August is Women in Translation Month and Casey is here with a big ol' stack of books from her personal library to share with you! All are translated by women, spanning languages like Spanish, French, Portuguese, and Croatian. Additionally, Casey discovers she needs more adjectives to describe when she appreciates a book. Any suggestions?
Books:
Death Takes Me by Cristina Rivera Garza, Translated by Robin Myers and Sarah Booker
Fever Dream by Samanta Schweblin, Translated by Megan McDowell
Things We Lost in the Fire by Mariana Enriquez, Translated by Megan McDowell
The Dangers of Smoking in Bed by Mariana Enriquez, Translated by Megan McDowell
A Sunny Place for Shady People by Mariana Enriquez, Translated by Megan McDowell
Our Share of Night by Mariana Enriquez, Translated by Megan McDowell
Cautery by Lucia Lijtmaer, Translated by Maureen Shaughnessy
Elena Knows by Claudia Pineiro, Translated by Frances Riddle
The Simple Art of Killing a Woman by Patricia Melo, Translated by Sophie Lewis
Eartheater by Dolores Reyes, Translated by Julia Sanches
Segu by Maryse Conde, Translated by Barbara Bray
I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman, Translated by Ros Schwartz
Catherine the Great and the Small by Olja Knezevic, Translated by Paula Gordon and Ellen Elias-Bursac
What are the Blind Men Dreaming? By Noemi Jaffe, Translated by Julia Sanches and Ellen Elias-Bursac
My Tender Matador by Pedro Lemebel, Translated by Katherine Silver
Las Biuty Queens by Ivan Monalisa Ojeda, Translated by Hannah Kauders
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This episode was edited and produced by Renee Powers on the ancestral land of the Dakota people.
Original music by Amarissa
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