# Ilan Stavans on Building Restless Books and Publishing in Translation

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Podcast: [New Books Network](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-network-529292)
Published: 2026-09-30T10:00:00+00:00
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How does an independent press survive by publishing the books the Big Five overlook? Amherst College professor and Spanglish scholar Ilan Stavans joins Sarah Russo to talk about Restless Books, the press he founded to champion immigrant writers, literature in translation, and the books that live between languages.

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