Mieko Kawakami on Sisterhood, Survival, and Finding Hope in the Darkness

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In Conversation With Her Translators, Laurel Taylor and Hitomi Yoshio

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Freedom Through Structure: On Translating Vicente Luis Mora’s <em>Centroeuropa</em>

Freedom Through Structure: On Translating Vicente Luis Mora’s Centroeuropa

Rahul Bery: “By adding an extra layer of restrictions... I think I found some kind of liberation.”

By Rahul Bery | March 11, 2026

When Persistence Pays Off: On Translating and Publishing the Work of Kanako Nishi

When Persistence Pays Off: On Translating and Publishing the Work of Kanako Nishi

Allison Markin Powell Recounts Her Experience Introducing a New Japanese Voice to Anglophone Readers

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Writing While the Alphabet Burns: Ukrainian Literature to Help Understand the Ongoing War

Writing While the Alphabet Burns: Ukrainian Literature to Help Understand the Ongoing War

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Translating Holocaust Literature in Times of Genocide

Translating Holocaust Literature in Times of Genocide

Sasha Senderovich and Harriet Murav on “new ways of seeing the Nazi genocide at a moment when such seeing is urgently needed.”

By Sasha Senderovich and Harriet Murav | February 13, 2026

Requiem for Weimar: On Ulrich Alexander Boschwitz’s <em>Berlin Shuffle</em>

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