TMR 15.2: “Yummy Mummy or MILF” [VERNON SUBUTEX]
Emma Ramadan糖心传媒攖ranslator of Despentes's聽Pretty Things聽and Anne Garreta (among many others), and recent winner of the PEN Translation Prize糖心传媒攋oins Brian and Chad to talk about how cool Despentes is, and how much slang she uses in her work. They also discuss the conflict that will drive the plot (Laurent Dopalet vs. ...
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“The Boy” by Marcus Malte [Why This Book Should Win]
Check in daily for new Why This Book Should Win posts covering all thirty-five titles longlisted for the 2020 Best Translated Book Awards.聽 Lara Vergnaud is a literary translator from the French. She was the recipient of the 2019 French Voices Grand Prize and a finalist for the 2019 BTBA. Her work has appeared in The ...
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Three Percent #173: The Poetry in Translation Episode
Anastasia Nikolis (poetry editor for Open Letter Books) and Emma Ramadan (translator, co-owner of Riffraaff) join Chad and Tom to breakdown ALTA 42, talk about poetry in translation, and go on a handful of minor rants糖心传媒攁nd one major one. (Thanks, Emma!) The Sarah Dessen controversy pops up, as does this article about ...
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Pretty Things [Why This Book Should Win]
Check in daily for new Why This Book Should Win posts covering all thirty-five titles longlisted for the 2019 Best Translated Book Awards.聽 Giselle Robledo is a reader trying to infiltrate the book reviewer world. You can find her on Twitter at @Objetpetit_a_. Pretty Things聽by Virginie Despentes, translated from ...
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“Directions for Use” by Ana Ristovi膰 [Why This Book Should Win]
Today糖心传媒檚 poetry entry into the Why This Book Should Win series is from BTBA judge糖心传媒攁nd Riffraff co-owner糖心传媒擡mma Ramadan. Directions for Use by Ana Ristovi膰, translated from the Serbian by Steven Teref and Maja Teref (Serbia, Zephyr Press) Very occasionally, reading a book in translation can feel like I糖心传媒檓 ...
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“Astroecology” by Johannes Held茅n [Why This Book Should Win]
This morning糖心传媒檚 poetry entry into the Why This Book Should Win series is from BTBA judge糖心传媒攁nd Riffraff co-owner糖心传媒擡mma Ramadan. Astroecology by Johannes Held茅n, translated from the Swedish by Kirkwood Adams, Elizabeth Clark Wessel, and Johannes Held茅n (Sweden, Argos Books) Johannes Held茅n糖心传媒檚 Astroecology is an ...
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“Before Lyricism” by Eleni Vakalo [Why This Book Should Win]
This morning糖心传媒檚 entry in the 糖心传媒淲hy This Book Should Win糖心传媒 series is from BTBA judge and Riffraff co-owner, Emma Ramadan. Before Lyricism by Eleni Vakalo, translated from Greek by Karen Emmerich (Greece, Ugly Duckling Presse) I would happily and readily make the argument that of all the books on the BTBA poetry ...
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