Between Taiwanese and Mandarin: Translation as a Test of Allegiance

Between Taiwanese and Mandarin: Translation as a Test of Allegiance

Kevin Wang Explores How Translating Terao Tetsuya’s “Spent Bullets” Helped Him Understand the Legacy of Taiwan

By Kevin Wang | October 15, 2025

How Self-Satire Can Act as Catharsis

How Self-Satire Can Act as Catharsis

Sonora Jha on the Challenges of Satirizing a Character Who Reminds Her of Herself

By Sonora Jha | October 15, 2025

The Lack of Light

The Lack of Light

Nino Haratischwili (trans. Charlotte Collins and Ruth Martin)

By Lit Hub Excerpts | September 4, 2025

Beyond the Historical Trauma Plot: On Fictionalizing the Armenian Genocide

Beyond the Historical Trauma Plot: On Fictionalizing the Armenian Genocide

Aram Mrjoian Explores the Tension Between Responsibility to History and a Writer’s Creative Vision

By Aram Mrjoian | June 6, 2025

What Russia’s Violent History of Occupation Reveals About Its Ongoing War on Ukraine

What Russia’s Violent History of Occupation Reveals About Its Ongoing War on Ukraine

Sofi Oksanen on the Importance of Preserving Personal and Collective Memory in the Face of Imperialist Aggression

By Sofi Oksanen | March 4, 2025

No Place to Bury the Dead

No Place to Bury the Dead

Karina Sainz Borgo (trans. Elizabeth Bryer)

By Lit Hub Excerpts | December 9, 2024

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Isle McElroy on the Art of the Sex Scene

Isle McElroy on the Art of the Sex Scene

"Desire is always silly, and self-serious, and enormous, and and and and and and."

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People Collide

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The Details

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My Husband

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Wherever You Go, There You Are: On Setting and Society in <em>Pride and Prejuduce</em>

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C.K. Chau Considers the Impact of Place in Jane Austen’s Classic

By C.K. Chau | July 11, 2023

The Raw and the Refined: On the Origins and Making of Peru Balsam

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Perfumer Dominique Roques Journeys to the Heart of Scent Production in Central America

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