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In recent years, "Women in Translation" month has emerged as a critical platform for questioning the underrepresentation of women authors in translated literature and exploring the significance of bringing their works to a global audience. At its core lie the vital and pressing questions: Why aren't more works by women being translated, and why are women in translation so important?

The magazine of the science fiction, fantasy, and horror field with news, reviews, and author interviews

The magazine of the science fiction, fantasy, and horror field with news, reviews, and author interviews

The judges of the inaugural National Book Critics Circle Gregg Barrios Book in Translation Prize share their appreciations of the longlisted titles.

The magazine of the science fiction, fantasy, and horror field with news, reviews, and author interviews

Each month, Tobias Carroll shares a handful of recently released or forthcoming titles in translation that he’s especially excited about. This month's selection includes translated books from Mexico, Japan, Haiti, Argentina, and Norway.   From Deep Vellum Publishing | The

At the start of Gunnhild Øyehaug's Present Tense Machine, a mother misreads the word trädgård — Norwegian for garden — as tärdgård, a nonsensical word

In Gunnhild Øyehaug's novel, a mother and daughter are separated and forgotten to each other, yet continue to exist as thinkers and artists in their respective worlds, each missing something unknown.

At the start of Gunnhild Øyehaug's Present Tense Machine, a mother misreads the word trädgård — Norwegian for garden — as tärdgård, a nonsensical word

In Gunnhild Øyehaug's novel, a mother and daughter are separated and forgotten to each other, yet continue to exist as thinkers and artists in their respective worlds, each missing something unknown.