The art of literary translation exposes the limits of AI

For centuries, people have dreamed of undoing Babel. Sci-fi novelists envisioned universal translators, and linguists devised international languages, all in pursuit of a world where one person could ...
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Spanish-language writers and the making of a U.S. literary tradition

Since the 16th century, the Spanish language has been interwoven into the fabric of American history, shaping its literary and cultural landscapes. Yet, much of this literary tradition remains ...
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‘Prakrit is, like Sanskrit, a literary language’: Infosys Prize 2025 winner Andrew Ollett

The Infosys Prize 2025 in Humanities and Social Sciences was recently awarded to Professor Andrew Ollett, who teaches at the Department of South Asian Languages and Civilizations at the University of ...
Global Voices

Nepali Poet Viplob Pratik on literature, language, and a life shaped by words

Global Voices interviews leading Nepali writer Viplob Pratik about his four-decade literary career, reflections on language, ...
The Chronicle of Higher Education

The New Modesty in Literary Criticism

Literary criticism once had an outsize reach, influencing the terms and concepts of disciplines like art and legal studies. With it came an outsize ego. During the 1970s and 80s, the heyday of ...
Psychology Today

Stories in Our Brain

This post was co-authored by Franziska Hartung, Ph.D. Getting lost while driving is a mundane irritation; getting lost in a novel is a particular pleasure. What does it mean to get lost in a story? Do ...