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

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

On the Translatability and “Secret Essence” of Calvino’s Language

By Jhumpa Lahiri | May 19, 2022

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

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

Askold Melnyczuk on the Assault on a Country’s Literature

By Askold Melnyczuk | May 11, 2022

In Memoriam: Sergio Chejfec

In Memoriam: Sergio Chejfec

Translator Heather Cleary Remembers Her Friend, the Argentinean Writer

By Heather Cleary | May 5, 2022

How the Russian and Ukrainian Languages Intersect in Eugene Vodolazkin’s <em>Brisbane</em>

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

Marian Schwartz on the Current State (and Future) of Russian Literature in Translation

By Marian Schwartz | April 29, 2022

Yoko Tawada Captures the Unique Joys of Having an Uncategorizable Identity

Yoko Tawada Captures the Unique Joys of Having an Uncategorizable Identity

Yurina Yoshikawa on Scattered All Over the Earth and the Experience of Losing a Mother Tongue

By Yurina Yoshikawa | April 25, 2022

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

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

S. Kirk Walsh Talks to the Iranian Translators of Her Novel

By S. Kirk Walsh | April 21, 2022

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

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

By Ousman Umar | March 10, 2022

How Rumi Became a Poet

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Haleh Liza Gafori on Rumi's Formative Friendship with Shams

By Haleh Liza Gafori | March 9, 2022

How Ukrainian Writers Are Contributing to the War Effort

How Ukrainian Writers Are Contributing to the War Effort

Kate Tsurkan Reports from Chernivtsi

By Kate Tsurkan | March 8, 2022

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

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

By Corinne Segal | February 25, 2022

Megan Walsh on Yan Lianke and Fiction Writing in China

Megan Walsh on Yan Lianke and Fiction Writing in China

This Week on Underreported with Nicholas Lemann
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By Underreported with Nicholas Lemann | February 11, 2022

Three Poems by Rebin Kheder

Three Poems by Rebin Kheder

Translated from the Kurdish by Jiyar Homer and Isabel López

By Rebin Kheder | February 11, 2022

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5 Books You May Have Missed in January

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Mona Kareem on Writing a Multigenerational Story of Statelessness

Mona Kareem on Writing a Multigenerational Story of Statelessness

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