Daniel Levin Becker

Daniel Levin Becker is a critic, editor, and translator from Chicago. He is the author of What’s Good: Notes on Rap and Literature (City Lights, 2022) and Many Subtle Channels: In Praise of Potential Literature (Harvard, 2012), and the co-founder of the very small press Fern Books. His recent translations from French include Like a Sky Inside by Jakuta Alikavazovic (Fern, 2024), Museum Visits by Éric Chevillard (Yale, 2024), and The Birthday Party by Laurent Mauvignier (Fitzcarraldo/Transit, 2023). He has been a member of the Parisian literary collective Oulipo since 2009.