Write Like a Translator
The translator of Luis Felipe Fabre’s Recital of the Dark Verses shares lessons from translation that can improve all creative prose.
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In Bad Faith: Notes on Fidelity in Translation
The translator of Luis Felipe Fabre’s Recital of the Dark Verses considers the nuances of crafting a faithful translation.
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Dis-identity Poetics
The author of Recital of the Dark Verses explores poetry and translation as an encounter with “the Other.”
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Literary MagNet: Mira Rosenthal
The translator of Tomasz Różycki’s To the Letter discusses the journals where she first placed poems from the book—including Cagibi and Guernica—and the unique process of publishing translated work.
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Page One: Where New and Noteworthy Books Begin
The first lines of a dozen noteworthy books, including Orders of Service: A Fugue by Willie Lee Kinard III and I Would Meet You Anywhere by Susan Kiyo Ito.
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Small Press Points: Book*hug Press
Dedicated to finding the voices and stories audiences most need to hear, Book*hug Press reads beyond borders as a Canadian press with international influences, representationally and aesthetically.
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The International Library
A collaboration between three literary organizations, the International Library is a new initiative presenting live conversations about literature in translation while connecting transnational audiences.
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Surgeons of the Soul: An Interview With Georgi Gospodinov and Angela Rodel
The recipients of the 2023 International Booker Prize discuss the Bulgarian author’s obsession with memory, growing up in the former socialist state, and the intricacies of translating the award-winning novel, Time Shelter.
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Page One: Where New and Noteworthy Books Begin
The first lines of a dozen noteworthy books, including As If She Had a Say by Jennifer Fliss and So to Speak by Terrance Hayes.
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Notes on Irreverent Translation
The author of Mistaken for an Empire: A Memoir in Tongues offers an approach to critically engaging with a colonialist literary canon.
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