Revisiting the “Summer of Spanish-Language Women Writers”
As part of Women in Translation Month鈥攁nd to shine a spotlight on some of our best Two Month Review seasons鈥擨 thought I would repost information about a few relevant TMR seasons that might be of interest. Today, we're going to revisit a wild TMR season in which we featured three books originally written in Spanish, all ...
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TMR 12.11 鈥淭he Book of Anna鈥 [THE BOOK OF ANNA]
Translator and Words Without Borders co-founder Samantha Schnee joined Chad and Brian this week to talk about Anna's "opium-fueled" fairy tale that was referenced in passing in聽Anna Karenina, and a centerpiece of Boullosa's "sequel." A lively conversation about language, various Tolstoy translations, the book's origin, ways ...
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TMR 12.9 鈥淏loody Sunday鈥 [THE BOOK OF ANNA]
This week's episode is one of the more political ones to date, as Chad and Brian talk about Russia's "Bloody Sunday," comparing the Tsar's actions to Trump and what's going on in Portland. (They also sigh loudly over his most recent attempt to stoke racial and class anger.) They talk about the pacing and balance between these ...
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