Category: Literature

Fatphobia and Fairytales

Fatphobia and Fairytales

Seayoung Yim— “If you just lost A LOT of weight and got plastic surgery, you could become Miss Korea!” Miss Korea, oh, Miss Korea—the promise of a thin beauty ideal… READ MORE

A Tribute to Edith Grossman

A Tribute to Edith Grossman

John Donatich— When Edie published her book Why Translation Matters with Yale, I remember talking with her about why, of all the interpretive arts, translation had to defend itself against the insensitive… READ MORE

Women in Translation Month Reading List 2023

Women in Translation Month Reading List 2023

Women In Translation seeks to rectify the prevalent gender disparity in non-English language literature. Celebrate Women in Translation Month 2023 with a range of titles from The Margellos World Republic… READ MORE

Into the World’s Greatest Heart

Into the World’s Greatest Heart

Timothy F. Jackson— Introduction These letters represent Edna St. Vincent Millay’s written correspondence from 1900, when she was eight, until 1950, the last year of her life. Readers of these… READ MORE

Our Spectres Round Us Night and Day

Our Spectres Round Us Night and Day

Mark Edmundson— Is it possible for entire societies to grow ill? Can a large population become mentally unstable? William Blake thought so.  Blake, the first major English Romantic poet, diagnosed… READ MORE

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