Neustadt International Prize for Literature finalists

       They've announced the finalists for the 2016 Neustadt International Prize for Literature, and they are:

• Can Xue (nominated by Porochista Khakpour)
• Caryl Churchill (nominated by Jordan Tannahill)
• Carolyn Forché (nominated by Valzhyna Mor)
• Aminatta Forna (nominated by Mukoma Wa Ngugi)
• Ann-Marie MacDonald (nominated by Padma Viswanathan)
• Guadalupe Nettel (nominated by Valeria Luiselli)
• Don Paterson (nominated by Amit Majmudar)
• Dubravka Ugrešić (nominated by Alison Anderson)
• Ghassan Zaqtan (nominated by Wang Ping)

       As usual, a fairly interesting list -- and what a day for Can Xue, named a finalist on the same day she wins the Best Translated Book Award.