Magdalena Edwards and Adriana X. Jacobs discuss decomposition, thinking of poetry in terms of perfume, and Jacobs’ translations of Vaan Nguyen’s poetry from Modern Hebrew.
Translationships (IV)
From «Distance is a Root»
John Taylor and Franca Mancinelli prolong their rich ongoing dialogue and interrogate the images of darkness, light, and passage that lie at the root of Franca’s poetry.
Selfishness and Process
Lily Meyer discusses the relationship between selfishness and craft in translation, looking back at the genesis of her work translating Claudia Ulloa Donoso’s «Pajarito».
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.
Some Girls Translate Not in Twos
Ainee Jeong reviews Sawako Nakayasu’s collection « Some Girls Walk Into the Country They Are From » and shows how it disrupts familiar paradigms of reading and translation.
It Must Be a Form of Happiness
Patrícia Lino chats with Elisa Wouk Almino and Flora Thomson-DeVeaux about translating Brazilian literature and how their practice has helped them cope with lockdown life.
