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Finding a Mother Tongue

Finding a Mother Tongue

Mariana Oliver on the Migrations and Nostalgias of Emine Sevgi Özdamar

By Mariana Oliver | May 27, 2020

Dola de Jong's Novel of Resistance in Love and War

Dola de Jong's Novel of Resistance in Love and War

Kristen Gehrman on a Controversial Postwar Romance

By Kristen Gehrman | May 18, 2020

The First State-Approved North Korean Novel in English

The First State-Approved North Korean Novel in English

Esther Kim In Conversation with Friend Translator Immanuel Kim

By Esther Kim | May 13, 2020

Sara Mesa's Novels of Ambiguous, Twisted Power

Sara Mesa's Novels of Ambiguous, Twisted Power

Katie Whittemore Interviews the Author of Four by Four

By Katie Whittemore | May 11, 2020

Life As It Really Is: Translator Richard Pevear on the Stories of Chekhov

Life As It Really Is: Translator Richard Pevear on the Stories of Chekhov

"In art, as in life, there is nothing accidental.”

By Richard Pevear | April 14, 2020

When Sharon Dodua Otoo, Relatively New to Writing in German, Won the Ingeborg Bachmann Prize

When Sharon Dodua Otoo, Relatively New to Writing in German, Won the Ingeborg Bachmann Prize

In Conversation with Idra Novey About German Breakfast Culture,
Mansplaining, and Literary Tension in Translation

By Idra Novey | March 4, 2020

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

The Art of War is Actually a Manual on How to Avoid It

By Michael Nylan | January 16, 2020

Why We Love
Untranslatable Words

By David Shariatmadari | January 8, 2020

What would an AI text generator do with the first lines of literature's greatest novels?

By Jonny Diamond | November 12, 2019

The Woman Who Brought Dostoevsky and Chekhov to English Readers

The Woman Who Brought Dostoevsky and Chekhov to English Readers

Sara Wheeler on Constance Garnett and the Problem
of Era-Specific Translations

By Sara Wheeler | November 12, 2019

Rosalie Knecht and Idra Novey on Translation, Writing Tension, and Literary 'Retrenchment'

Rosalie Knecht and Idra Novey on Translation, Writing Tension, and Literary 'Retrenchment'

The Authors of Who Is Vera Kelly? and Those Who Knew
Speak to Brian Gresko

By Brian Gresko | November 6, 2019

Reyna Grande on Translating Her Own Book Into Spanish

Reyna Grande on Translating Her Own Book Into Spanish

How an Immigrant Can Lose Touch With Her Mother Tongue

By Reyna Grande | October 29, 2019

The Hungarian Author Who Foresaw the Future of Nationalism

The Hungarian Author Who Foresaw the Future of Nationalism

Considering Krisztina Tóth's Pointed Case for Open Borders

By Stephanie Newman | October 17, 2019

Karl Ove Knausgaard on the Writing of Jon Fosse

Karl Ove Knausgaard on the Writing of Jon Fosse

Thoughts on One of Norway's Great Writers, Just in Time
for Nobel Season

By Karl Ove Knausgaard | September 30, 2019

In a Sudan Where Literature is Often Smuggled, the Short Story is a Perfect Form

In a Sudan Where Literature is Often Smuggled, the Short Story is a Perfect Form

Marcia Lynx Qualey on the Rise of a Complex, Capacious Literary Genre

By Marcia Lynx Qualey | September 27, 2019

Of Sisterly Bonds and Translating the Untranslatable

Of Sisterly Bonds and Translating the Untranslatable

From Jennifer Croft's New Memoir, Homesick

By Jennifer Croft | September 17, 2019

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