“Thomas Mann’s Pessimistic Humanism,” a review of Morten Høi Jensen’s The Master of Contradictions, published in The Nation
Review / Morten Høi Jensen, The Master of Contradictions
Publications
Walser Biography Now Out in German
Clairvoyant of the Small: The Life of Robert Walser is now out in German from Suhrkamp Verlag, in a translation by Michael Adrian. Here’s a first review in Süddeutsche Zeitung
Tim
Translation of “Tim” by Sharon Dodua Otoo (co-translated with Sharon Dodua Otoo and Tyrell Otoo), published in The Baffler
Resin and Wood
Translation of “Resin and Wood” by Monique Schwitter, published in AGNI
An Animal with Five Legs
Translation of “An Animal with Five Legs” by Yoko Tawada, published in exhibition catalogue for Kiki Smith, Verwobene Welten / Woven Worlds, Arp Museum Bahnhof Rolandseck
Spontaneous Acts by Yoko Tawada
UK edition now available for pre-order – forthcoming from Dialogue Books on July 11, 2024
O Mensch
The Texture of Angel Matter
Excerpt from Paul Celan and the Trans-Tibetan Angel by Yoko Tawada now out in Granta 165: Deutschland
»Hellseher im Kleinen«: Das Leben Robert Walsers
The German translation of Clairvoyant of the Small: The Life of Robert Walser is now forthcoming from Suhrkamp Verlag as »Hellseher im Kleinen«: Das Leben Robert Walsers on June 16, 2025 in a translation by Michael Adrian.
Paul Celan and the Trans-Tibetan Angel by Yoko Tawada
Now available for pre-order. Forthcoming from New Directions Publishing on July 9, 2024.
This Is a Classic
Expanded version of the essay “Translation as Storytelling” now out in This Is a Classic: Translators on Making Writers Global, edited by Regina Galasso (Bloomsbury)
The Oxonian Review
“The Notes of Susan Bernofsky,” published in The Oxonian Review’s series, On Notes.