Samar Yazbek on conflict, imagination and literature in Syria. Translated by Leri Price.
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The Threat of the Mob: An Interview with Anuradha Roy
Anuradha Roy on artists facing threat, publishing in India, and literary dogs.
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The Mountbatten Materials: Censoring an Archive
Andrew Lownie on making the Mountbatten diaries and letters public, and the importance of writers’ access to archives.
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Listening to the Flesh: For Tsitsi Dangarembga
Panashe Chigumadzi on Tsitsi Dangarembga, commissioned to celebrate Dangarembga winning the 2021 PEN Pinter Prize.
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Everyone’s In, Everyone’s Out: A Conversation with Tice Cin
Tice Cin on North London, North Cyprus, and sensitivity reads.
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Translating Simone de Beauvoir
Lauren Elkin on translating de Beauvoir’s newly discovered novel The Inseparables.
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At the Foot of the Volcano: Charif Majdalani in Conversation with Ben East
French-Lebanese writer Charif Madjalani in conversation with journalist Ben East.
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He Can Hardly Even Be Approached: On Saadat Hasan Manto
Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Vijay Seshadri on Saadat Hasan
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The Great Homeless of Literature
Selahattin Demirtaş on ‘home’, state-sanctioned writing, and what makes literature literature. Translated by Kate Ferguson.
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Everywhere in Essex, They Are Building
Tim Burrows’ long read on housing, the green belt, urban development and climate activism in Essex.
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Journalation
Anna Aslanyan on the perils of translating news.
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Mario Levrero in Conversation with Mario Levrero
An imaginary interview with Mario Levrero and Mario Levrero, translated and introduced by Annie McDermott.
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To Dearest, Cherished and Longed Amanuel
Yirgalem Fisseha Mebrahtu writes to Amanuel Asrat on his 50th birthday. Translated by Issayas Beyene.
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Translating Place and Places of Translation: A Conversation Between the Shadow Heroes Collective
Ayça Türkoğlu, Filiz Emre, Gitanjali Patel, Harriet Phillips, Jessie Spivey, Katharine Halls, Kavita Bhanot, Khairani Barokka, Naima Rashid, Nariman Youssef, Mohini Gupta and Reem Abou-El-Fadl
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By Nanthikadal Lagoon, Our Dreams Lie Rusting in the Mud
Shash Trevett on the poetry of Nillanthan.
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In Their Minds: An Interview with Samira Sedira
Samira Sedira discusses race, class, resentment and crime.
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My Mother’s Land Is Over
Worapoj Panpong on family, land, and money. Translated from the Thai by Mui Poopoksakul
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EROSION, A6: Notes on the Waikīkī Blackout Poetry Project
Noʻu Revilla, Kanaka Maoli (Native Hawaiian), on the power of ecopoetry
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We Too Are the Trees
Karlo Mila on language, knowledge, and right relationships.
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The Words We Choose II: A Roundtable with the International Booker Prize Shortlisted Translators
The shortlisted translators of the 2021 International Booker Prize in conversation with Maureen Freely.
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