How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Neruda's Lost Poems

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Neruda's Lost Poems

On Translating His Recent Collection of Never-Before-Seen Poems

By Forrest Gander | November 23, 2016

The Bolaño Effect: Latin American Literature in Translation

The Bolaño Effect: Latin American Literature in Translation

On the Great and Steady Surge in Translated Titles

By Nathan Scott McNamara | November 18, 2016

10 Japanese Books by Women We’d Love to See in English

10 Japanese Books by Women We’d Love to See in English

Strong Women, Soft Power

By Allison Markin Powell | November 10, 2016

10 Books by Polish Women Writers We'd Like to See Translated

10 Books by Polish Women Writers We'd Like to See Translated

Joanna Bator, Weronika Murek, Olga Tokarczuk, and Many More

By Anna Błasiak | October 26, 2016

There's Still No Word for 'Memoir' in German Publishing

There's Still No Word for 'Memoir' in German Publishing

The Buchpreis, the Book Blogger, and Other Hot Topics Heading to Frankfurt...

By Tara Bray Smith | October 17, 2016

War in Translation: Giving Voice to the Women of Syria

War in Translation: Giving Voice to the Women of Syria

Lina Mounzer on the Urgency of Telling the Stories of Conflict

By Lina Mounzer | October 6, 2016

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On Border-Crossings, Bicycles, and Appearing Naked on Your Book

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On the Genius of Yuri Herrera's Character Names

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