September 18, 2025

Ambassador John Maresca and Ida Manton on the War in Ukraine

John Maresca and Ida Manton argue Putin must be defeated militarily before diplomacy, urging sustained Western support for Ukraine’s independence.

September 16, 2025

Breaking the Hinge

How I Learned to Own My Role in Translation

Liz Evans Weber

Liz Evans Weber reflects on her translation journey, evolving from rigid academic brackets to confident literary translator.

September 11, 2025

Stephan Kieninger on Securing Peace in Europe

Stephan Kieninger explains how his book, Securing Peace in Europe, contradicts Putin’s claims that the West excluded Russia after the Cold War.

September 9, 2025

Darryl Sterk on Translating Syaman Rapongan’s Eyes of the Ocean

Translator Darryl Sterk reflects on the linguistic and cultural challenges of translating Syaman Rapongan’s Eyes of the Ocean into English.

September 4, 2025

Johnny Lorenz on Translating Edimilson de Almeida Pereira’s The Front

Translator Johnny Lorenz explores Brazilian novel The Front—where language becomes weapon & resistance through an unnamed narrator.

September 2, 2025

Christopher Peacock on Tsering Döndrup’s The Red Wind Howls

Translator Christopher Peacock discusses this work’s place within the broader context of modern Tibetan literature and Tsering Döndrup’s research methodology.

August 26, 2025

Bénédicte Sère and Caroline Wazer in Conversation About Inventing the Church

Translator Caroline Wazer and author Bénédicte Sère talk about the origins of Inventing the Church & the complexities of translating terms from Church history.

August 22, 2025

Why AI Could Not Have Written Overdetermined

Ragini Tharoor Srinivasan

Ragini Tharoor Srinivasan argues teaching-based literary criticism is uniquely human work that AI cannot replicate, making classroom experience irreplaceable.

August 21, 2025

Bruce Hoffman and Jacob Ware on God, Guns, and Sedition

Bruce Hoffman and Jacob Ware, coauthors of God, Guns, and Sedition, offer insight into far-right terrorism and it’s threat to U.S. national security.

August 19, 2025

Vivian Arimany on Translating Juliana Rozo’s Archaeology of a Swan

Vivian Arimany reflects on translating Juliana Rozo’s Archaeology of a Swan, a work blending poetry, visual art by Hilma af Klint, and Colombian memories.

August 14, 2025

Lauren Taylor on Narrative Therapy with Older Adults

Lauren Taylor discusses the benefits of narrative therapy in different cultures, in research, and in the field.

August 12, 2025

Lizdanelly López Chiclana in Conversation with Alexander José Aponte About Translating Adrift

Lizdanelly López Chiclana explains what it meant to take on Adrift, how her background shaped her reading, and what she learned through the act of translation.