Hopscotch is thrilled to share Esther Allen’s afterword for her long-awaited translation of Antonio Di Benedetto’s The Silentiary, coming from NYRB Classics on February 1st, 2022.
And Not Towards Peace
On the Origins of the Authors Guild Translation Model Contract
Alex Zucker offers a rundown on the Authors Guild Model Contract and the Survey of Literary Translators’ Working Conditions that preceded it. A must-read for all in the industry!
Yesterday’s Yesterday’s Paper
Matthew Spencer writes on the process and emotional weight involved in translating fragments selected from Heinrich von Kleist’s short-lived Berliner Abendblätter.
Hopscotch Editors’ 2021 Roundup
For our end of the year edition, all four Hopscotch editors weigh in on their favorites of 2021!
Archival Relations and Activist Intimacies
Translators Perry Zurn and Erik Beranek discuss the multifaceted promise of «Intolerable», an archive of writings from Michel Foucault and the Prisons Information Group (GIP).
Translationships (VI)
In Translationships VI, Magdalena Edwards turns to an unlikely source for a new look at translation: Denis Villeneuve’s film DUNE (2021), as exemplified by its protagonist Paul.
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