It is said after the vomiting comes the visions. I wasn’t seeing anything yet.

Gastón Acurio is not a genius or a vanguardist or a great maestro of world cuisine.

“Every time someone goes to the USA, they die.

Rendered into some fifty languages, El Quijote is one of the most translated novels in history.

GO what: “Translation in the Margins” Symposiumwhen: Saturday, October 3, 10:30am-7:30pmwhere: Free Word Lecture Theatre, 60 Farringdon Road, London EC1R 3GAmore info: http://ow.ly/RA0Pe SUBMIT what:…

Our “Translator Relay” series features a new interview each month. This month's translator will choose the next interviewee, adding a different, sixth question. For August's installment, Allison…

This year's FLIP (Festa Literária Internacional de Paraty, or Paraty International Literary Fest) had a certain desolate feeling for me at times. Maybe it was the weather, cloudy with intermittent…

The problem with pain is that it hurts.No one summoned me, a young Argentinian, to war; nor was I a freelancer at the time, invited to take part: I simply made up my mind one day. Or maybe it took two…

GOwhat: Benjamin Moser will be joined by writer Porochista Kakpour. when: Thursday, August 27, 7pmwhere: Word Books, 126 Franklin St., Brooklyn.more info: http://ow.ly/QXRLVSUBMITwhat: Gulf…

Translating Mona Sylviana’s story collection, “A Tale of Redemption and Other Stories,” has been something of a change of pace for me. Indonesian literature is often steeped in the exotic…

Having cleaned his armor and made a full helmet out of a simple headpiece, and having given a name to his horse and decided on one for himself, he realized that the only thing left for him to do was to…

Special Series/ Singapore 2015If 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…

Special Series/ Singapore 2015If 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…

SUBMITwhat: Gulf Coast Magazine's Prize in Translation (this year's contest is open to prose, both fiction and non-fiction).submission deadline: August 31, 2015more info: http://ow.ly/OkevWwhat: Asymptote's…

Translated from Spanish by Andrea RosenbergI’ve sent the newspaper my photos of the Hiroshima survivors I’ve interviewed for the sixtieth anniversary of the nuclear attack. In the newsroom,…

Ezio Neyra: Tell me about the origin of the anthology Cuba in Splinters.Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo: Cuba in Splinters is the portable homeland that I brought from Cuba. It´s a literary miracle…

In October of this year, Indonesia will make its appearance as the guest of honor at the Frankfurt Book Fair—the first country from Southeast Asia to be so honored.

Special Series/ Singapore 2015If 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…

Words without Borders is saddened to learn of the loss of distinguished editor, translator, and 2014 Ottaway Award winner Carol Brown Janeway, who passed away the morning of August 3.“As both…

SUBMITwhat: Gulf Coast Magazine's Prize in Translation (this year's contest is open to prose, both fiction and non-fiction).submission deadline: August 31, 2015more info: http://ow.ly/OkevW what:…

When I was still in primary school, most of my time was spent up in that wild cherry tree.

Poetry is a pen that is dreaming.

But what caught most of his attention was the man’s wings.

. . . the letters are reluctant to sound out / voices i knew / voices i memorized

How could anyone survive on a primary teacher’s pension?

So you're hiding a communist, are you?

These days, we have Tibetan writers writing poetry, essays, short stories, and novels in Tibetan, English, and Chinese.

It seemed to them as if the Chairman were sharing with them a playful and secret sign.

I will find a way to get this letter safely to your hands, although it may take a long time.

Tsering the Wandering Minstrel traveled the road in search of a dream.