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Q&A with Tony K. Stewart, Translator of Needle at the Bottom of the Sea
Mar 14 2023
The Bengali stories in this collection are first and foremost tales of survival. Each story in Needle at the Bottom of the Sea underscores the need for people to work together—not just to overcome the challenges of living in the Sundarban swamps of Bengal, but also to ease hostilities born of social
Q&A with Saglar Bougdaeva, translator of Jangar
Mar 06 2023
This is the first English translation of Jangar, the heroic epic of the Kalmyk nomads, who are the Western Mongols of Genghis Khan’s medieval empire in Europe. Today, Kalmykia is situated in the territory that was once the Golden Horde, founded by the son of Genghis Khan, Juchi. Although their famed
Q&A with Olivia Milburn, translator of Kingdoms in Peril
Mar 19 2022
Olivia Milburn is Professor in the Department of Chinese at Seoul National University. Her previous publications include The Glory of Yue and The Spring and Autumn Annals of Master Yan.One of the great works of Chinese literature, beloved in East Asia but virtually unknown in the West, Kingd
Virtual Q&A with Giancarlo Casale, Editor and Translator of Prisoner of the Infidels
Oct 01 2021
A pioneering work of Ottoman Turkish literature, Prisoner of the Infidels brings the seventeenth-century memoir of Osman Agha of Timişoara—slave, adventurer, and diplomat—into English for the first time. The sweeping story of Osman’s life begins upon his capture and subsequent enslavement during the
How Queer Readings of Premodern Japanese Texts Help Us Redefine Desire
Aug 25 2021
By Reginald Jackson, author of A Proximate Remove: Queering Intimacy and Loss in The Tale of GenjiWhen I first began working on A Proximate Remove, my goal was to write the book about sexuality, spatial representation, and sensation I wish had existed when I first encountered premodern Japanese