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Minna Proctor, author of Landslide and editor of The Literary Review, discusses her translation of Natalia Ginzburg’s Happiness, as Such with writer and critic Ismail Muhammad.
Poetry Inside Out
Poetry Inside Out is a collaborative language arts curriculum that celebrates classroom diversity, builds literacy skills, improves critical thinking, and unlocks creativity by teaching students to translate great poetry from around the world. By practicing the art of translation, students become familiar with the building blocks of language and the full range of expression available to them as readers, writers, speakers, thinkers, and world citizens.
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Duanwad Pimwana reads at the Seattle Art Museum May 2 and appears with translator Mui Poopoksakul at the Bay Area Book Festival May 4.
April 26, 2019 -
It’s that time of year again, when we get to show some extra love to our independent bookstore partners! Independent Bookstore Day is this Saturday, April 27, with great literary goodies and fun activities. It’s an all-day party to celebrate the independent bookstores in our communities.
April 24, 2019 -
In her essay from Two Lines 30: The Future of Translation, Bonnie Chau asks “whose English” we translate into and who is our ideal reader in this nation of immigrants.
April 25, 2019
One of them was called Mandelbaum (almond tree) and the other Birnbaum (pear tree). Somewhere in the smoke-filled room there was also a Kirschbaum (cherry tree) and an Apfelbaum (apple tree). A veritable orchard in the fumes of alcohol, the reek of beer and belching!