Helen Cunningham calls for a broader recognition of Almudena Grandesโ literary achievement and discusses the pleasures and challenges of translating her fiction into English.
As Grand As They Come
We begin, necessarily, with the words
Katherine Hedeen and Vรญctor Rodrรญguez Nรบรฑez speak with Michelle Mirabella about their new collaborative translation of Rolando Kattanโs poetry collection ยซBullet-Proof Vestยป.
The Silent Unraveling of the World
Uruguayan novelist Fernanda Trรญas speaks with her Persian translator Miaad Banki about the driving forces behind her fiction and the border-crossing journeys of translation.
“Not Sacrifice the Ease of the French” (Part II.a)
Part II.a of Vincent Klingโs investigation into the fate of Marianne Mooreโs translations of Jean de la Fontaine sees him weighing other examples from Oscar Wilde to ยซBeowulfยป.
Blooming to Surface
Edith Adams talks to Michelle Mirabella about having translated Daniela Catrileoโs collection ยซGuerrilla Bloomsยป, longlisted for the 2025 National Translation Award in Poetry.
Bringing Godzilla to the Village and Other Devastations
James Richie details the process of bringing Mexican poet Vรญctor Cabreraโs recent chapbook ยซA Village Devastated by Godzillaยป into English in this cinematic translatorโs note.
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