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).
Archival Relations and Activist Intimacies
Triple Sight, Double Exposure
Jeffrey Zuckerman reviews Irving Weiss’s translation of Mauritian author Malcolm de Chazal’s breakthrough volume of aphorisms through the lens of photography.
Translating in Sympathetic Ink
Amélie Derome sheds light on Marie Canavaggia, whose role as Céline’s secretary has overshadowed her work as a translator, namely of John Cowper Powys’s autobiography.
In the Service of the Figure (II)
In Part 2 of their interview, Janet Lee and Marcella Durand turn to Durand’s own poetic work, focusing on her attempt to break down the divisions between humans and nature.
In the Service of the Figure (I)
In this interview with poet-translator Marcella Durand, she and Janet Lee discuss her translation of Michèle Métail, ancient palindromes, park destruction, and bee poems.
T. E. Lawrence in the Forest of Translation
Samuel Martin revisits T. E. Lawrence’s English version of a little-known French novel by Adrien Le Corbeau, «The Forest Giant», nearly 100 years after its initial publication.
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