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As America narrows its linguistic identity by executive order, the fight over who gets to be heard —and in what language—returns with new urgency In 1780, one of America’s founding...

On the life-art of Translation

An interview with Jen Calleja—one of Britain’s leading translators—and Gregor Hens—one of Germany’s leading writers—about their new books, and their career-long collaboration Norman R Shapiro famously likened a good translation...

An unexpected tale from a no-longer-forgotten city

A photo essay from Khartoum and Berber April 2023-ongoing We knew we had to leaveعلمنا أنه يجب أن نغادرر The war began not with a warning but with the sound...