• On Translation

    On Translation

    Do We Need a Support Group? How Translation Can—and Should—Be a Collective Effort

    By Michele Hutchison  September 8, 2022
    Literary Criticism

    Trauma Spoken and Unspoken: How Francophone Women Writers Tackle Sexual Violence

    By Dr. Dominique Carlini-Versini  September 2, 2022
    The Hub

    A young Russian soldier has written a scathing account of Putin’s inept war.

    By Jonny Diamond  August 18, 2022
    Ukraine

    “No freedom in these ruins.” Four Poems of War by Marianna Kiyanovska

    By Literary Hub  August 12, 2022
    Philosophy

    Tarek Abi Samra on Stealing Kant From a Bookstore

    By Tarek Abi Samra and Lina Mounzer  August 8, 2022
    On Translation

    Breaking Down the Translation Pyramid: On Translating Dhumketu’s Pioneering Short Stories from Gujarati

    By Jenny Bhatt  August 1, 2022
    On Translation

    What Only Musicians and Translators Know

    By Jessica Sequeira  July 20, 2022
    On Translation

    Amy B. Reid on Translating the Very Book She Needed to Read

    By Amy B. Reid  July 14, 2022
    On Translation

    Rachel Careau on How Translating Roger Lewinter Helped Her Translate Colette

    By Rachel Careau  July 8, 2022
    Russian Literature

    The Unnoticed Generation: How Russian Writers in Paris Grappled With the Complexities of Life Between the Wars

    By Bryan Karetnyk  June 27, 2022
    Interview with an Indie Press

    Interview with an Indie Press: Seagull Books

    By Corinne Segal  June 24, 2022
    Linguistics

    On the Etymologies and Linguistic Evolutions of “Family”

    By Marina Manoukian  June 21, 2022
    In Translation

    Why Is It I Keep Seeing the Same Painting Everywhere I Look?

    By Gianluca Didino  June 17, 2022
    Literary Playlist

    Brazilian Rhythms, Queer Longing, and Caio Fernando Abreu: A Literary Playlist

    By Bruna Dantas Lobato  June 17, 2022
    Thresholds

    Jhumpa Lahiri on Preserving the Multiplicity of Language

    By Thresholds   June 15, 2022
    Motherhood

    On Jazmina Barrera’s Linea Nigra and the Untranslatable Experiences of Motherhood

    By Malwina Gudowska  June 2, 2022
    The Virtual Book Channel

    WATCH: Kyung-sook Shin in Conversation with Her Translator Anton Hur

    By The Virtual Book Channel  May 26, 2022
    Translation

    Xu Xi on Living the Transnational Literary Life

    By Xu Xi  May 23, 2022
    On Translation

    Jhumpa Lahiri: Why Is Italo Calvino So Beloved Outside Italy?

    By Jhumpa Lahiri  May 19, 2022
    Ukraine

    The Russian War on Ukraine Has Always Been a War on Its Language

    By Askold Melnyczuk  May 11, 2022
    In Memoriam

    In Memoriam: Sergio Chejfec

    By Heather Cleary  May 5, 2022
    On Translation

    How the Russian and Ukrainian Languages Intersect in Eugene Vodolazkin’s Brisbane

    By Marian Schwartz  April 29, 2022
    Language

    Yoko Tawada Captures the Unique Joys of Having an Uncategorizable Identity

    By Yurina Yoshikawa  April 25, 2022
    On Translation

    Asadollah Amraee and Arezoo Salari on the Process of Translating The Elephant of Belfast and Its Resonance in Iran

    By S. Kirk Walsh  April 21, 2022
    Sex

    How Does Language During Sex Translate Across Cultures?

    By Polly Barton  March 22, 2022
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