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A Letter to Virginia Woolf,On Translating
A Room of One's Own
into Romanian
"I write to you as myself, I write to you as us all, I write to you as one."
By
Elena Marcu
| March 6, 2019
The Joy and Terror of Translating James Baldwin's
Giovanni's Room
Elena Marcu on Bringing an American Classic to Romania
By
Elena Marcu
| August 22, 2018
Learning the Language of Democracy: A Protest Diary
Elena Marcu on the Lessons of Four Years of Protesting in Romania
By
Elena Marcu
| March 9, 2017
This is Not a Primer on American Fascism
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By
Elena Marcu
| November 17, 2016
Why I'm Starting a Publishing House in Romania
On Reading Our Way to the Real Issues
By
Elena Marcu
| September 14, 2016
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