August was Women in Translation Month (#WITMonth) and LARB featured a number of pieces celebrating women writers in translation and women translators. Of course, our commitment to promoting writing by women, as well as work in translation, is constant — so you can expect to see more of the same in September, October, and all the months to come. — LARB Editorial
The Monthly Digest: September 2018
Messy Human Beings: On “In the Distance with You”
"In the Distance with You" has all the twists and turns of a long-running daytime soap. What ultimately carries it isn’t the plot, but the characters.
Two Mirrors: On Leonid Yuzefovich’s “Horsemen of the Sands”
Yelena Furman rides along with “Horsemen of the Sands” by Leonid Yuzefovich, translated from the Russian by Marian Schwartz.
I Never Got the Knack of Fidelity: On Gabriela Wiener’s “Crónicas”
Lisa Fetchko reviews Gabriela Wiener's "Sexographies."
Gendered “Revenge” in Emma Ramadan’s Reworking of Brice Matthieussent’s Meta-Novel
Arshy Azizi thinks Emma Ramadan’s translation of Brice Matthieussent’s “Revenge of the Translator” constitutes a radical act of subversion.
The Words That Don’t Kill: Interview with Tetiana Savchynska
Yuliya Komska interviews Tetiana Savchynska, the Ukrainian translator of Kazuo Ishiguro and John Le Carré, about the language in war and literature.
Revolt and Revulsion in Margarita García Robayo’s “Fish Soup”
Margarita García Robayo’s prose is concise and startling, her voice versatile and capable of packing a serious punch.
Revisions of Resistance in Beatriz Bracher’s “I Didn’t Talk”
Bracher’s slim, dense novel lingers in the eddies of personal memory and historical reckoning.
Homer for Scalawags: Emily Wilson’s “Odyssey”
Richard H. Armstrong journeys through Emily Wilson’s new translation of Homer’s “Odyssey.”
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