• On Translation

    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
    Ukraine

    “Every hut in our beloved country is on the edge.” Contemporary Ukrainian Poetry by Boris Khersonsky

    By Literary Hub  March 11, 2022
    Migration

    On Surviving a Journey Across the Sahara (and Other Impossibilities)

    By Ousman Umar  March 10, 2022
    On Translation

    How Rumi Became a Poet

    By Haleh Liza Gafori  March 9, 2022
    Ukraine

    How Ukrainian Writers Are Contributing to the War Effort

    By Kate Tsurkan  March 8, 2022
    The Hub

    TAULT, an agency for Ukrainian writing, is calling on translators to help them.

    By Corinne Segal  February 25, 2022
    Underreported

    Megan Walsh on Yan Lianke and Fiction Writing in China

    By Underreported with Nicholas Lemann  February 11, 2022
    Poetry

    Three Poems by Rebin Kheder

    By Rebin Kheder  February 11, 2022
    5 Books You May Have Missed

    5 Books You May Have Missed in January

    By Bethanne Patrick  February 11, 2022
    The Common

    Mona Kareem on Writing a Multigenerational Story of Statelessness

    By The Common  February 11, 2022
    Underreported

    Megan Walsh and Rosie Blau on the Nuanced Literary Voices in China

    By Underreported with Nicholas Lemann  February 9, 2022
    The History of Literature

    Liu Xinwu and the “Scar Literature” of China

    By History of Literature  February 7, 2022
    Underreported

    Jeffrey Wasserstrom on Censorship and Translated Literature in China

    By Underreported with Nicholas Lemann  February 7, 2022
    On Translation

    The Order of Things: Jennifer Croft on Translating Olga Tokarczuk

    By Jennifer Croft  February 1, 2022
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