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Idra Novey on the Conjuring of Haunting Characters
“To come convincingly to life, characters have to consist of mixed-up inextricable elements.”
By
Idra Novey
| March 17, 2023
Francisco Goldman on Guatemalan Justice, Identity, and
The Art of Political Murder
In Conversation with Idra Novey About the New HBO Adaptation of Goldman's Classic Work of Reportage
By
Idra Novey
| January 8, 2021
When Sharon Dodua Otoo, Relatively New to Writing in German, Won the Ingeborg Bachmann Prize
In Conversation with Idra Novey About German Breakfast Culture,
Mansplaining, and Literary Tension in Translation
By
Idra Novey
| March 4, 2020
Writing While Translating
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Idra Novey
| February 25, 2016
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