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5 Books in Translation You May Have Missed in April

5 Books in Translation You May Have Missed in April

Bethanne Patrick Recommends Bruno Lloret, Eva Meijer, and More

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

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

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On Translating the Musicality of Sentences From One Language to Another

By Julia Sanches | April 16, 2021

Tess Lewis on the Politics and Ethics of Translation

By The Quarantine Tapes | April 15, 2021

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

From <em>The Blacksmith’s Daughter</em> by Selim Özdoğan

From The Blacksmith’s Daughter by Selim Özdoğan

Translated by Ayça Türkoğlu and Katy Derbyshire

By Lit Hub Excerpts | April 2, 2021

On the 15-Year Journey to Translating Selim Özdoğan’s <em>The Blacksmith’s Daughter</em>

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

A Conversation Between Katy Derbyshire and Ayça Türkoğlu

By Literary Hub | April 2, 2021

Have Italian Scholars Figured Out the Identity of Elena Ferrante?

Have Italian Scholars Figured Out the Identity of Elena Ferrante?

Elisa Sotgiu on Reading Gender and Class in One of the Great Literary Mysteries of Our Time

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

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