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The Translation Issue

Spring 2021 (Volume LXXIV, No. 1)

Comment

The Dead Woman of Sélestat Karl-Markus Gauß

Tess Lewis, trans.

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Translator's note: On Karl-Markus Gauß Tess Lewis

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Essays

Rounds of the Prado: The Place of Painting Antonio Muñoz Molina

Guillermo Bleichmar, trans.

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Suggestions for a Better Ending Alois Hotschnig

Tess Lewis, trans.

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Fiction

Sigrand and Sip'tit Jacques Lederer

Sandra Smith, trans.

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Poetry

Kisaeng poems Yi Maechang

Ainee Jeong, trans.

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Translator's note: On Kisaeng Poems Ainee Jeong

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From distant transit Maja Haderlap

Tess Lewis, trans.

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Translator's note: On Maja Haderlap's distant transit Tess Lewis

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Seven P.M. Maria Luisa Spaziani

Andrew Frisardi, trans.

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Three Poems by Two Russian Poets Gavrila Derzhavin

Alexander Pushkin

Richard Pevear, trans.

Larissa Volokhonsky, trans.

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Translators' note: On Gavrila Derzhavin and Alexander Pushkin Richard Pevear

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From the Mūlamadhyamakakārikā Nāgārjuna

Chris Rahlwes, trans.

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Translator's note: On The Mūlamadhyamakakārikā Chris Rahlwes

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I Know a Fountain Enrique Banchs

Rhina P. Espaillat, trans.

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The Promise José Acosta

Rhina P. Espaillat, trans.

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The Burden Manuel del Cabral

Rhina P. Espaillat, trans.

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Final Sonnet Miguel Hernández

Rhina P. Espaillat, trans.

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Arts Chronicles

At the Galleries Karen Wilkin

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American Stories Erick Neher

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A Momentary Communion Marcia B. Siegel

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Book Reviews

The Education of a Poet Charles Martin

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Poetry for a Pandemic Spring Meg Schoerke

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Roth Biographed William H. Pritchard

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The Edge of the Mountain Robert McDowell

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Homage to Tom Stoppard David Mason

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Social Justice Groupthink Brooke Allen

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Have Faith and Have No Fear Bruce Whiteman

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