Jhumpa Lahiri on the Joy of Translation as Discovery

Jhumpa Lahiri on the Joy of Translation as Discovery

"I can no longer imagine not working on a translation."

By Jhumpa Lahiri | May 1, 2021

Ahmed Naji on the Contemporary Reality of the Exiled Writer

Ahmed Naji on the Contemporary Reality of the Exiled Writer

This Week from the Thresholds Podcast with Jordan Kisner

By Thresholds | April 28, 2021

On Translating the Musicality of Sentences From One Language to Another

On Translating the Musicality of Sentences From One Language to Another

Julia Sanches Considers the Poetry of Eva Baltasar’s Prose

By Julia Sanches | April 16, 2021

Tess Lewis on the Politics and Ethics of Translation

Tess Lewis on the Politics and Ethics of Translation

In Conversation with Naveen Kishore
on The Quarantine Tapes

By The Quarantine Tapes | April 15, 2021

Vive the <em>erotic far left!</em> Why Violette Leduc’s <em>The Taxi</em> needs a new translation.

Vive the erotic far left! Why Violette Leduc’s The Taxi needs a new translation.

By Jonny Diamond | April 7, 2021

Translating Brodsky: On the Undeniable Legacy of George L. Kline

Translating Brodsky: On the Undeniable Legacy of George L. Kline

Cynthia L. Haven Celebrates the Life and Work of an Unsung Translator and Intellectual

By Cynthia L. Haven | April 5, 2021

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From The Blacksmith’s Daughter by Selim Özdoğan

By Lit Hub Excerpts | April 2, 2021

On the 15-Year Journey to Translating Selim Özdoğan’s The Blacksmith’s Daughter

By Literary Hub | April 2, 2021

Have Italian Scholars Figured Out the Identity of Elena Ferrante?

By Elisa Sotgiu | March 31, 2021

Ilan Stavans on Sympathy, Eroticism, and the Practice of Revision in Translation

Ilan Stavans on Sympathy, Eroticism, and the Practice of Revision in Translation

The Author of Selected Translations In Conversation with Peter Cole

By Peter Cole | March 26, 2021

Translating Tove Ditlevsen: ‘It Is Not the Voice of Someone Who Is Suffering’

Translating Tove Ditlevsen: ‘It Is Not the Voice of Someone Who Is Suffering’

Michael Favala Goldman in Conversation with Catherine Lacey on Well-Versed

By Well-Versed | March 26, 2021

Betina González on Economic Precarity, End Times, and<br> Killer Deer

Betina González on Economic Precarity, End Times, and
Killer Deer

The Author of American Delirium Speaks With Yuri Herrera

By Yuri Herrera | March 8, 2021

When a Young Literary Star Refuses the Spotlight

When a Young Literary Star Refuses the Spotlight

Simon Leser on the Curious Case of Joseph Andras

By Simon Leser | February 26, 2021

Power and Control: On the Very Rare Case of a Male Witch’s Execution

Power and Control: On the Very Rare Case of a Male Witch’s Execution

Kathryn Nuernberger Considers Society's Failure to Protect Victims, Then and Now

By Kathryn Nuernberger | February 19, 2021

How Translation Brought Me Home to Tunisia

How Translation Brought Me Home to Tunisia

Lara Vergnaud Navigates Yamen Manai's The Ardent Swarm

By Lara Vergnaud | February 8, 2021

How a Poetry Collection Masquerading as Buddhist Scripture Nearly Duped the Literary World

How a Poetry Collection Masquerading as Buddhist Scripture Nearly Duped the Literary World

”The lioness’s roars of the ancient nuns have been muffled into sweet new-agey purring.”

By An Tran | February 3, 2021

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