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Life Stories: anthology to benefit hospice care in Russia

By mbs | Published: August 12, 2009

Russian Life, in collaboration with the Russian Arts Foundation, Vera Hospice Fund, and the Galina Dursthoff Literary Agency, has published Life Stories, a short story collection of works by nineteen of Russia’s most acclaimed contemporary authors, translated by fourteen prominent American and British translators, including my translation of "The Storm," by Leonid Yuzefovich. “This is [...]

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All Things Considered on the Art of Translation

By mbs | Published: November 23, 2008

“Living in America, it’s easy to forget that most of the world does not speak English; and that much of the world’s literature is not written in English. In order for us to read the best of what the rest of the world writes — and in order for the rest of the world to [...]

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