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The Island of Pirates: Raharimanana on Madagascar’s Revolutions, Past and Present

The Island of Pirates: Raharimanana on Madagascar’s Revolutions, Past and Present

“These young people, Gen Z Madagascar, will bring down entire paradigms of thought.”

By Raharimanana | October 9, 2025

To Write Poetry After Gaza is a Necessity

To Write Poetry After Gaza is a Necessity

Huda Fakhreddine on Paul Celan and How Gaza Translates the World

By Huda Fakhreddine | August 28, 2025

The winners of the 2025 International Booker Prize are breaking boundaries.

The winners of the 2025 International Booker Prize are breaking boundaries.

By Brittany Allen | May 22, 2025

Guadalupe Nettel on Capturing the (Vaguely) Surreal Side of Contemporary Life

Guadalupe Nettel on Capturing the (Vaguely) Surreal Side of Contemporary Life

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of “The Accidentals”

By Jane Ciabattari | April 29, 2025

Rachel Kushner on How Clarice Lispector Disrupts Our Notions of Good and Bad

Rachel Kushner on How Clarice Lispector Disrupts Our Notions of Good and Bad

“Even as she does not mean to comfort, I feel her — here, still right here, to tell us how it really is.”

By Rachel Kushner | April 1, 2025

Antifascist, Feminist, Timeless: On Alba de Céspedes’s <em>There’s No Turning Back</em>

Antifascist, Feminist, Timeless: On Alba de Céspedes’s There’s No Turning Back

Ann Goldstein: “Even if the world has changed, her characters’ struggles with becoming themselves continue to be familiar.”

By Ann Goldstein | February 13, 2025

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“Duras never covertly apologizes for the moral or psychological way that she exists in the world.”

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Bringing Felice Bauer to Life in Magdaléna Platzová’s <em>Life After Kafka</em>

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Alex Zucker on the Importance of Style and Voice in Literary Translation

By Alex Zucker | August 9, 2024

100+ translators call for PEN America to relinquish control of the Heim Fund.

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By Dan Sheehan | July 18, 2024

How Jon Fosse Teaches Us to Acknowledge Our Own Vulnerability

How Jon Fosse Teaches Us to Acknowledge Our Own Vulnerability

Sarah Cameron Sunde on Translating the Nobel Laureate's Complex Silences for American Audiences

By Sarah Cameron Sunde | May 6, 2024

Kalpana Raina on Translating Her Uncle Hari Krishna Kaul’s Stories of Kashmir

Kalpana Raina on Translating Her Uncle Hari Krishna Kaul’s Stories of Kashmir

“There are no grand themes in Kaul’s work, but an exploration and ultimately an acceptance of human limitations.”

By Kalpana Raina | March 6, 2024

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