César Aira / Photo by Nina Subin / Courtesy of New Directions
A canonical writer of the fantastic and foundational modernista poet, the reactionary polymath Leopoldo Lugones (1874–19…
Argentina
July 15, 2021
October 24, 2019Photo collage courtesy of the author El Matador after Argentina’s World Cup Victory in 1978 La…
January 13, 2016Gisela HeffesAfter translating Ischia (2000), the novel by Argentine writer Gisela Heffes, I sat down with her to discuss how the novel—about a young female narrator on a journey…
September 11, 2015Reykjavik, Iceland. Photo by Christine Zenino/FlickrNews, Reviews, and Interviews The Reykjavik International Literary Festival continues this weekend and features authors recently featured or re…
September 11, 2014Rioseco and Wray in the Puerto Madero harbor neighborhood of Buenos Aires.When I sat down with Chilean poet Marcelo Rioseco recently, we discussed topics of translation, poetry,…
June 24, 2014Conversations by César AiraTranslated by Katherine SilverThe Argentine story circulates around the conversations that permeate a small café. During one of these conversations, a gold Rolex is…
May 20, 2014Translator Mara Faye LethemToday is the release date for Papers in the Wind, the English translation of Eduardo Sacheri’s Papeles en el viento (2011). Following…
March 21, 2014Andrés Neuman, the 2014 Puterbaugh Fellow, will be visiting WLT at the University of Oklahoma March 26-28th.All this week, we’ve been preparing for the Puterbaugh Festival, where we will be h…
May 28, 2013“Think of Argentina and it quickly becomes apparent why the country holds travelers in awe. Tango, gauchos, fútbol, Patagonia, the Andes—the classics alone make a formidable wanderlust cocktail.” – Sa…
September 11, 2012Michelle Johnson: I heard Matías Néspolo speak at the Edinburgh International Book Festival last month, and he praised your translation of his novel 7 Ways to Kill a Cat. He…
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