Translator Emma Ramadan on her career path and translating Delphine Minoui’s newly released memoir, I’m Writing You From Tehran.
Review: Two Sisters by Åsne Seierstad Translated by Sean Kinsella
In late 2013, nineteen-year-old Ayan and sixteen-year-old Leila abruptly departed their adopted home of Norway to join the Syrian jihad.
Review: The Nine Cloud Dream by Kim Man-Jung Translated by Heinz Insu Fenkl
The strength of the new translation lies not only in its supplementary material but in Fenkl’s appreciation both for his sources and his audience.
Review: Now, Now, Louison by Jean Fremon, translated by Cole Swensen
Now, Now, Louison is a biography--a “written portrait”--of Louise Bourgeois, the sculptor and painter made infamous for her towering sculptures of spiders.
Freydl by Miriam Karpilove Translated from Yiddish
She had big blue eyes, a Grecian nose, a tiny mouth with blood red lips, and when she laughed two dimples appeared on her cheeks.
Review: Nocilla Trilogy by Augustin Fernández Mallo
Nocilla Trilogy by Augustin Fernández Mallo is a beguiling, humorous, and challenging collection.
Review: Territory of Light by Yuko Tsushima
Territory of Light by Yuko Tsushima chronicles the year-long journey of a mother and her daughter navigating a newly disorienting world.
Two Poems by Armando Caicedo Translated from Spanish
Look at the map, the clock and the calendar.
Poems by Bijan Elahi Translated from Farsi
Before cocks crowed I believed your eyelids opened dawn’s book.
Review: Beneath the Sleepless Tossing of the Planets by Makoto Ooka
A new edition of selected poems by Makoto Ooka, translated by Janine Beichman, is a treasure chest for lovers of Japanese poetry.
Wulf & Eadwacer Translated from Old English
The poems below have been excerpted from a longer work called Wulf & Eadwacer, an experimental translation by M.L. Martin.
Three Poems by Stella Díaz Varín Translated from Spanish
These poems by Chilean poet Stella Díaz Varín are from her collection, 'Time, Imaginary Measure,' and have been translated from Spanish by Rebecca Levi.