Erica Mena

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Teaching Translation as Art

May 31, 2011 by Erica Mena

Translation as Art. That’s the name of the class I’m starting tomorrow. I’m very excited – I’m teaching at my alma mater, in my field, a course of my design. It’s the dream, or at least, my dream. Summer session is condensed, seven weeks of two long meetings a week, and of course when I started the syllabus I was overly ambitious. I thought we’d do a book a week, and in my crazy head that made sense. I’ve come to […]

Categories: Teaching, Translation • Tags: Action Books, Autumn Hill Books, experimental translation, New Directions, Open Letter Books, Small Beer Press, syllabus, teaching, translation

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The sky goes missing

April 6, 2011 by Erica Mena

This year I was asked to be on the committee for the Best Translated Book Award given out by Open Letter Books for newly-translated works of poetry and fiction published within the last year. It was great, not only did I get to read tons of great translated poetry, I got to talk seriously about it with other amazing poets and translators. And the award will be announced just after the translation slam at PEN World Voices! In the meantime, […]

Categories: Poetry, Reviews, Translation • Tags: Best Translated Book Award, Open Letter Books, PEN World Voices, review, Three Percent, Time of Sky & Castles in the Air, translation

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