To close out Women In Translatjon month, we’re thrilled to be joined by poet and translator Robin Myers. We chat about the art of translation and the importance of providing access to and for wide a range of voices. And we each share three translated books written by women that we think you should know about. What did you read this year during #WITMonth?
Shownotes
Books
The Brush, by Eliana Hernández-Pachón, translated by Robin Myers
The Forgery, by Ave Barrera, translated by Robin Myers and Ellen Jones
Restoration, by Ave Barrera, translated by Robin Myers and Ellen Jones
Metamorphoses, by Emanuele Coccia, translated by Robin Mackay
Texas: The Great Theft, by Carmen Boullosa, translated by Samantha Schnee
Invisible Cities, by Italo Calvino, translated by William Weaver
Minor Detail, by Adania Shibli, translated by Elizabeth Jaquette
Lojman, by Ebru Owen, translated by Aron Aji and Selin Gökçesu
Umami, by Laia Jufresa, translated by Sophie Hughes
A Change of Time, by Ida Jensen, translated by Martin Aitken
Ladivine, by Marie Ndiaye, translated by Jordan Stump
Nostalgia Doesn’t Flow Away Like Riverwater, by Irma Pineda, translated by Wendy Call
Paul Celan and the Trans-Tibetan Angel, by Yoko Tawada, translated by Susan Bernofsky
Ti Amo, by Hanne Ørstavik, translated by Martin Aitken
We Are Green and Trembling, by Gabriela Cabezón Cámara, translated by Robin Myers
A Strange Adventure, by Eva Forest, translated by Robin Myers
Sister Deborah, by Scholastique Mukasonga, translated by Mark Polizzotti
Canoes, by Maylis de Kerangal, translated by Jessica Moore
Stay with Me, by Hanne Ørstavik, translated by Martin Aitken
Other Links
Poem Per Diem, Robin Myer’s Substack
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Episode 88: Women in Translation