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Trust the Text: On Translating the Autobiographical Novel of Linda Boström Knausgård
Saskia Vogel Considers the Role of Writing as Memory in
October Child
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Saskia Vogel
| June 28, 2021
Why Report on Desire? Saskia Vogel on Reading Lisa Taddeo
“We’re all capable of throwing everything away in a moment, if the desire is strong enough.”
By
Saskia Vogel
| July 12, 2019
On Fact, Fiction, and Translating Lena Andersson
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Saskia Vogel
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Men of a Certain Age: On Sex, Privacy, and Pornography
"They Say We Get the Porn We Deserve"
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Saskia Vogel
| February 23, 2018
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