Essay by Patricia Dubrava
Many of the best translators know the language of the original well, but I share an advantage with all the best: I’m a writer, too.
Authors
Why I Love Translating
Oct 12, 2022
It All Comes Back to Joan Didion
Dec 26, 2021
Memorial Essay by Martha Nichols
I miss her already, that’s the thing. I’ve been expecting to miss her for a long time.
Your Baby's Ugly
May 17, 2021
Essay by Joan Frank
People bring unknowable baggage to their readings—and to the author herself.
Remembering Michael Steinberg (1940–2019)
Dec 19, 2019
Essay by Martha Nichols
He loved self-reflection—the way memory, personal changes over time, and reality can come together to conjure a place far beyond documentation.
Ben Purkert: Sinister, Brutal, and Honest
Dec 03, 2018
TW Interview by David Cameron
Whoever is holding the book is the beloved in some sense.
Reading Proust at the Gym
Nov 19, 2018
Essay by Steven Lewis
Swann’s Way was simply impassable. Even Proust said so.
My Favorite Misfit: Ursula K. Le Guin
Apr 30, 2018
Essay by Martha Nichols
Rather than walking the road back to my teenage obsession with science fiction, I’ve realized what I owe her as a journalist and teacher.
That Kind of Book
Jan 29, 2018
Essay by Steven Wingate
Burying my religion to sell a novel? That’s bad faith—or no faith at all.
Can a Woman Make a Joke?
Feb 06, 2017
TW Column by Emily Toth
Women are more apt to tell drawn-out stories, with caresses and tweaks.
My Postcards to a Dead Author
Dec 14, 2016
Essay by Kelcey Parker Ervick
I was the biographer of one woman, but I was also writing my own life.
