• On Translation

    Translation

    On Translating Your Own Novel *Back* Into Your Mother Tongue

    Hannes Barnard and Andreas Roman Talk to Jessica Powers

     
    By Jessica Powers  May 16, 2025
    On Translation

    Is Translating Your Own Writing Really “Translation”?

    By Sibila Petlevski  April 21, 2025
    On Translation

    The Future Will be Translated:
    A Manifesto in Three Lies

    By Chloe Garcia Roberts  April 16, 2025
    On Translation

    The Second Life: On Translating Literature Into Farsi and Life into English

    By Moeen Farrokhi  April 11, 2025
    Language

    Catharsis, Harpies, Harmatia, and More: Natasha Pulley on Her Favorite Greek Words

    By Natasha Pulley  March 19, 2025
    On Translation

    Race Made Radioactive: How Yuko Tsushima Fused Multiracial Identity and Military Occupation

    By Lisa Hofmann-Kuroda  March 18, 2025
    Book Marks: What the Critics Are Saying
    Russia

    Invasions, Empires, Political Bromances: Five Nonfiction Books That Explain Modern Russia

    By Charles Hecker  March 4, 2025
    Chinese Literature

    On Being Mentored by a Chinese Woman Writer Who Lived a Thousand Years Ago

    By Wendy Chen  February 25, 2025
    Italian Literature

    Antifascist, Feminist, Timeless: On Alba de Céspedes’s There’s No Turning Back

    By Ann Goldstein  February 13, 2025
    Publishing

    On the Latest Threat to Literary Culture’s Fragile Ecosystem: Donald Trump

    Maris Kreizman Wonders What Can Be Done in the Face of Trump’s Devastating NEA Cuts?

    By Maris Kreizman  May 8, 2025
    Indian Literature

    What South Asia’s Literary Classics Reveal About Its Linguistic and Cultural Diversity

    By Ranjit Hoskote  January 31, 2025
    On Translation

    Feeling in Farsi, Writing in English:
    On Translating Your Life From One Language to Another

    By Sahar Delijani  January 14, 2025
    Poetry

    Snapshots in Verse: On Hannah Arendt’s Long-Lost Poems

    By Literary Hub  December 9, 2024
    Paperbacks

    Kaveh Akbar! Anthony Veasna So! Irreverent travel! 24 books out in paperback this December.

    By Gabrielle Bellot  December 2, 2024
    Poetry

    The Poet of the Revolution: Read Newly Translated Work by One of Egypt’s Most Prominent Poets, Mostafa Ibrahim

    By Literary Hub  November 12, 2024
    Letters

    In Search of a Time Lost: A Selection of Proust’s Letters Translated by Lydia Davis

    By Literary Hub  November 6, 2024
    Writing Process

    A Room of One’s Own: On Finding Beauty and Inspiration in Meditation

    By Leanne Ogasawara  November 6, 2024
    Profanity

    A Brief History of the Most Famous Swear Word in the World

    Jesse Sheidlower on the Limberness and Literary Uses of “Fuck”

    By Jesse Sheidlower  November 5, 2024
    On Translation

    Why Close Reading is An Essential Part of Literary Translation

    By Damion Searls  October 29, 2024
    Language

    How New York City Became a Haven For Endangered Languages

    By Ross Perlin  October 28, 2024
    Food Writing

    The Poetry of the World’s First Cookbook: What Cooking Can Teach Writers and Translators

    By Aditi Machado  October 21, 2024
    Mythology

    Translating the Ancient Language of The Vetala Tales

    Douglas J. Penick on Capturing the Essence of South Asian Mythology For a Contemporary Western Audience

    By Douglas J. Penick  October 7, 2024
    In Memoriam

    Remembering the Life and Work of Ayşenur Ezgi Eygi, Translator and Activist

    By Literary Hub  September 30, 2024
    In Conversation

    On Returning to and Reinterpreting the Classics: Olga Tokarczuk in Conversation with Translator Antonia Lloyd-Jones

    By Literary Hub  September 24, 2024
    Speculative fiction

    Inside the Climate Techno-Dystopia of Michel Nieva’s Dengue Boy

    By Rahul Bery  February 5, 2025
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