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On the Interpreters Whose Words Directed Chinese and British History

On the Interpreters Whose Words Directed Chinese and British History

Henrietta Harrison on a Key Episode in Diplomatic History

By Henrietta Harrison | October 12, 2022

WATCH: Polina Barskova on How We Cope with Experiences That Defy Comprehension

WATCH: Polina Barskova on How We Cope with Experiences That Defy Comprehension

In Conversation with Catherine Ciepiela and Masha Gessen at Greenlight Bookstore

By The Virtual Book Channel | October 6, 2022

Some Predictions For Who (Should) Win the 2022 Nobel Prize for Literature

Some Predictions For Who (Should) Win the 2022 Nobel Prize for Literature

Twelve Writers Who Have a Shot

By Lavanya Krishnan and Sandeep Bethanabhotla | September 30, 2022

The Found Poems of Goliarda Sapienza

The Found Poems of Goliarda Sapienza

Chiara Barzini on the Vibrant Poems of the Late Italian Poet

By Chiara Barzini | September 28, 2022

WATCH: Emma Ramadan on Translating Marguerite Duras’s <em>Panics</em>

WATCH: Emma Ramadan on Translating Marguerite Duras’s Panics

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By The Virtual Book Channel | September 28, 2022

On the Richness of Isaac Babel’s Odessa

On the Richness of Isaac Babel’s Odessa

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Translating in Tandem: A Reading List of Collaborative Translated Literature

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By Jhumpa Lahiri | September 13, 2022

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Do We Need a Support Group? How Translation Can—and Should—Be a Collective Effort

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Trauma Spoken and Unspoken: How Francophone Women Writers Tackle Sexual Violence

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A young Russian soldier has written a scathing account of Putin’s inept war.

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Translated, from the Ukrainian, by Amelia Glaser and Yuliya Ilchuk

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Tarek Abi Samra on Stealing Kant From a Bookstore

Tarek Abi Samra on Stealing Kant From a Bookstore

“It appealed to me because it was the perfect encapsulation of an image of myself I was consciously trying to fashion.”

By Tarek Abi Samra, translated by Lina Mounzer | August 8, 2022

Breaking Down the Translation Pyramid: On Translating Dhumketu’s Pioneering Short Stories from Gujarati

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