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Poems and stories

poems by M. Vasalis

The High Window Press
Verseville
Poetry International Archives
The Loch Raven Review

stories by various authors

“The Ohio Hat” by Anton Valens
“The Apostate” by Nelleke Noordervliet (audio)
“My Father’s Photo Album” by Abdelkader Benali (audio)
“Lili’s Loves” by Louis Couperus, originally published in Two Lines Online
“The Grandfather” by Louis Couperus, trans. Barbara Fasting & David McKay, originally published in Metamorphoses
“The Green Dream” by Arthur van Schendel, originally published in The Penguin Book of Dutch Short Stories

Readings from novel-length translations

Reading for Translators Aloud from Chapter 11 of The Just by Jan Brokken:

The first chapter of Max Havelaar:

The opening pages of Adrift in the Middle Kingdom:

Interviews and articles

Booker Prize nominee interview
On translating the first sentence of War and Turpentine
Intralingo: Spotlight on David McKay
Tell Me What You Read
“Translating the Great War,” a longer article about the translation of War and Turpentine, originally published in two parts in the online newsletter eSense in 2017.
“Translating Labels for Museum Exhibitions,” originally published in the ATA Chronicle in 2011.

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