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Where is Mosab Abu Toha? A Poem from Gaza in 22 Languages

Where is Mosab Abu Toha? A Poem from Gaza in 22 Languages

Read “What Is Home?” by the Palestinian Poet Recently Kidnapped by Israeli Forces

By Mosab Abu Toha | November 21, 2023

Meet the 2023 National Book Award Finalists

Meet the 2023 National Book Award Finalists

Rapid-Fire Interviews with Some of Our Best Writers and Translators

By Emily Temple | November 8, 2023

Why Naoise Dolan Learned Italian for Her Book Tour

Why Naoise Dolan Learned Italian for Her Book Tour

And Why Reading, Writing, and Speaking a New Language Imperfectly is OK

By Naoise Dolan | November 7, 2023

How Ancient and Modern Greek Helps Us Make Sense of Greece Today

How Ancient and Modern Greek Helps Us Make Sense of Greece Today

Nick Romeo on the Tradition of European Explorers in Greece

By Nick Romeo | November 2, 2023

Consider the Words: On Translating <em>Infinite Jest</em> into Farsi

Consider the Words: On Translating Infinite Jest into Farsi

Moeen Farrokhi Recalls Grieving a Mentor While Traversing a Linguistic Labyrinth

By Moeen Farrokhi | November 1, 2023

Patty Crane on Translation and Influence

Patty Crane on Translation and Influence

"Somewhere along the way, my immersion in Tranströmer and my search for a sense of place merged. As if the poetry became the place, and the place the poetry."

By Patty Crane | October 27, 2023

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Ye Chun on Bilingualism and Wuwei Writing

By Ye Chun | October 17, 2023

Nothing is Lost in Translation: On Basque, Spanish, English and the Language of Dreams

By Kirmen Uribe | October 16, 2023

Fear of Indirect Contact: Todd Portnowitz on Translating Jhumpa Lahiri

By Todd Portnowitz | October 10, 2023

Why the Russian Protest Poems of Sergey Gandlevsky Still Matter Today

Why the Russian Protest Poems of Sergey Gandlevsky Still Matter Today

Phillip Metres on Political Literature, Classical Forms, and What Outsiders Get Wrong About Russian Poetry

By Philip Metres | October 10, 2023

Derangement and Estrangement: On Poetic Turbulence in Translation

Derangement and Estrangement: On Poetic Turbulence in Translation

Joyelle McSweeney Considers Hussein Barghouthi's The Blue Light and Kim Hyesoon's Phantom Pain Wings

By Joyelle McSweeney | October 9, 2023

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Pedro Páramo">"Bitterness Incarnate:" Douglas J. Weatherford on Juan Rulfo's Pedro Páramo

"The text vacillates between presence and absence, between reality and irreality, and even between life and death."

By Douglas J. Weatherford | September 27, 2023

Drifting Along the Current: On the 10th Anniversary of <em>Self-Portrait in Green</em>

Drifting Along the Current: On the 10th Anniversary of Self-Portrait in Green

Jordan Stump On Translating Marie NDiaye

By Jordan Stump | September 12, 2023

On Translating Michele Mari, an Italian Literary

On Translating Michele Mari, an Italian Literary "Living Legend"

Brian Robert Moore Reflects on Bringing You, Bleeding Childhood to an Anglophone Audience

By Brian Robert Moore | August 9, 2023

In Praise of

In Praise of "Spicy Interpretation": On the Pleasure of Unexpected Translations and Explanations

Jessica Sequeira on Celebrating the Possibilities of New Readings

By Jessica Sequeira | August 4, 2023

The Unique Challenges of Translating <em>The Brothers Karamazov</em> Into English

The Unique Challenges of Translating The Brothers Karamazov Into English

Michael R. Katz on Creating the First New Translation of Dostoevsky’s Novel in Two Decades

By Michael R. Katz | July 21, 2023

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