Ahead of the Frankfurter Buchmesse’s Guest of Honor Norway programming, ‘Words Without Borders’ offers a layered, contemporary take on Norwegian literature.
Words Without Borders’ 2019 Ottaway Award: Edith Grossman
For ‘recognizing the indispensable role of translators in the literary world,’ Words Without Borders will give Edith Grossman its highest honor next month.
Words Without Borders August: ‘We Are Not English’ in Wales
‘We are operating on cross-cultural terms,’ writes Words Without Borders contributor Casi Dylan in this focus on new writings from Wales.
Words Without Borders June: ‘The Queer I’ in Early Summer
‘Words Without Borders’ brings together translations from Korean, Chinese, Icelandic, French, and more, all on topics relative to sexuality and identity.
BookExpo 2019 Opens: Much Programming, Immediate Seating Available
The APA’s audiobook conference drew big crowds on BookExpo’s opening day, with other compelling discussions on storytelling, rights, and translation drawing modest audiences.
Words Without Borders May: New Omani Writings and Translating ‘Unsettlement’
Guest curators at ‘Words Without Borders’ this month offer ‘unsettlement’ as ways ‘of reconsidering what we think we know, whether about Oman, our own countries, or the uses of literature.’
Words Without Borders April: To Read ‘Within a Tradition’
For this month’s edition of ‘Words Without Borders,’ guest editor Lina Meruane gives us a framework for Chilean work, editor Eric Becker talks process.
Words Without Borders March: ‘How Political Borders Shift’
Taking as a starting point the protest over right-wing exhibitors at the 2017 Göteborg Book Fair, ‘Words Without Borders’ March issue focuses on politics, stereotypes, and identity in Swedish and Finnish writing.
Words Without Borders February: Graphic Conflict
Coinciding with the Angoulême International Comics Festival, Words Without Borders’ latest issues explores graphic novels and nonfiction in translation.
Words Without Borders January: Enter Laughing
Just try to get into this year without slipping on a banana peel. ‘Words Without Borders’ this month helps you pick yourself up off the floor, with international humor.