Matt Reeck unpacks Betsy Wing’s latest translation of Édouard Glissant – his fifth novel, «Mahagony» – as hybrid chronicle, postcolonial autoethnography, and polyvocal colloquy.
«Mahagony»: A Colloquy of French-American Voices
Translationships (III)
In her latest “Translationships,” Magdalena Edwards breaks down how she sees translated variations of Jean Cocteau’s play “La Voix Humaine” in three films by Pedro Almodóvar.
Calling the Ship by a Different Name
Kit Schluter examines some creative approaches to engaging with outdated historical ethics via New Narrative writers Glück and Boone’s modernizing translation of La Fontaine.
Translation as Call and Answer
Elisa Ayerza Taber discusses poetry and translation with Argentine poet Violeta Percia, with a focus on listening, lightness, and the attunement of the word across languages.
Remaking Ourselves in Translation
Trask Roberts explores the complex intersection of self-translation and autobiography, focusing in particular on what might be called the many lives of the writer Romain Gary.
Translationships (II)
In her second installment of Translationships Magdalena Edwards reflects on the notion of consent as it relates to translation, with help from fellow translator Natasha Lehrer.
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