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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

How Syrian Writer Khaled Khalifa Navigates Exile Abroad and At Home

How Syrian Writer Khaled Khalifa Navigates Exile Abroad and At Home

Alfred J. Naddaff Spends 72 Hours in Zurich With the Chronicler of Modern Syria

By Alfred J. Naddaff | July 18, 2023

The Complicated Afterlives of <br>Roberto Bolaño

The Complicated Afterlives of
Roberto Bolaño

Twenty Years After His Death, Aaron Shulman Unpacks the Legacy of the Chilean Poet and Novelist

By Aaron Shulman | July 17, 2023

What Vera Mutafchieva’s <em>The Case of Cem</em> Tells Us About Europe’s Past and Present

What Vera Mutafchieva’s The Case of Cem Tells Us About Europe’s Past and Present

Angela Rodel on Translating a 20th-Century Bulgarian Classic

By Angela Rodel | June 23, 2023

A Babel of Languages: Peter Constantine on the Joys of Translation and Multilingual Writing

A Babel of Languages: Peter Constantine on the Joys of Translation and Multilingual Writing

Esther Allen Speaks with the Author of The Purchased Bride

By Esther Allen | June 8, 2023

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Like a Magic Trick: Tim Mohr on Being the Translator and Being Translated

By Tim Mohr | May 15, 2023

The Rebel Vocabulary of Ágota Kristóf

By Helen Oyeyemi | May 4, 2023

How Annie Ernaux Captures the Spirit of Her Era Through Its Big-Box Stores

By Literary Hub | April 19, 2023

Bookworm in a Chrysalis: How Language Acquisition Nourishes a Love of Literature

Bookworm in a Chrysalis: How Language Acquisition Nourishes a Love of Literature

Natasha S. on Being a Multilingual Reader and Writer

By Natasha S. and Larissa Kyzer | April 19, 2023

A Passion for Living in the Present: <br>A Conversation with Yuko Tsushima and Annie Ernaux

A Passion for Living in the Present:
A Conversation with Yuko Tsushima and Annie Ernaux

A Piece of Global Literary History Available in English For the First Time

By Lisa Hofmann-Kuroda | April 6, 2023

Spokesperson, Intellectual, and... More? On the New and Shifting Role of the Translator

Spokesperson, Intellectual, and... More? On the New and Shifting Role of the Translator

Lawrence Venuti Considers the “New Visibility” of Literary Translation

By Lawrence Venuti | April 5, 2023

Dubravka Ugrešić’s Translators Remember Her

Dubravka Ugrešić’s Translators Remember Her

Five Translators on the Woman Who Wrote on Displacement, Transnationalism, and the Joys of Literature

By Literary Hub | April 3, 2023

The End of Desire: Christiane Blot-Labarrère on Marguerite Duras’s <em>No More</em>

The End of Desire: Christiane Blot-Labarrère on Marguerite Duras’s No More

"The sentiment of never more—this is the labyrinth in which language helplessly tries to beguile death."

By Christiane Blot-Labarrère | March 22, 2023

Every Writer Should Learn How to Translate

Every Writer Should Learn How to Translate

Kristen Renee Miller on the Transformative Experience of Translating Marie-Andrée Gill

By Kristen Renee Miller | March 20, 2023

Xiaolu Guo on Translating<br> the Self

Xiaolu Guo on Translating
the Self

“I want to talk about the possibilities of translation.”

By Xiaolu Guo | March 10, 2023

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