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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My Eraser is a Memory
Nayrouz Qarmout writes from Gaza
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Three Years of Solitude
Suad Aldarra’s commission for the 2021 Cúirt International Festival of Literature, part of the PEN x Common Currency residency.
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Those Riding Shotgun
Nadine Anne Hura (Ngāti Hine, Ngāpuhi) on climate, making time, and making people listen.
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Editorial: Pasifika Voices
Our editorial on forthcoming work in PEN Transmissions.
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