Alane Salierno Mason

Founder, Words Without Borders

Alane Salierno Mason is a senior editor at W. W. Norton & Company. She is an editor at Words Without Borders (WWB), the online magazine for international literature (www.wordswithoutborders.org).

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The editor saw a huge niche for an organization to promote literature in translation in mainstream publishing.

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Alane Salierno Mason Diagnoses Literature in Translation

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