Arthur Dixon

Arthur Dixon is a poet, translator, and the managing editor of Latin American Literature Today at the University of Oklahoma. He is currently working on an MA in Spanish at OU. His most recent project is a book-length translation of Cuidados intensivos (Intensive care), the latest verse collection by Venezuelan poet Arturo Gutiérrez Plaza.

“Poetry, like bread, is for everyone”: A Conversation with Seth Michelson

November 21, 2017 Arthur Dixon
Seth Michelson / Courtesy of Washington & Lee UniversityIn October 2017 nonprofit press Settlement House released Dreaming America: Voices of Undocumented Youth in Maximum-Security Detention…
Surrealism on the Subway: Translating “Universidad–Indios Verdes” by Arturo Gutiérrez Plaza

August 30, 2016 Arthur Dixon
On the Mexico City subway (2016) / Still from a film by Carolina RuedaUniversidad–Indios Verdesby Arturo Gutiérrez Plaza¿Para qué forzar los sueños y las pesadillassi aquí todo convulsiona ha…
Translation at the Movies: A Conversation with Antonio Skármeta

September 16, 2014 Arthur Dixon
Photo: Eduardo Frei Ruiz Tagle via Wikimedia CommonsMany works of Chilean writer Antonio Skármeta have formed the foundations of further artistic endeavors, including and beyond their own…
Translating Latin America: A Conversation with Nick Caistor

September 17, 2013 Arthur Dixon
Translator, author, and journalist Nick Caistor has accomplished a great deal over the course of his career, from presenting for the BBC World Service to writing a bi…
Part 2: The Translators behind In Translation: A Conversation with Esther Allen and Susan Bernofsky

July 30, 2013 Arthur Dixon
Esther Allen and Susan BernofskyThis week’s Translation Tuesday features the second half of our interview with Esther Allen and Susan Bernofsky, the editors of the new c…
The Translators behind In Translation: A Conversation with Esther Allen and Susan Bernofsky

July 23, 2013 Arthur Dixon
Esther Allen and Susan BernofskyIn May, Columbia University Press released the collection In Translation: Translators on Their Work and What It Means. With eighteen essays from contributo…