Two Lines 19: Passageways

Featuring a portfolio of stories and poetry from Brazil, as well as literature many other places, Passageways presents translation as access. As editor Daniel Hahn writes, translation “allows us passage to all these multifarious things—indeed, any true diversity, any true pluralism, demands it. It is thanks to translation, then, that the pieces in this collection span continents; they cover grand themes and domestic moments, they are lyrical and crisp, weighty and solid and nimble and light, they are also dark, rich, breathless, unsettling, witty, tender and odd. Some are sharp, high-impact; some burn very, very slowly, and you won’t see how reading them is transforming you till it’s too late.”