About TWO LINES
The Center publishes
About TWO LINES Online
Inaugurated in 2009, TWO LINES Online publishes new literature in translation year-round, both in conjunction with the annual TWO LINES anthology and independently, as exclusive web-only content. Check back each month to see the new translations we've published.
Current Volume: Counterfeits
Counterfeits | $10.46“Everything in this volume, including the section called ‘Focus on Noir Literature’—edited by Luc Sante, one of our greatest critics—will seduce the reader into a new state of mind.”
—David Varno, Words Without Borders
"An appetite-whetting sampler of authors whose work any serious reader cannot afford to be without."
—Oscar Villalon
Table of Contents: Counterfeits
Luc Sante; Rosanna Warren
Editors' Notes
Adam Giannelli
Translator's Introduction to The Mirror's Paths
Alejandra Pizarnik / Adam Giannelli
The Mirror's Paths
Spanish
Rika Lesser
Translator's Introduction to Lay
Elisabeth Rynell / Rika Lesser
Lay
Swedish
Joanne Turnbull
Translator's Introduction to The Letter Killers’ Club
Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky / Joanne Turnbull
The Letter Killers’ Club
Russian
Angela Rodel
Translator's Introduction to Bdin--The Dump
Ivan Hristov / Angela Rodel
Bdin--The Dump
Bulgarian
Barbara Goldberg; Moshe Dor
Translators' Introduction to At the End
Moshe Dor / Barbara Goldberg; Moshe Dor
At the End
Hebrew
Chris Andrews
Translator's Introduction to Varamo
César Aira / Chris Andrews
Varamo
Spanish
Marilyn Hacker
Translator's Introduction to Two Poems by Vénus Khoury-Ghata
Vénus Khoury-Ghata / Marilyn Hacker
"The tree that got loose from the forest can’t mend our fence . . ."
French
"The sun came between us in all of our squabbles . . ."
French
Harry Thomas; Marco Sonzogni
Translators' Introduction to Two Poems by Primo Levi
Primo Levi / Harry Thomas; Marco Sonzogni
August
Italian
In the Beginning
Italian
Andrew Oakland
Translator's Introduction to Angel of Destruction
Martin Reiner / Andrew Oakland
Angel of Destruction
Czech
Lyn Coffin
Translator's Introduction to Two Poems by Tsogdorjin Bavuudorj
Tsogdorjin Bavuudorj / Lyn Coffin
Realization
Mongolian
On the Roof of the World
Mongolian
Don Bogen
Translator's Introduction to Battery
Julio Martínez Mesanza / Don Bogen
Battery
Spanish
Julia Sherwood
Translator's Introduction to Lace
Uršul’a Kovalyk / Julia Sherwood
Lace
Slovak
Cyrus Cassells
Translator's Introduction to December Orange
Francesc Parcerisas / Cyrus Cassells
December Orange
Catalan
Martha Collins
Translator's Introduction to Change
Ngo Tu Lap / Martha Collins
Change
Vietnamese
Alex Zucker
Translator's Introduction to Alphonsine
Magdaléna Platzová / Alex Zucker
Alphonsine
Czech
John Oliver Simon
Translator's Introduction to Two Poems from During
Eduardo Milán / John Oliver Simon
27
Spanish
32
Spanish
Aaron Kerner
Translator's Introduction to Ballad of the Hanged
François Villon / Aaron Kerner
Ballad of the Hanged
French
Jeremy Osner
Translator's Introduction to The Art of Resurrection
Hernán Rivera Letelier / Jeremy Osner
from The Art of Resurrection
Spanish
Meena Desai
Translator's Introduction to Two Poems by Narsinh Mehta
Narsinh Mehta / Meena Desai
Foot of the Bed
Gujarati
Listen, Dearest One
Gujarati
Andrew Oakland; Gabriela Oaklandová
Translators' Introduction to Perishable Scores
Antonín Bajaja / Andrew Oakland; Gabriela Oaklandová
Perishable Scores
Czech
Patrick Phillips
Translator's Introduction to The Partisan’s Death Certificate
Henrik Nordbrandt / Patrick Phillips
The Partisan’s Death Certificate
Danish
Victor Pambuccian
Translator's Introduction to Identity Check
Vahé Godel / Victor Pambuccian
Identity Check
French
Focus on Noir Literature
Luc Sante
Editor's Introduction to Focus on Noir Literature
Rhett McNeil
Translator's Introduction to Joseph Walser’s Machine
Gonçalo Tavares / Rhett McNeil
Joseph Walser’s Machine
Portuguese
Carolina De Robertis
Translator's Introduction to The Neruda Case
Roberto Ampuero / Carolina De Robertis
The Neruda Case
Spanish
Alyson Waters
Translator's Introduction to The Colors of Infamy
Albert Cossery / Alyson Waters
The Colors of Infamy
French
Lisa Hayden Espenschade
Translator's Introduction to Basya Solomonovna’s Third World War
Margarita Khemlin / Lisa Hayden Espenschade
Basya Solomonovna’s Third World War
Russian
Steven T. Murray
Translator's Introduction to The Stonecutter
Camilla Läckberg / Steven T. Murray
The Stonecutter
Swedish
Julia Sherwood
Translator's Introduction to Birdsong
Leopold Lahola / Julia Sherwood
Birdsong
Slovak
Endpaper
Henrik Nordbrandt / Patrick Phillips
When We Leave Each Other
Danish
Exclusive Online Content
Spanish
Spanish
Danish
Vénus Khoury-Ghata / Marilyn Hacker
French