The National Book Award Interviews: Maria Stepanova and Sasha Dugdale
Can the two of you talk about how this book came into the world—first, the germ in the original language, and then the translation? Maria Stepanova (MS): I like the term—if I am not mistaken, this...
View ArticleThe National Book Award Interviews: Karim Kattan and Jeffrey Zuckerman
Can the two of you talk about how this book came into the world—first, the germ in the original language, and then the translation? Karim Kattan (KK): Eden had many beginnings. I find it tricky to...
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Introducing WWB’s Finance and Operations Manager, Alicia Lim
What drew you to Words Without Borders (and literature in translation more generally)? I was aware of Words Without Borders for years, and then more recently during my time working at Feminist Press,...
View ArticleThe City and the Writer: In Jakarta with Khairani Barokka
If each city is like a game of chess, the day when I have learned the rules, I shall finally possess my empire, even if I shall never succeed in knowing all the cities it contains. —Italo Calvino,...
View ArticleThe End of Nuclear Literature: An Interview with Erika Kobayashi
In 1945, on August 6 and August 9, the USA dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities Hiroshima and Nagasaki, changing the regions forever. Eighty-one years later, we speak to Erika Kobayashi, whose...
View Article“Shouting at a Low Volume”: A Conversation with E. M. Palitha Edirisooriya
E. M. Palitha Edirisooriya’s collection of poems, මාවතේ ත්රීවීල් ජීවිතේ (Life on Three Wheels), is a genre-bending work in which the author gathers his lived experiences and reflections as a...
View ArticleThe City and the Writer: In Dubai with Danabelle Gutierrez
If each city is like a game of chess, the day when I have learned the rules, I shall finally possess my empire, even if I shall never succeed in knowing all the cities it contains....
View ArticleThe City and the Writer: In Ibadan with Adedayo Agarau
If each city is like a game of chess, the day when I have learned the rules, I shall finally possess my empire, even if I shall never succeed in knowing all the cities it contains. —Italo Calvino,...
View ArticleThe City and the Writer: In al-Kabri with Mai Serhan
If each city is like a game of chess, the day when I have learned the rules, I shall finally possess my empire, even if I shall never succeed in knowing all the cities it contains. —Italo Calvino,...
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A State of Transparent Nakedness: An Interview with Kim Hyesoon and Jack...
Sohini Basak (SB): You started your “Lady No” project in 2014, publishing anonymous blogs for eight months on the platform of a major Korean publisher, Munhakdongne. Back then, when you approached the...
View ArticleIntroducing WWB’s 2025–26 Editorial Fellow, Alex Tan
What drew you to Words Without Borders (and literature in translation more generally)? What is your personal relationship to language and translation? A formative memory for me is visiting China as a...
View ArticleIntroducing WWB’s Social Media Coordinator, Molly Ripatti
What drew you to Words Without Borders (and literature in translation more generally)? What is your personal relationship to language and translation? I grew up in a bilingual household and was...
View ArticleIntroducing WWB’s 2025–26 Education Fellow, Emma Deshpande
What drew you to Words Without Borders (and literature in translation more generally)? What is your personal relationship to language and translation? I’ve admired Words Without Borders’ publications...
View ArticleThe National Book Award Interviews: Mohamed Kheir and Robin Moger
Can the two of you talk about how Sleep Phase came into the world—first, the germ in the original language, and then the translation? Mohamed Kheir (MK): The idea for this book struck me suddenly as I...
View ArticleThe National Book Award Interviews: Solvej Balle, Sophia Hersi Smith, and...
Can the three of you talk about how On the Calculation of Volume (Book III) came into the world? Solvej Balle (SB): I got the idea for the book in 1987, and the inspiration behind it must have been a...
View ArticleThe National Book Award Interviews: Gabriela Cabezón Cámara and Robin Myers
Can the two of you talk about how We Are Green and Trembling came into the world—first, the germ in the original language, and then the translation? Gabriela Cabezón Cámara (GCC): My previous novel,...
View ArticleThe National Book Award Interviews: Neige Sinno and Natasha Lehrer
Can the two of you talk about how Sad Tiger came into the world—first, the germ in the original language, and then the translation? Neige Sinno (NS): I suppose this book had been waiting in me for a...
View ArticleThe National Book Award Interviews: Jazmina Barrera and Christina MacSweeney
Can the two of you talk about how The Queen of Swords came into the world—first, the germ in the original language, and then the translation? Jazmina Barrera (JB): This book was a happy accident for...
View ArticleThe National Book Award Interviews: Polly Barton
Can you talk about how your translation of Hunchback came into the world? Polly Barton (PB): I was approached by the UK publisher, who’d already acquired the book, about the possibility of translating...
View Article“Swimming in an Ocean the Same Temperature as Your Blood”: A Conversation...
I Will Not Go (Kaya Press, 2024), edited by poet and translator Rajiv Mohabir, is a bold new anthology of poems that respond to influential Indo-Caribbean music. In the mid-twentieth century, a new...
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