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Tobias Carroll recommends new and forthcoming works in translation from Cuba, Rwanda, China, Austria, Japan, and Argentina. ...read more

Rivka Galchen recommends her favorite children’s books in translation, from picture books to books for older kids. ...read more

“The wall / is empty. / Only a shadow can be seen / a long and dark shadow. It means / that there’s still light.” ...read more

“In Paris, something devours the time. Maybe it’s the metro cars. Maybe it’s the constant walking around the city. Or that dog that’s always hungry.” ...read more

“Translation itself, the transformation of ideas and words, whereby self and the other merge into one, can be a form of Taoist practice.” ...read more

“In an age of renewed attention to essays and autofiction alike, what can be learned from that place where the Oulipo converges with nonfiction?” ...read more

“His work raises fascinating questions about what home and place mean for writers like him, including how to navigate and contextualize the multiple languages and overlapping cultures of his ...read more

“It certainly feels true that all roads lead to Rome and, to that end, Rome is forever a city of outsiders. In one fashion or another, it absorbs us all. But those same famous roads, built ...read more

Tobias Carroll shares a handful of recently released or forthcoming titles in translation that he’s especially excited about. ...read more

“To become an individual, alienation is necessary.” ...read more