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Snapshots in Verse: On Hannah Arendt’s Long-Lost Poems

Snapshots in Verse: On Hannah Arendt’s Long-Lost Poems

Samantha Rose Hill and Genese Grill in Conversation with Poets.org

By Literary Hub | December 9, 2024

Kaveh Akbar! Anthony Veasna So! Irreverent travel! 24 books out in paperback this December.

Kaveh Akbar! Anthony Veasna So! Irreverent travel! 24 books out in paperback this December.

By Gabrielle Bellot | December 2, 2024

The Poet of the Revolution: Read Newly Translated Work by One of Egypt’s Most Prominent Poets, Mostafa Ibrahim

The Poet of the Revolution: Read Newly Translated Work by One of Egypt’s Most Prominent Poets, Mostafa Ibrahim

The “Tofranil Poems,” Translated by Abdelrahman ElGendy

By Literary Hub | November 12, 2024

In Search of a Time Lost: A Selection of Proust’s Letters Translated by Lydia Davis

In Search of a Time Lost: A Selection of Proust’s Letters Translated by Lydia Davis

Three Missives from Marcel and Reflections on the World in Which He Composed Them

By Literary Hub | November 6, 2024

A Room of One’s Own: On Finding Beauty and Inspiration in Meditation

A Room of One’s Own: On Finding Beauty and Inspiration in Meditation

Leanne Ogasawara Considers the Importance of Stillness and Contemplation For Writers and Translators

By Leanne Ogasawara | November 6, 2024

A Brief History of the Most Famous Swear Word in the World

A Brief History of the Most Famous Swear Word in the World

Jesse Sheidlower on the Limberness and Literary Uses of “Fuck”

By Jesse Sheidlower | November 5, 2024

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Translating the Ancient Language of The Vetala Tales

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Remembering the Life and Work of Ayşenur Ezgi Eygi, Translator and Activist

Remembering the Life and Work of Ayşenur Ezgi Eygi, Translator and Activist

“Did you always cry, did you always burn?”

By Literary Hub | September 30, 2024

On Returning to and Reinterpreting the Classics: Olga Tokarczuk in Conversation with Translator Antonia Lloyd-Jones

On Returning to and Reinterpreting the Classics: Olga Tokarczuk in Conversation with Translator Antonia Lloyd-Jones

On Her New Book, “The Empusium”

By Literary Hub | September 24, 2024

Page Turns: On Literary Translations on the American Ballet Theater's Summer Stage

Page Turns: On Literary Translations on the American Ballet Theater's Summer Stage

Emma Golden Considers Balletic Language

By Emma Golden | August 16, 2024

Bringing Felice Bauer to Life in Magdaléna Platzová’s <em>Life After Kafka</em>

Bringing Felice Bauer to Life in Magdaléna Platzová’s Life After Kafka

Alex Zucker on the Importance of Style and Voice in Literary Translation

By Alex Zucker | August 9, 2024

The First Lesbian: How Sappho’s Poetry Paved the Way for Modern Queer Literature

The First Lesbian: How Sappho’s Poetry Paved the Way for Modern Queer Literature

Daisy Dunn on Sappho's Genre-Defying Verses and the Invention of the Term “Lesbian”

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From the Trenches: New Work by Ukrainian Poet and Soldier Artur Dron 

From the Trenches: New Work by Ukrainian Poet and Soldier Artur Dron 

Translated by Yevheniia Dubrova and Hanna Leliv

By Literary Hub | July 29, 2024

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