Jhumpa Lahiri on Preserving the Multiplicity of Language

Jhumpa Lahiri on Preserving the Multiplicity of Language

In Conversation with Jordan Kisner on Thresholds

By Thresholds | June 15, 2022

On Jazmina Barrera’s <em>Linea Nigra</em> and the Untranslatable Experiences of Motherhood

On Jazmina Barrera’s Linea Nigra and the Untranslatable Experiences of Motherhood

Malwina Gudowska: “Language, like motherhood, lives on the body.”

By Malwina Gudowska | June 2, 2022

WATCH: Kyung-sook Shin in Conversation with Her Translator Anton Hur

WATCH: Kyung-sook Shin in Conversation with Her Translator Anton Hur

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By The Virtual Book Channel | May 26, 2022

Xu Xi on Living the Transnational Literary Life

Xu Xi on Living the Transnational Literary Life

“Life really isn’t stranger than fiction, but you have to keep reading, and rereading, to know that.”

By Xu Xi | May 23, 2022

Jhumpa Lahiri: Why Is Italo Calvino So Beloved Outside Italy?

Jhumpa Lahiri: Why Is Italo Calvino So Beloved Outside Italy?

On the Translatability and “Secret Essence” of Calvino’s Language

By Jhumpa Lahiri | May 19, 2022

The Russian War on Ukraine Has Always Been a War on Its Language

The Russian War on Ukraine Has Always Been a War on Its Language

Askold Melnyczuk on the Assault on a Country’s Literature

By Askold Melnyczuk | May 11, 2022

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How the Russian and Ukrainian Languages Intersect in Eugene Vodolazkin’s Brisbane

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How Does Language During Sex Translate Across Cultures?

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Polly Barton on the Way We Communicate in the Bedroom

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“Every hut in our beloved country is on the edge.” Contemporary Ukrainian Poetry by Boris Khersonsky

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On Surviving a Journey Across the Sahara (and Other Impossibilities)

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Ousman Umar Reveals His Harrowing Search for a Better Life

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How Rumi Became a Poet

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TAULT, an agency for Ukrainian writing, is calling on translators to help them.

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