Books

Nightmare of the Embryos: Selected Short Writings by Mariella Mehr. New Directions 2026

Mr. Katō Plays Family by Milena Michiko Flašar. Forge Books 2023

Short Pieces

“On the Myth of Switzerland as an Island” and “Phralalen, Pejalen Mama” by Mariella Mehr in Equator. April 2026.

“Nightmare of the Embryos” by Mariella Mehr in Harper’s Magazine. March 2026.

did you know he wanted a sin he had to a very grave mortal sin” by Mariella Mehr in Lit Hub. March 2026.

“Italian Migrant Workers are Doing Construction Next Door” by Mariella Mehr in McSweeney’s Quarterly 81. March 2026.

“Three Selections of Creative Nonfiction” by Mariella Mehr in Michigan Quarterly Review. October 2024.

“Three Short Vignettes” by Mariella Mehr in LIT Magazine. March 2022.

“Three Poems” by Tautvyda Marcinkevičiūtė in 91st Meridian. October 2020.

Interviews and Events

Interview: “The 2023 PEN/Heim Grantees Talk Translation” in Asymptote. May 2023.

Reading and Conversation: Provost’s Visiting Writer Reading Series, 2021

Interview: “5Q Interview” for The Writing University. June 2020.

Reading and Conversation: “Translation Night” at Boswell Book Company, 2019

Honors and Support

Grant Recipient: National Endowment for the Arts, 2025

Grant Recipient: PEN/Heim Translation Fund, 2023

Grant Recipient: University of Iowa Stanley Travel Award, 2019

Travel Fellow: American Literary Translators Association (ALTA) Conference, 2019