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Baby Names, Girl Dolls, and the Rise of Antiquarian Feminism Pamela Haag - Al’s Story Albert Murray
As told to Robert Bergner - In Dominance Jamie Rand
- Impossible Fit Lise Weil
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- Recycle Anna Avdeeva
- June Dimming Heather Davidson
- Hommage à Bonnefoy W.F. Lantry
- On the Occasion of a Book Burning That Very Nearly Happened Grant Loveys
- Mouna Raga/Dawning Sharanya Manivannan
- Grandmother’s Mortuary Dress Ilona Martonfi
- Backyard Maintenance George Moore
- A Sonnet on Wild Honey Pie William Roby
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- Dirty Feet Edem Awumey
Translated by Lazer Lederhendler - Letters Out Finn Clarke
- One April Morning Robert Lalonde
Translated By Kate Forrest - See in the Dark, Like an Animal Emma Hooper
- Conciliation Gariot Pierre Louima
- Milk, Milk, Lemonade Steven Mayoff
- The Doorman Ben Philippe
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carte blanche Q&A with Lazer Lederhendler
“My career path is typically atypical, which as far as I can tell is the norm among literary translators. By and large, people who translate literature have all kinds of meandering in their lifelines and in their professional lives as well. I eventually got a degree in literature from the University of Ottawa, and then a master’s at Concordia in creative writing. My thesis was a collection of poems. But then there’s the whole informal education which I think is as important, if not more, for my work as a translator: being raised by working-class immigrant polyglots, my involvement in semi-professional theatre and music in my late teens and early twenties, the very personal process I went through acquiring a deeper knowledge and love of the French language and civilizations, and the people who were my teachers, my friends, my intimates throughout that process. That’s the kind of thing I mean by ‘informal education.’” [Read more...]