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    Translation

    Cover of The Clever Little Tailor
    Fic­tion
    The Clever Lit­tle Tailor
    David For­man
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    Poet­ry
    The Full Pome­gran­ate: Poems of Avrom Sutzkever
    Avrom Sutzkeverk, Richard J. Fein (trans.), Justin Cammy (intro.)  
    Essay

    What Poets Write About When They Write About Hebrew

    Nao­mi B. Sokoloff
    July 9, 2020
    Essay

    A Cen­tral Chal­lenge in Trans­lat­ing the Bible 

    Robert Alter
    May 25, 2020
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    Poet­ry
    Nau­tilus and Bone
    Lisa Richter
    Cover of On a Clear April Morning: A Jewish Journey
    Fic­tion
    On a Clear April Morn­ing: A Jew­ish Journey
    Mer­rie Blocker
    From the Journal

    The Ital­ian­ist: An Inter­view with Ann Gold­stein on Trans­lat­ing Pri­mo Lev­i’s Work

    Mer­rill Leffler
    July 29, 2019
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    Non­fic­tion
    The Art of Bible Translation
    Robert Alter
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    Fic­tion
    The Dark Young Man
    Jacob Dinezon; Tina Lunson, trans.; Scott Hilton Davis, ed.
    Cover of In the Land of Happy Tears: Yiddish Tales for Modern Times
    Chil­dren’s
    In the Land of Hap­py Tears: Yid­dish Tales for Mod­ern Times
    David Stromberg, ed.
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    Fic­tion
    On the Land­ing: Sto­ries by Yen­ta Mash
    Yenta Mash; Ellen Cassedy, trans.
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    Fic­tion
    Mourn­ing
    Eduardo Halfon; Lisa Dillman and Daniel Hahn, trans.
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    Fic­tion
    The Dia­mond Set­ter: A Novel
    Moshe Sakal; Jessica Cohen, trans.
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    Fic­tion
    Madon­na in a Fur Coat
    Sabahattin Ali; Maureen Freely & Alexander Dawe, trans.
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    Fic­tion
    Pet­ty Business
    Yirmi Pinkus; Evan Fallenberg and Yardenne Greenspan; trans.
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    Three Floors Up
    Eshkol Nevo; Son­dra Sil­ver­ston, trans.
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