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WAAT #64: On Starting a Ph.D. at 50
HFCN #04: How We Might Approach Reading Historical Fiction
An exploration of three reader expectations to help us become more discerning readers and more skillful writers of historical fiction. Shoutouts to these writers: Northrop Frye, Salman Rushdie, Zadie Smith, A. S. Byatt, Margaret Atwood, Tony Kushner, Umberto Eco, William Weaver (translator), and Walter Scott.
WAAT #62: A Literary Translation Links Roundup
WAAT #61: Crafting Neologisms in Literary Translation
HFCN #03: Discovering both “Know-Why” and “Know-How” in Historical Fiction
On imaginatively interpreting “why” things happened as they did along with “how” they happened in our historical fiction. Book recommendations: Martin Puchner. George Eliot, Jerome de Groot, Richard Cohen, Ashutosh Mehndiratta, Michael Ondaatje, and Maggie O’Farrell. And a reading and writing exercise.
WAAT #60: Literary Translation Trivia Quiz
WAAT #59: Stepping Through the Twelve Levels of Literary Translation
WAAT #58: A Literary Translation Links Roundup
WAAT #57: FAQs About the ‘We Are All Translators’ Newsletter
HFCN #02: Framing the Central ‘What’ Question
WAAT #56: Resource Lists for Literary Translation, Language, and Linguistics
Jenny Bhatt is an author, a literary translator, and a book critic. She teaches creative writing at Writing Workshops Dallas and the PEN America Emerging Voices Fellowship Program. Sign up for her free newsletters, We Are All Translators and/or Historical Fiction Craft Notes. She lives in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex, Texas.
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WAAT #64: On Starting a Ph.D. at 50
WAAT #62: A Literary Translation Links Roundup
WAAT #64: On Starting a Ph.D. at 50
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© 2020-2023 Jenny Bhatt. All Rights Reserved.