Alison Anderson and David Shook. Shook photo by Travis ElboroughThree years ago, in a post published on Words Without Borders, Alison Anderson asked, “Where Are the Women in Translation?” Two…
Melissa Weiss
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May 3, 2016Juan José SaerThe CloudsTrans. Hilary Vaughn DobelOpen Letter Doctor Real’s manuscript, located on a computer disk found by Pichón Garay, describes his trip with five mental patients to…
Kolkata. Photo by Matthew Winterburn/FlickrKolkata has much to offer any traveler, whether history buff, literary aficionado, culture seeker, or wandering flâneur. In several places around the city, a…
April 30, 20131. He wrote the song “A Boy Named Sue” popularized by Johnny Cash.Johnny Cash - A Boy Named Sue (Live At San... by DJ_DirtyDevil 2. In 1956 he started drawing comics for…
April 24, 2013The Man from Snowy River (1982, Australia)Director: George Miller; Screenplay: Cul Cullen, John Dixon; Poem: Banjo Patterson (same title)Jim Craig is eighteen when his father dies, and to kee…
April 22, 2013Retrato de Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz. por Miguel Cabrea, 1750. Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz (1651–95) was born in San Miguel Nepantla, Tepetli…
April 15, 2013While we’re celebrating poetry, let’s not overlook the poets who have written for children. Here are five international poets you should know, all of whom have included children’s poetry among their w…
December 6, 2012Tibetan poet Woeser Since China’s invasion in the 1950s, the West’s main focus has been on the struggle for independence in Tibet, reporting the monks’ fiery suicides and protestors or journalist…
December 4, 2012November 27–December 11Tears in RainRosa Montero, Lilit Žekulin Thwaites, tr.AmazonCrossingNovember 27, 2012Detective Bruna Husky, a replicant or “techno-human,” was designed by humans to perform…
November 13, 2012The Bird That Swallowed Its Cage: The Selected Writings of Curzio MalaparteWalter Murch, tr.Counterpoint For the first time, the works of Curzio Malaparte, an Italian journalist, novelis…- October 24, 2012A poet often sculpts language to invoke memory, feelings, and reflection. In this list of found poems, we discovered seven memorial sites all over the world that have incorporated poetry to commemorat…
October 9, 2012A Game for SwallowsZeina Abirached, tr. Edward GauvinGraphic UniverseBorn in the midst of the Lebanese war when the city of Beirut was divided between Christians and Muslims,…- September 18, 2012“I think that’s what a lot of us want to do—bring something new to people who wouldn’t have it otherwise. And even though I’ve lost my naiveté about the translator’s ability to make much of an impres…
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