May 9, 2013

Interview with Susan Bernofsky

“Translation is, in a sense, the slowest possible reading. You’re watching the great writer build a story arc, and you’re watching sentence by sentence how that arc is being shaped. In that sense it slows down your reading and studying...

May 8, 2013

A Culture of Translation — Esther Allen and Susan Bernofsky

“To say of translation—as is so often said—that ‘the original meaning is always lost’ is to deny the history of literature and the ability of any text to be enriched by the new meanings that are engendered as it enters...

May 7, 2013

Haruki Murakami on Translating The Great Gatsby

“To fully grasp its essence, I had to plunge into its heart—then and only then could his writing burst into bloom.”—Haruki Murakami on translating The Great Gatsby In the Translator’s Afterword, Haruki Murakami’s essay in In Translation: Translators on Their...

May 7, 2013

New Book Tuesday: Sloterdijk, Fat, Human Trafficking, Richard Linklater, and More New Titles!

Our weekly list of new titles: Philosophical Temperaments: From Plato to Foucault Peter Sloterdijk The Metamorphoses of Fat: A History of Obesity Georges Vigarello Human Trafficking Around the World: Hidden in Plain Sight Stephanie Hepburn and Rita J. Simon The...

May 6, 2013

Book Giveaway! In Translation: Translators on Their Work and What It Means

This week our featured book is In Translation: Translators on Their Work and What It Means, Edited by Esther Allen and Susan Bernofsky. Throughout the week, we will be featuring the books and their editors on our blog as well...

May 3, 2013

University Press Roundup

Our weekly roundup of the best posts from around the world of academic publishing.

May 3, 2013

David A. Nibert – New Welfarism, Veganism, and Capitalism

Read “New Welfarism, Veganism, and Capitalism,” an excerpt from Animal Oppression and Human Violence, by David A. Nibert.

May 2, 2013

David A. Nibert – A History of Domesecration, Part 2

Read the second of an essay by David A. Nibert, author of Animal Oppression and Human Violence, in which he discusses the pernicious effect the domesecration of animals has on humankind.

May 1, 2013

The World According to Béla Tarr — András Bálint Kovács

The Cinema of Béla Tarr: The Circle Closes, by András Bálint Kovács offers a critical assessment of one of Europe’s most important contemporary directors. As Kovács argues, for both his aesthetic achievements but also his remarkable depiction and understanding of...

May 1, 2013

David A. Nibert – A History of Domesecration, Part 1

Read the first part of an essay by David A. Nibert, author of Animal Oppression and Human Violence, in which he discusses the history of the phenomenon of the oppression of nonhuman animals by humans.

April 30, 2013

Read the Introduction of Animal Oppression and Human Violence

Read the introduction to David A. Nibert’s Animal Oppression and Human Violence.

April 30, 2013

New Book Tuesday: Robin Hood Rules for Smart Giving, Mothers in Academia, and More New Titles!

The following books are now available: The Robin Hood Rules for Smart Giving Michael M. Weinstein and Ralph M. Bradburd Mothers in Academia Edited by Mari Castañeda and Kirsten Isgro Self and Emotional Life: Philosophy, Psychoanalysis, and Neuroscience Adrian Johnston...