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The Ongoingness of War in Ismail Kadare’s <em>The General of the Dead Army</em>

The Ongoingness of War in Ismail Kadare’s The General of the Dead Army

This Week from the Lit Century Podcast

By Lit Century | June 29, 2021

Trust the Text: On Translating the Autobiographical Novel of Linda Boström Knausgård

Trust the Text: On Translating the Autobiographical Novel of Linda Boström Knausgård

Saskia Vogel Considers the Role of Writing as Memory in October Child

By Saskia Vogel | June 28, 2021

Interview with an Indie Press: <br>Archipelago Books

Interview with an Indie Press:
Archipelago Books

On the Best New Translated Literature

By Corinne Segal | June 25, 2021

Yan Lianke on Intoxicated Revolutionaries and the Importance of<br> “Literary Distance”

Yan Lianke on Intoxicated Revolutionaries and the Importance of
“Literary Distance”

The Hard Like Water Author Discusses His Newly Translated Novel
and the Art of Storytelling

By An Yu | June 21, 2021

On the Diplomatic Mistranslation That Changed the Course of History

On the Diplomatic Mistranslation That Changed the Course of History

Anna Aslanyan Considers the Delicate Balances of Wartime Communication

By Anna Aslanyan | June 21, 2021

On a Non-Native English Speaker’s Creative Journey to Authenticity

On a Non-Native English Speaker’s Creative Journey to Authenticity

Dariel Suarez Considers Language is a Vehicle for Culture

By Dariel Suarez | June 17, 2021

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“It's Not Something I Would Recommend.” Lana Bastašić on Translating Her Own Book

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | June 16, 2021

Other Worlds, Other Voices: Reading Translated Science Fiction by Women

By Sharmila Cohen | May 21, 2021

5 Books in Translation You May Have Missed in April

By Bethanne Patrick | May 19, 2021

In Praise of the Singular “They”<br> in Literary Translation

In Praise of the Singular “They”
in Literary Translation

Isaac Stackhouse Wheeler on Maintaining the Aesthetic
Character of a Text

By Isaac Stackhouse Wheeler | May 14, 2021

A Lifetime of Luminous Poetry: Nandana Dev Sen on Translating the Work of Her Mother, Nabaneeta

A Lifetime of Luminous Poetry: Nandana Dev Sen on Translating the Work of Her Mother, Nabaneeta

“She had a profound and primal need for poetry, not only as a way to cope, but as a way of forming herself.”

By Nandana Dev Sen | May 13, 2021

A Game of Cutouts: On Norah Lange’s Unconventional Narrative Experimentation

A Game of Cutouts: On Norah Lange’s Unconventional Narrative Experimentation

Charlotte Whittle Considers Notes from a Childhood and the Role of Perspective

By Charlotte Whittle | May 5, 2021

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

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