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Why Naoise Dolan Learned Italian for Her Book Tour

Why Naoise Dolan Learned Italian for Her Book Tour

And Why Reading, Writing, and Speaking a New Language Imperfectly is OK

By Naoise Dolan | November 7, 2023

“Allegro ma non proprio”

“Allegro ma non proprio”

Claudio Morandini (trans. Clarissa Botsford)

By Lit Hub Excerpts | March 3, 2023

Lesser Islands

Lesser Islands

Lorenza Pieri (trans. Peter DiGiovanni and Donatella Melucci)

By Lit Hub Excerpts | February 24, 2023

My Little Italian Donkey and Me: Martha Cooley on Moving to Italy Later in Life

My Little Italian Donkey and Me: Martha Cooley on Moving to Italy Later in Life

“Donkeys are both fascinating and frustrating. Their behaviors resist easy interpretation.”

By Martha Cooley | August 26, 2022

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Language is the True Protagonist of <em

My Brilliant Friend’s Third Season">

My Brilliant Friend’s Third Season">Language is the True Protagonist of My Brilliant Friend’s Third Season

Maria Albano on the “Poetry of Plain Language” in Luchetti's Adaptation

By Maria Albano | April 1, 2022

Jhumpa Lahiri on the Joy of Translation as Discovery

Jhumpa Lahiri on the Joy of Translation as Discovery

"I can no longer imagine not working on a translation."

By Jhumpa Lahiri | May 1, 2021

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Elena Ferrante's first novel in 5 years has an English-language pub date.

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Ithaca Forever: Penelope Speaks

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Luigi Malerba (trans. Douglas Grant Heise)

By Lit Hub Excerpts | October 4, 2019

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Paolo di Paolo (Trans. Jamie Richards)

By Lit Hub Excerpts | August 26, 2019

20 Years On, Jhumpa Lahiri's Empathetic Fiction is a Lesson for All

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Edward Carey remembers writer and translator Sergio Claudio Perroni.

Edward Carey remembers writer and translator Sergio Claudio Perroni.

By Edward Carey | May 28, 2019

"What Am I Trying to Leave Behind?" An Interview with Jhumpa Lahiri

On Translation, Origin Stories, and Falling in Love with a Language

By Francesca Pellas | August 31, 2017

Jhumpa Lahiri on the Compulsion to Translate Domenico Starnone

Jhumpa Lahiri on the Compulsion to Translate Domenico Starnone

Another Great Neapolitan Novel Comes to America

By Jhumpa Lahiri | March 7, 2017

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