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Silenced Without Proof: On Soft Censorship
"Since I can’t be the only cultural producer to fail to name the mechanism of their own silencing in the moment, this sets up an interesting possibility: that the… More
David Draper Clark
David Draper Clark is former editor in chief of World Literature Today, where he worked for nearly three decades. During his tenure there, he helped administer the publication’s major programs: the Neustadt… More
Darkened Screen: Constraints on Foreign Journalists in China
Darkened Screen details how China's government is rewriting the bounds of acceptable coverage for foreign media, constraining the work of foreign journalists and restricting unbiased coverage of the world's most… More
On Translating Miljenko Jergović
Russell Scott Valentino is the recipient of a 2016 PEN/Heim Translation Fund Grant for his translation of Rod by Bosnian-Herzegovinian and Croatian writer Miljenko Jergović. Read an excerpt of the translation… More
Magic and History: On Translating René Despestre
Written while the author was in exile and inspired by childhood memories of the village where he grew up, this classic of the Haitian literary tradition enchants the reader… More
That Which Issues Forth: My Love Affair with Juana I
Ana Arzoumanian's poem cycle, Juana I (Alción Editora, 2006), offers an intimate look at the queen of Castille and Aragon, dubbed mad by her contemporaries for sake of political… More
Economy of Means: On Translating Gemma Gorga
Based on the concept of a medieval book of hours, Gemma Gorga's award-winning collection of poetry, Llibre dels minuts (Book of Minutes) distills the devotional and quotidien aspects of… More
Morocco’s Forgotten History: On Translating Ahmed Bouanani
Les Persiennes, by Ahmed Bouanani, a volume of prose poems that arc across geography, history, and folklore to rescue Moroccan cultural memory, an act of remembering in the face… More
His Craft of Narration: On Translating Geet Chaturvedi
First published in 2008, Geet Chaturvedi's lyrical, award-winning novella, Simsim, was recognized for its groundbreaking contribution to contemporary Hindi fiction. Simsim narrates the clash between two Indias—one old and… More