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Lit Lists

The translation paradox, gender parity in the race for literary prizes, and more

March 18, 2016 |
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On Translation

Translating Two Neo-Romantic Poems by Judita Vaičiūnaitė

March 15, 2016 |
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Lit Lists

A Nabokov obscure vocabulary quiz, an interview with Hang Kang’s translator, and more

March 11, 2016 |
Evgeni Zotov, “Different Ways,” Aleppo, November 14, 2010
Book Reviews

Freedom, Justice, and Humanity in Syria: A Review of Amal, by Dina Nisrini

March 09, 2016 |
2016 Puterbaugh Festival featuring Alain Mabanckou
News and Events

Announced: The 2016 Puterbaugh Festival featuring Alain Mabanckou, April 6-8

March 04, 2016 |
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Lit Lists

Translating Pope Francis, a reading list of ultimate survival stories, and more

March 04, 2016 |
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Book Reviews

Odyssey in an Inkwell: A Review of Captives, by Norman Manea

March 02, 2016 |
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Lit Lists

The paradoxical legacy of Harper Lee, measuring books by punctuation, and more

February 26, 2016 |
Norah Jones and Anoushka Shankar.
Sound It Out

Cross-Cultural Musical Collaborations

February 25, 2016 |
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Cultural Cross Sections

Reclaiming the Body: Hitler’s Bathtub, Son of Saul, and Warsaw Uprising

February 24, 2016 |
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Lit Lists

Love letters to translation, Antonin Scalia’s literary references, and more

February 19, 2016 |
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Cultural Cross Sections

Asian Traumatic Poetics (part 2)

February 17, 2016 |
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Lit Lists

Valzhyna Mort on the power of language, #1000BlackGirlBooks, and more

February 12, 2016 |
Chris Beckett, One & Other, by Antony Gormley, Trafalgar Square, London, 2009.
Cultural Cross Sections

Asian Traumatic Poetics (part 1)

February 10, 2016 |
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Lit Lists

How the memoir has shaped the Black literary tradition, bookmarks with legs, and more

February 05, 2016 |
Lit Lists

New episodes of Race Matters, an interview with Joyce Carol Oates, and more

January 29, 2016 |

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