• On Translation

    Translation

    “Seriously Funny” German Literature. Seriously.

    By Charles Shafaieh  February 24, 2016
    Short story writers

    Six Great Contemporary Writers Working in German

    By Literary Hub  February 24, 2016
    Excerpts

    The Vegetarian

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  February 9, 2016
    Excerpts

    The Pirate

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  January 29, 2016
    Essay

    Translating the Secret Language of War

    By Matthew J. Hefti  January 28, 2016
    Excerpts

    Ostend: Stefan Zweig, Joseph Roth, and the Summer Before the Dark

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  January 22, 2016
    Excerpts

    The Core of the Sun

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  January 21, 2016
    Excerpts

    The Deep Sea Diver’s Syndrome

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  January 19, 2016
    Conversations

    How a Mother-Daughter Translation Team Makes it Work

    By Martha Tennent and Maruxa Relano  January 13, 2016
    What to Read

    Five Finnish Writers You Should Know

    By Johanna Sinisalo  January 8, 2016
    History

    A Brief, Wondrous History of Arabic Literature

    By Suheil Bushrui and James M. Malarkey  December 11, 2015
    Essay

    Are We Different People in Different Languages?

    By Ana Menéndez  November 19, 2015
    Essay

    On Translating an “Untranslatable” Book

    By Lisa Hayden  November 6, 2015
    Feature

    Translating a Book in Order to Save It

    By André Naffis-Sahely  November 4, 2015
    Essay

    When An Author You Translate Gets Death Threats

    By Jennifer Croft  November 2, 2015
    Excerpts

    Translator’s Blues

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  October 26, 2015
    Essay

    Prostitutes, Pimps, Pushers: How to Translate a ‘Jazz’ Novel

    By Roland Glasser  October 15, 2015
    Politics

    The First Democratic Party Debate: A Spinglish-English Translation

    By Henry Beard and Christopher Cerf  October 15, 2015
    Criticism

    Kenzaburo Oe Finds a Hero in Huckleberry Finn

    By Kenzaburo Oe  October 8, 2015
    What to Read

    Ten Great Books With Their Own Languages

    By Stephen Sparks  September 1, 2015
    Criticism

    A History of Encounters with The Lover

    By Laura van den Berg  August 25, 2015
    Close Reading

    Sex, Feminism, and the Lost Genius of Violette Leduc

    By Tom Roberge  July 17, 2015
    Excerpts

    Hush!

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  July 15, 2015
    Excerpts

    The Top-Secret Cinema of Manuel Puig

    By Javier Montes  July 13, 2015
    Essay

    The Ballad of Steinbjørn Jacobsen

    By Eric Wilson  July 1, 2015
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