Michelle Mirabella foregrounds different forms of violence in Marília Arnaud’s story collection «The Book of Affects», translated from the Brazilian Portuguese by Ilze Duarte.
Quotidian Violence
The Visitor Peering over My Shoulder
Jean-Yves Masson reveals what it can mean for a translator to be haunted by an author, in this intimate account of his affinity with the Austrian writer Hugo von Hofmannsthal.
Down the Rabbit Hole
Michelle Mirabella speaks with Emily Hunsberger about the stakes and strategies involved in translating «Wonderland: Crónicas of Belonging in América» by Melanie Márquez Adams.
What Brings Us to a Halt (Part 2)
John Taylor, in this second part of «What Brings Us to a Halt», responds to his friend and collaborator Franca Mancinelli with an essay about poetry, botany, and translation.
Saving Lost Sounds
Neil Alexander Walker tells Peter Constantine about his scholarship and his efforts to document, preserve, and translate the Indigenous Pomoan languages of Northern California.
On Translation, Codification, and Something in Between
Addison Bale takes an in-depth look at the work of Chinese-American painter Martin Wong and explores the degree to which his paintings can be considered “a site of translation.”
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