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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.

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Poetry | Dec 12, 2016
Margins
By Zhai Yongming
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Poetry | Dec 12, 2016
Abandoned House
By Zhai Yongming
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Fiction | Dec 12, 2016
The Dragon
By Hortensia Papadat-Bengescu
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Poetry | Dec 12, 2016
Hell has many mouths…
By Maria Negroni
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Fiction | Dec 12, 2016
Spring
By Liana Badr
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Poetry | Dec 12, 2016
Where fears are plumed like pheasants…
By Maria Negroni
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Poetry | Dec 12, 2016
Sleeping
By Chika Sagawa
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Poetry | Dec 12, 2016
Voices of Summer
By Chika Sagawa
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Poetry | Dec 12, 2016
Sugar Is Dissolving
By Jirí Orten
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Poetry | Dec 12, 2016
This Is a Glorious Tale
By Jirí Orten
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Poetry | Dec 12, 2016
The Pocket Radio
By Kirmen Uribe
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Poetry | Dec 12, 2016
Poem in the Manner of Karacaoğlan
By Melih Cevdet Anday
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Nonfiction | Dec 12, 2016
“There’s no place on it / that does not see you”—An essay on two of Rilke’s most beloved—and oft translated poems
By John Felstiner
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Poetry | Dec 12, 2016
Wolves, Also
By Ghassan Zaqtan
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Poetry | Dec 12, 2016
Fire, We Say
By Anna Szabó
Tell Us Your Tryst! #tweetyourtryst
Article | Nov 13, 2016
Tell Us Your Tryst! #tweetyourtryst
Salon Preview: “I exist, / rebel”: In Praise of Defeat by Abdellatif Laâbi, translated by Donald Nicholson-Smith
Article | Nov 1, 2016
Salon Preview: “I exist, / rebel”: In Praise of Defeat by Abdellatif Laâbi, translated by Donald Nicholson-Smith
The Summer of Bolaño: Q&A with Mark Haber of Brazos Books
Interviews | Oct 31, 2016
The Summer of Bolaño: Q&A with Mark Haber of Brazos Books
By Sarah Coolidge
One French Philosopher’s Obsession with Stones
Article | Oct 24, 2016
One French Philosopher’s Obsession with Stones
By Emily Wolahan
5 Ways of Looking at Lidija Dimkovska
Article | Oct 18, 2016
5 Ways of Looking at Lidija Dimkovska
Nine Writers from Lesser-Known Languages That You Should Check Out
Article | Oct 10, 2016
Nine Writers from Lesser-Known Languages That You Should Check Out
By Sarah Coolidge
Two Lines Spotlight: “Contagion” by Balla
Article | Sep 28, 2016
Two Lines Spotlight: “Contagion” by Balla
By Emma Ramadan
The 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature Roundtable
Article | Sep 25, 2016
The 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature Roundtable
By Veronica Esposito
How Vila-Matas Got to the Garret
Article | Sep 18, 2016
How Vila-Matas Got to the Garret
By Veronica Esposito