WWB Daily

“even my hands that greeted you / forget they are a pair” ...read more

“My experiences there both revealed new dimensions of humanity and confirmed what I had always known.” ...read more

"As I've grown as a translator . . . I find that I read aloud a little less and try to hear the inner music a bit more." ...read more

“I began thinking about what it would mean to be a translation critic, and whether I wanted to become one.” ...read more

"I can only wonder what Graciliano Ramos would think of a woman translating his tour-de-force of what we today would call 'toxic masculinity'!" ...read more

“I don’t find it useful or necessary to write about the real world the exact moment that strange and terrifying things happen.“ ...read more

“For me, there is no Algeria, only Annaba, where the Barbary coast yawns out.” ...read more

“The rules are the same as always, gentlemen: the most money gets the best prize.” ...read more

“Rubem was generous in every sense of the word.” ...read more

In celebration of World Book Day, eleven indie presses recommend recent or forthcoming books in translation. ...read more