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Antifascist, Feminist, Timeless: On Alba de Céspedes’s <em>There’s No Turning Back</em>

Antifascist, Feminist, Timeless: On Alba de Céspedes’s There’s No Turning Back

Ann Goldstein: “Even if the world has changed, her characters’ struggles with becoming themselves continue to be familiar.”

By Ann Goldstein | February 13, 2025

Inside the Climate Techno-Dystopia of Michel Nieva’s <em>Dengue Boy</em>

Inside the Climate Techno-Dystopia of Michel Nieva’s Dengue Boy

Rahul Bery on Translating a Stylistically Innovative Work of South American Science Fiction

By Rahul Bery | February 5, 2025

What South Asia’s Literary Classics Reveal About Its Linguistic and Cultural Diversity

What South Asia’s Literary Classics Reveal About Its Linguistic and Cultural Diversity

Ranjit Hoskote on the Interplay Between Written, Oral and Corporal Expression in Indian Literature

By Ranjit Hoskote | January 31, 2025

Feeling in Farsi, Writing in English: <br>On Translating Your Life From One Language to Another

Feeling in Farsi, Writing in English:
On Translating Your Life From One Language to Another

Sahar Delijani Navigates the Complexity of Conjuring Her Old Life in a New Language

By Sahar Delijani | January 14, 2025

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

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Why Close Reading is An Essential Part of Literary Translation

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By Damion Searls | October 29, 2024

How New York City Became a Haven For Endangered Languages

How New York City Became a Haven For Endangered Languages

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The Poetry of the World’s First Cookbook: What Cooking Can Teach Writers and Translators

The Poetry of the World’s First Cookbook: What Cooking Can Teach Writers and Translators

Aditi Machado on the Literary Power of Food Descriptions

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Translating the Ancient Language of The Vetala Tales

Translating the Ancient Language of The Vetala Tales

Douglas J. Penick on Capturing the Essence of South Asian Mythology For a Contemporary Western Audience

By Douglas J. Penick | October 7, 2024

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”

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