He is the translator of Sonallah Ibrahim’s That Smell and Notes from Prison (New Directions, 2013), as well as Abdelfattah Kilito’s The Clash of Images (New Directions, 2010). His articles and reviews have appeared in Harper’s Magazine, The New York Times Book Review, The Nation, and Modernism/Modernity, among other publications. He is a past fellow of the Cullman Center at the New York Public Library, and the recipient of the 2013 Roger Shattuck Prize for Criticism.