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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

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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

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

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

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Angela Rodel on Translating a 20th-Century Bulgarian Classic

By Angela Rodel | June 23, 2023

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

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The Rebel Vocabulary of Ágota Kristóf

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

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In Conversation with Alison L. Strayer, the Translator of Look at the Lights, My Love

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

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