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"A Few Moments After Midnight"

A Short Story by Hisham Bustani, translated by Thoraya El-Rayyes

By Hisham Bustani | May 12, 2016

New Arabic Fiction: 5 Contemporary Short Stories

New Arabic Fiction: 5 Contemporary Short Stories

The Common Mag Highlights New Work from Across the Arab World

By Literary Hub | May 12, 2016

Beyond The Thousand and One Nights: Contemporary Arabic Literature

Beyond The Thousand and One Nights: Contemporary Arabic Literature

Breaking Down Common Western Perceptions of Middle Eastern Writing

By Youssef Rakha | May 12, 2016

10 German Books by Women We'd Love to See in English

10 German Books by Women We'd Love to See in English

What's a Quarter of Three Percent? The First in a Series on Untranslated Writing By Women

By Katy Derbyshire | May 12, 2016

Anton Chekhov: A Post-Post-Modernist Way Ahead of His Time

Anton Chekhov: A Post-Post-Modernist Way Ahead of His Time

What it Means To Be Chekhovian: Lively, Innovative, Experimental

By Peter Constantine | May 9, 2016

The 10 Russian Literary Heroines You Should Know

The 10 Russian Literary Heroines You Should Know

And Why Russian Women Know Better Than to Expect a Happily-Ever-After

By Guillermo Erades | May 5, 2016

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On the Quest to Write in a Third Language

By Amara Lakhous | May 4, 2016

The Dove's Necklace

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By Ilan Stavans | April 25, 2016

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Esmé Weijun Wang on commiting to the possibility of being unintelligible

By Esmé Weijun Wang | April 12, 2016

Writing While Translating

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Idra Novey on Being Suspended Between Languages

By Idra Novey | February 25, 2016

“Seriously Funny” German Literature. Seriously.

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A Preview of The Festival Neue Literatur

By Charles Shafaieh | February 24, 2016

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The Best New Writing at this Weekend's Festival Neue Literatur

By Literary Hub | February 24, 2016

The Vegetarian

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Han Kang, trans. Deborah Smith

By Lit Hub Excerpts | February 9, 2016

The Pirate

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Jón Gnarr, trans. Lytton Smith

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Translating the Secret Language of War

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Matthew J. Hefti: Toward an Understanding Between Civilians and Veterans

By Matthew J. Hefti | January 28, 2016

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