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Arts & Culture, Editor's Pick, Interviews
Rosie Goldsmith on funding cuts, translation, risk-averse programming, and why too many literary festivals still play safe.
Arts & Culture, Books, Feature
IN CONVERSATION WITH ALLISON MARKIN POWELL
A wide-ranging conversation with Allison Markin Powell, translator of Black Box.
The Path of the Ice Wolf
A timely reminder of man’s belittlement before the resounding complexity of the natural world (with Spanish translation)
Rhythm, rapture and revolution: Carmen La Cubana at Sadler’s Wells
Keeping true to the “joyous and noisy” spirit of the people he found when visiting Cuba, Renshaw adds to Bizet’s arias the vibrant and effervescent rhythms of mambo, salsa, rumba ...
The 10 Best Untranslated Spanish Novels
Marta Pérez-Carbonell profiles the best works of Spanish fiction yet to be translated into English.
Opera and Translation: Verdi’s La Traviata at the Tricycle Theatre
Should opera be translated at all? Opera Up Close’s English-language version of La Traviata is currently at the Tricycle – but what it gains in clarity it loses in ...
Digital Subscription, Litro #142: Mexico, Poetry
The Crab’s Back
Tradition, betrayal and pain dance together in this poem.
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The Nest
On the sensitivities and cruel memories of youth.
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The Street Seller’s Song
What can you buy on a street? A song of surprise.
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Every House Learnt How to Burn
A poem/dialogue on possibility and impossibility.
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Constantinople’s Jacket
An ironic and brutal look at corporate life.
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Crab
On fortune, reading, and love of the other.
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Fedra and Other Greeks
An original take on Greek tragedy in this extract from a longer work.
Theatre In Translation: The Night at the Southwark Playhouse
In Spain and Latin America, José Luis Acosta is one of the most acclaimed writer-directors for the screen. In the UK, he’s an unknown. This dramatised reading sought to change ...
Hades’ Ferryman: How a Translator Assists Meaning’s Perilous Journey
Nicola Mira consider’s meaning’s perilous journey, and the role of the translator in ferrying it safely to distant shores.
Book Review: In the Beginning Was the Sea by Tomas Gonzalez
Recently published for the first time in English, Gonzalez’s debut is an evocative and well-crafted novel that touches poignantly on the dilemmas of mental trauma and physical abandonment.
Books in Review: Froth on the Daydream by Boris Vian
A look back at how Boris Vian makes words dance in this jazz age classic.
Book Review: A Philosophy of Walking by Frédéric Gros
A French bestseller newly translated into English, Gros’ reflections on walking are more a dawdle than a march.
Language and Power: Hamlyn by Juan Mayorga at The Space in the Isle of Dogs
Hamlyn, by prominent Spanish playwright Juan Mayorga, is an indictment of a city where corruption seeps like pus. How do you say “plus ça change” in Spanish?
Excerpt from Gabriele D’Annunzio’s Licenza
“An enemy aeroplane appears at the edge of the blue, among the gun bursts. Eyes look up towards the torn sky. You can see the whites, but not the whites ...