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

To Leave Your Mother Tongue is to Love It More

To Leave Your Mother Tongue is to Love It More

Ewa Hryniewicz-Yarbrough on Her Mother Tongue and Another

By Ewa Hryniewicz-Yarbrough | October 4, 2016

Finding the Unsayable in Translation

Finding the Unsayable in Translation

On Javier Marías, Roberto Bolaño, and a Double Dose of Defamiliarization

By Michael Helm | September 16, 2016

Ann Goldstein on Translating Elena Ferrante and the Inner Workings of <em>The New Yorker</em>

Ann Goldstein on Translating Elena Ferrante and the Inner Workings of The New Yorker

Melinda Harvey in Conversation with the Translator of the Neapolitan Novels

By Melinda Harvey | September 1, 2016

A Masterpiece of Latin American Literature Finally Appears in English

A Masterpiece of Latin American Literature Finally Appears in English

Antonio di Benedetto's Zama is Here

By Esther Allen | August 23, 2016

Our Language is Ever Updating, But Meaning Remains

Our Language is Ever Updating, But Meaning Remains

From Latin Wordplay to Emoji-Speak, We'll Always Need to Name the World

By Lyz Lenz | August 15, 2016

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