborders.org | Karen Phillips |Samanta Schweblin |Kader Abdolah |Shimo Suntila

January 2018 Image: Eva Navarro, Mother and Son, 2014, acrylic on board, 40 X 40cm. Image: Eva Navarro, Mother and Son, 2014, acrylic on board, 40 X 40cm. This month we’re turning to our archives for international stories of parents and children. Tales of widowed fathers, ambivalent couples, vengeful mothers, and more reveal both the specific and universal challenges of raising children in complex times.