John Taylor talks to a group of students about translating the work of Italian poet and essayist Franca Mancinelli, with whom he enjoys a fruitful collaborative relationship.
On Translating Franca Mancinelli
Rebuilding the Room, Letting the Light Shine Through
Nathan Dize probes Conor Bracken’s recent translation of Haitian poet Jean D’Amérique, from the challenges of reproducing sonic clusters to the concept of poetry—and possibly translation itself—as witness.
Between Poetry and Translation
Translations with no originals and originals from unwritten source texts: Guy Bennett reflects on the symbiosis of writing and translating in his more than thirty years of work.
There Is No Equivalence
This installment of “Colloquy: Translators in Conversation” features Jennifer Grotz, Piotr Sommer, and Danielle Pierratti in conversation with Matvei Yankelevich and C. Francis Fisher.
An Invitation by Captivation
Greg Bem gives a rapturous review of Tilsa Otta’s chapbook «And Suddenly I Was Just Dancing», translated from the Spanish by Honora Spicer and published by Cardboard House Press.
Ethical Material: Rosmarie Waldrop Translates Edmond Jabès
Janani Ambikapathy looks to Rosmarie Waldrop’s English renderings of the Egyptian poet Edmond Jabès for insight into a scrupulously ethical approach to literary translation.
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