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CAT’s online journal is a space for reflections on literary translation, news from the Center for the Art of Translation, discussions about language and craft, curated reading lists, and features celebrating translators and community members who bring global voices to new audiences.

Heart
Poetry | Nov 13, 2023
Heart
By Dana Ranga

to make it easier for my heart, to pump up all the words that couldn’t be said

From Kabul to Baghdad to Damascus | The Avenue of Dolphins
Poetry | Nov 6, 2023
From Kabul to Baghdad to Damascus | The Avenue of Dolphins
By Mujib Mehrdad
charles VI, called the insane, puts himself to bed | next door the barbarians | north
Poetry | Oct 23, 2023
charles VI, called the insane, puts himself to bed | next door the barbarians | north
By Jan Wagner
The Mummy | “I feel as though it isn’t me who lives…”
Poetry | Oct 11, 2023
The Mummy | “I feel as though it isn’t me who lives…”
By Vasyl Stus
Nicotine | Vacuum | Seven Train Poems
Poetry | Oct 3, 2023
Nicotine | Vacuum | Seven Train Poems
By Mangalesh Dabral
The Cow | Symphony | Selah
Poetry | Sep 18, 2023
The Cow | Symphony | Selah
By Marjun Syderbø Kjelnæs
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Poetry | Sep 11, 2023
Burning Tires January 15 | Biography Journalism
By Afrizal Malna
Pine Garden | Waste Land
Poetry | May 15, 2023
Pine Garden | Waste Land
By Mimi Hachikai
Exfancy | The Bend | Can We Escape Old Age with Our Lives?
Poetry | May 1, 2023
Exfancy | The Bend | Can We Escape Old Age with Our Lives?
By Valerio Magrelli
To My Dead | Third Day Unceasingly
Poetry | Apr 24, 2023
To My Dead | Third Day Unceasingly
By Gábor Schein
Boyhood | The Scratch
Poetry | Apr 10, 2023
Boyhood | The Scratch
By Yuliya Musakovska
Hurricane | “Leaving the subway…” | Landscape with Polyphemus
Poetry | Apr 3, 2023
Hurricane | “Leaving the subway…” | Landscape with Polyphemus
By Tomas Venclova
January 10, 2021 | January 11, 2021
Poetry | Mar 20, 2023
January 10, 2021 | January 11, 2021
By Wago Ryoichi
Electrocardiogram | Finger in the Operating Room
Poetry | Mar 13, 2023
Electrocardiogram | Finger in the Operating Room
Thoughts of the Abandoned
Poetry | Nov 7, 2022
Thoughts of the Abandoned
By Wago Ryoichi
A Dreamer | From Yellow to Red
Poetry | Oct 17, 2022
A Dreamer | From Yellow to Red
By Sin Yong-Mok
Midnight Burial | Small Town | Barcarole | House at the Village’s End
Poetry | Sep 19, 2022
Midnight Burial | Small Town | Barcarole | House at the Village’s End
By Ágnes Gergely
Virginity | Betrayal
Poetry | May 3, 2022
Virginity | Betrayal
By Zuzanna Ginczanka
from Eilífðarnón
Poetry | Apr 12, 2022
from Eilífðarnón
By Ásta Fanney Sigurðardóttir
“They were singing a folk song…” | “And had you asked me how it feels—” | “Not long is left until a kiss and the spring…” | “When they dragged him out of the school yard…”
Poetry | Mar 15, 2022
“They were singing a folk song…” | “And had you asked me how it feels—” | “Not long is left until a kiss and the spring…” | “When they dragged him out of the school yard…”
By Kateryna Kalytko
from Pee Poems
Poetry | Mar 8, 2022
from Pee Poems
By Lao Yang
Ambiguous Departure | Moses | Aubrac
Poetry | Dec 6, 2021
Ambiguous Departure | Moses | Aubrac
By Julien Gracq
In the Land of Ancestors | On the Other Side of Resistance
Poetry | Nov 29, 2021
In the Land of Ancestors | On the Other Side of Resistance
By Mohammad-Ali Sepanlou
“let’s gather words for a house…” | “papa…”
Poetry | Nov 8, 2021
“let’s gather words for a house…” | “papa…”
By Dmitry Strotsev
Only a Shape | Becoming
Poetry | Oct 25, 2021
Only a Shape | Becoming
By Mangesh Narayanrao Kale