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When An Author You Translate Gets Death Threats

When An Author You Translate Gets Death Threats

Polish Writer Olga Tokarczuk Speaks the Truth, Is Attacked For It

By Jennifer Croft | November 2, 2015

Translator's Blues

Translator's Blues

Franco Nasi

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Prostitutes, Pimps, Pushers: How to Translate a 'Jazz' Novel

Prostitutes, Pimps, Pushers: How to Translate a 'Jazz' Novel

Meeting Fiston Mwanza Mujila for Dinner in Paris

By Roland Glasser | October 15, 2015

The First Democratic Party Debate: A Spinglish-English Translation

The First Democratic Party Debate: A Spinglish-English Translation

“I didn’t take a position until I took a position” and other gems

By Henry Beard and Christopher Cerf | October 15, 2015

Kenzaburo Oe Finds a Hero in Huckleberry Finn

Kenzaburo Oe Finds a Hero in Huckleberry Finn

Ruminations On America, Harvard Square, 1965

By Kenzaburo Oe | October 8, 2015

Ten Great Books With Their Own Languages

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The Top-Secret Cinema of Manuel Puig

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On Escorting a Faeroese Poet-Hero Around the USA

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Poetry as a Second Language

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On Leaving Russia, and Writing in English

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