Is this you? As a journalist, you can create a free Muck Rack account to customize your profile, list your contact preferences, and upload a portfolio of your best work.
Claim your profile
Articles by Avery Holmes
Virus-Dependent Geographic Structure of Co-Circulating Viruses in a Single Bat Species
1 Introduction Understanding the dynamics and drivers of virus transmission is essential for predicting disease risk and guiding effective action to minimise spread and spillover (Sokolow et al. 2019; Olival et al. 2020; Meza et al. 2022). These dynamics can be affected by both host (e.g., behaviour, dispersal, reproductive strategy) and viral ecology (e.g., host range, transmission by arthropod vectors, acute vs. persistent infection) (Jolles et al. 2021; Wille et al. 2024).
“Learning Again How to Live”: A Conversation with Ivorian Writer Véronique Tadjo, by Anderson Tepper
Véronique Tadjo / Photo © Odile Motelet Beginning in March 2014 and lasting for roughly two years, the Ebola outbreak ravaged the West African countries of Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone, infecting more than 28,600 people and killing more than 11,300.
A Pestilence, by Ben Black
A doctor on his village rounds confronts the same symptoms again and again, including uncontrollable laughter. The first patient of the day is an old woman. The doctor hears her laughter as he walks through the doorless entryway of the small house. Today it is a quiet, throaty laugh, measured but sustained, coming from a back room and mixing with the sounds of children running around the main room and a woman cooking in the kitchen.
“Lusting after a Tart of Peacock Tongues”: A Conversation with Publisher Barbara Epler, by Veronica Esposito
Barbara Epler started working at New Directions after graduating from college in 1984, and she has been its president and publisher since 2011. In 2015 Poets & Writers awarded Epler their Editor’s Prize, and in 2016 Words Without Borders gave her the Ottaway Award for the Promotion of International Literature. Veronica Esposito: You became editor-in-chief with New Directions almost twenty-five years ago, in 1996. What are some of the biggest changes in the translation world since then?
Transcending Borders: A Graphic Translation Conversation with Andrea Rosenberg, by Brenna O’Hara
The Spring 2020 issue of World Literature Today explored a variety of works in the increasingly popular genre of graphic nonfiction. Now, as the year comes to a close, use of graphic media in literary storytelling is still on the rise. With the increase in graphic novel/nonfiction sales comes an increase in the number of languages in which these stories are told.
Advice to the New Guard: A Conversation with Translator Jessica Cohen by Veronica Esposito
Since 2003, Jessica Cohen has published over twenty books translated from Hebrew to English. Among other honors, she shared the 2017 Man Booker International Prize with author David Grossman for her translation of Grossman’s A Horse Walks into a Bar. She has also translated the work of Amos Oz, Etgar Keret, and many others. Veronica Esposito: You are a translator who has quite a bit of success in terms of publishing consistently and working with very high-quality authors and presses.
An Orpheus and Eurydice Remix: Talking to Lilliam Rivera about Never Look(ing) Back, by Bayleigh Acosta
Lilliam Rivera is an award-winning author of children’s books who currently resides in Los Angeles, California. Rivera’s work has appeared in the New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, and elsewhere. Rivera’s latest novel, Never Look Back (Bloomsbury, 2020), retells the Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, set in New York and influenced by various elements of Latin culture.
Lilliam Rivera’s Orpheus and Eurydice Remix: Talking about Never Look(ing) Back, by Bayleigh Acosta
Lilliam Rivera is an award-winning author of children’s books who currently resides in Los Angeles, California. Rivera’s work has appeared in the New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, and elsewhere. Rivera’s latest novel, Never Look Back (Bloomsbury, 2020), retells the Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, set in New York and influenced by various elements of Latin culture.
“Imagining More Transgender Visibility in Translation”: A Conversation with Ari Larissa Heinrich, by Veronica Esposito
Ari Larissa Heinrich / Photo by Tara Pixley Ari Larissa Heinrich is the translator of Qiu Miaojin’s Last Words from Montmartre (New York Review Books) and Chi Ta-wei’s The Membranes (forthcoming from Columbia University Press). They are a professor of Chinese literature and media at Australian National University.
Writing with a Humble Pen: A Conversation with Tayari Jones, by Avery Holmes
Tayari Jones is a New York Times best-selling author from Atlanta, Georgia. Her most recent novel, An American Marriage, won the 2019 Women’s Prize for Fiction. Jones has been awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award in Fine Arts from the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for Debut Fiction, and was inducted into the Georgia Writers Hall of Fame.
“Wild Irreverence”: A Conversation about Arabic Translation with Yasmine Seale, by Veronica Esposito
Yasmine Seale is a writer and literary translator living in Istanbul. Her essays, poetry, visual art, and translations from Arabic and French have appeared widely, including in Harper’s, Apollo, Poetry Review, and the Times Literary Supplement. Her translation of Aladdin was published in 2018 by W. W. Norton, and she is currently working on a new translation of The Thousand and One Nights for the same publisher.
10 Popular Wrestling Memes (& The Origins Behind Them)
The 2010s made memes a staple in online culture. They're a language of their own - while international barriers do exist, and not everyone can understand every meme, it's fascinating how a single image can cause someone to create a punchline, or see something funny become relatable and even funnier. In professional wrestling, there are plenty of moments and snaps that can be made into memes.
10 Facts & Trivia WWE Fans Didn't Know About WWF New York
Those new to the professional wrestling scene may have no clue that the WWE used to own a themed restaurant, placed directly in the heart of Times Square. The unfettered, unhinged capitalist Vince McMahon was set to make certain that wrestling not only stayed mainstream but could be anyone's new favorite outing. Previously known as WWF New York, but changed to The World after WWE's name change, Vince McMahon's new wacky idea to keep business going only lasted for four years.
Show More
loading
Actions
Is this you?
As a journalist, you can create a free Muck Rack account to customize your profile, list your contact preferences, and upload a portfolio of your best work.Get in touch with Avery
Contact Avery, search articles and posts on X, monitor coverage, and track replies from one place.
Learn more about Muck Rack