On the topographical rhythms of prose, and historical decisions for transliteration: Chris Clarke reflects on his translation of Algerian author Ryad Girod’s novel «Mansour’s Eyes».
Music, Math, Religion, and Naming
The honor and burden of poetry
Khalid Lyamlahy delves into Annie Jamison’s translation of «The Uncertainty Principle», one of the latest poetry collections by the eminent Moroccan writer Abdellatif Laâbi.
Dirty Shirts & Bottle Tops
Samuel Martin examines Antonio Tabucchi’s French connections and savors two new books of dialogues between Tabucchi and his translators to mark the ten years since his death.
Are There Monkeys?
Samuel Martin takes an exploratory t(r)ack in reviewing a selection of the Lebanese-French writer Georges Schehadé’s « Poetries », translated from the French by Austin Carder.
Hopscotch Translation’s One Year Anniversary
To celebrate our first anniversary, we've asked a group of translators to reflect on works they’ve loved that were translated from a language that they don't themselves know!
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).
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