• Literature in Translation, Part II

  • Jun 16 2020
  • Length: 49 mins
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Literature in Translation, Part II

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  • Mary Kay and Louise talk about important things like, what’s going on in the literary world right now? What are some newly translated books? And, what are you reading now? This episode is sponsored by The Secret Women from Amistad Books, TBR: Tailored Book Recommendations, Book Riot’s personalized reading recommendation service, which now has gifting!, and the Books and Boba podcast. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. BOOKS AND TEXTS DISCUSSED: Book workers are striking today in a day of solidarity against racist violence and discrimination. A list of online Black owned bookstores to support. The LAMBDA awards are out! Little Blue Encyclopedia (for Vivian) by Hazel Jane Plante which was the winner of the Trans category. Metonymy Press Fracture by Andrés Neuman, translated from the Spanish by Nick Caistor and Lorenza Garcia Magnetized by Carlos Busqued translated by Samuel Rutter The Cage by Alberts Bels https://bookriot.com/2019/10/21/latvian-embassy-little-free-library/ Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera Hadriana in All My Dreams by Renee Depestre, translated by Kaima L. Glover Celestial Bodies by Joka Alharthi, translated by Marilyn Booth Pillars of Salt by Fadia Faqir [edit: this book was not translated from its original Arabic into English, but rather published simultaneously in Arabic and English] Woman at Point Zero by Nawal el Saadawi 50 Must Read Books by women in translation The Garden of Monsters by  Lorenza Pieri, translated by Liesl Schillinger Coram Boy by Jamila Gavin YOU CAN FIND YOUR HOSTS HERE: Louise @ www.didyoueverstoptothink.com and @chaletfan on Twitter. Mary Kay @ www.marykaymcbrayer.com, Twitter at @mkmcbrayer, and Instagram at @marykaymcbrayer. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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