May 1The Missing Footnote: Korpeby Mirgul Kali My earliest childhood memory is of my brother Samat and myself sitting in the smaller room of our one-bedroom apartment....
Apr 11Uzbek Writer Hamid Ismailov to Read at UC Berkeley Uzbek Writer Hamid Ismailov is currently touring the United States! Search for events in your city, or join us for UC Berkeley's public...
Jan 14Translating Smells in Andrii Sodomora's Storiesby Sabrina Jaszi This past fall was spent translating the short stories of Ukrainian author Andrii Sodomora, a project that I’ve...
Oct 7, 2021Learning Japaneseby Ena Selimović Over the past ten months, I’ve been learning Japanese. I had little knowledge of the language when I started, but I can...
Jul 13, 2021Kökbalaq: The Missing Footnote by Mirgul Kali Kökbalaq is a 1978 novel by Mukhtar Magauin, one of the most important contemporary Kazakh writers of the older...
May 28, 2021Other WorldsOther Worlds: Peasants, Pilgrims, Spirits, Saints is now out from NYRB Classics. A collection of stories and sketches written by the...
Mar 20, 2021BeginningsIt’s been almost a year and a half since the three of us met for our first translation workshop. We now realize the significance of the...