Almost no one cares for the wounds of others.

Our knees were trusting doves; the ribbons in our hair, delicious bait.

Everything—including life— / ends when the hands give up.

Though food may fail to broker communication, this is often one of its major supposed roles.

It hadn’t been a gastronomic experience so much as an obstacle course.

The asado and political violence are linked in Argentina.

Israeli cuisine is a mystery, a black hole, a utopia.

Whereas shelter and safety must come first, the question of food is so fundamental.

The most astonishing thing about these men was their ability to eyeball measurements.

I had never before paid so much attention to the act of eating.

I have always thought it a gastronomical barbarity to eat bacalao fresh.

Day in and day out, so many personal habits can drive us crazy.

Yan Lianke and his translator Carlos Rojas were longlisted for the 2017 Man Booker International Prize for The Explosion Chronicles. Words Without Borders (WWB):Tell us about how you became…

Carlos Rojas was longlisted for the 2017 Man Booker International Prize for his translation of Yan Lianke’s The Explosion Chronicles. Words Without Borders (WWB): What drew you to the work…

Charlotte Mandell is shortlisted for the 2017 Man Booker International Prize for her translation of Mathias Enard’s Compass.Words Without Borders (WWB): What drew you to the work of your writer?Charlotte…

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Helen Stevenson was longlisted for the 2017 Man Booker International Prize for her translation of Alain Manbanckou’s Black Moses.Words Without Borders (WWB): What drew you to the work…

David McKay was longlisted for the 2017 Man Booker International Prize for his translation of Stefan Hertman’s War and Turpentine.Words Without Borders (WWB): What drew you to the…

Stefan Hertmans and his translator David McKay were longlisted for the 2017 Man Booker International Prize for War and Turpentine. Words Without Borders (WWB):Tell us about how you became a…

Don Bartlett and Don Shaw are shortlisted for the 2017 Man Booker International Prize for their translation of Roy Jacobsen’s The Unseen.Words Without Borders (WWB): What drew you to the…

Eight writers recommend classics and modern classics from Vietnam and the diaspora that touch on colonization, wars, and life after war—all told through the Vietnamese kaleidoscope.Vietnam’s…

Every time she visited, she felt a crushing weariness, as though her entire life were caving in on her.

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María Cristina Hall’s translation of Peg Puig’s “My Uncle” appears in the April 2017 issue: You Will Not Be Born Again: Catalan Literature Now.I usually write and translate…

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No city ever looks so weary at dawn, at the very beginning of the day, as Mumbai.

There must be a new formalism, invention.—William Carlos Williams to Nicolas Calas (1940)Translation for William Carlos Williams was an especially rewarding way to experiment with poetics. He translated…

Dorthe Nors and her translator Misha Hoekstra are shortlisted for the 2017 Man Booker International Prize for Mirror, Shoulder, Signal. Words Without Borders (WWB): Tell us about how you…

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Katy Derbyshire was longlisted for the 2017 Man Booker International Prize for her translation of Clemens Meyer’s Bricks and Mortar.Words Without Borders (WWB): What drew you…