Two Lines Press

Two Lines Press launched in the Fall of 2012, with Passageways, the 19th volume of TWO LINES World Writing in Translation. It will publish books by acclaimed authors Santiago Roncagliolo and Marie NDiaye in Spring 2013. Find out more at Two Lines Press' official site.


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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: Passageways

Passageways   |   $10.46

    

  • With a special section highlighting nine essential contemporary Brazilian writers, working at the forefront of the Portuguese language
  • Featuring over 30 new works from more than 15 nations and a dozen languages
  • Co-edited by Daniel Hahn, winner of The Independent Foreign Fiction prize and Camille Dungy, recipient of the American Book Award
  • In a handy new 5 x 8 format, perfect for backpacks and purses
  • Previous volumes of TWO LINES have been praised by The Paris Review and selected for the IndieBound Indie Next List


Table of Contents: Passageways


Daniel Hahn; Camille T. Dungy
Editors' Notes

Denise Newman
Translator's Introduction to Blackcurrant

Naja Marie Aidt / Denise Newman
Blackcurrant
Danish

Forrest Gander
Translator's Introduction to Two Poems by Benito del Pliego

Benito del Pliego / Forrest Gander
The Chameleon
Spanish
The Die
Spanish

Philip Metres and Dmitry Psurtsev
Translator's Introduction to Two Poems by Arseny Tarkovsky

Arseny Tarkovsky / Philip Metres; Dmitry Psurtsev
The Book of Grass
Russian
"You evening light, you dove..."
Russian

Nathaniel Rudavsky-Brody
Translator's Introduction to Ulysses

Benjamin Fondane / Nathaniel Rudavsky-Brody
Ulysses
French

Victor Pambuccian
Translator's Introduction to On Rain's Street

Constantin Abăluţă / Victor Pambuccian
On Rain's Street
Romanian

Justin Vicari
Translator's Introduction to Twenty-One Days of a Neurasthenic

Octave Mirbeau / Justin Vicari
Twenty-One Days of a Neurasthenic
French

Dan Bellm
Translator's Introduction to Description of a Flash of Cobalt Blue

Jorge Esquinca / Dan Behllm
Description of a Flash of Cobalt Blue
Spanish

Elizabeth Harris
Translator's Introduction to Y=1285/x

Marco Candida / Elizabeth Harris
Y=1285/x
Italian

Alex Cigale
Translator's Introduction to Hunger

Velmir Khlebnikov / Alex Cigale
Hunger
Russian

Susanne Petermann
Translator's Introduction to Two Poems by Rainer Maria Rilke

Rainer Maria Rilke / Susanne Petermann
Pegasus
French
Grave
French

Michael McDevitt
Translator's Introduction to Atonement

Elvira Navarro / Michael McDevitt
Atonement
Spanish

Willem Groenewegen
Translator's Introduction to The Collier's Faith of my Mother

Tomas Lieske / Willem Groenewegen
The Collier's Faith of My Mother
Dutch

Matthew Brennan
Translator's Introduction to Unter den Linden

Margarita Ríos-Farjat / Matthew Brennan
Unter den Linden
Spanish

Elliot batTzedek
Translator's Introduction to My Love For You Is Deeply Animal

Shez / Elliot batTzedek
"My love for you is deeply animal..."
Hebrew

Lydia Davis
Translator's Introduction to Three Stories by A.L. Snijders

A.L. Snijders / Lydia Davis
Because His Wife
Dutch
Message
Dutch
Six Words
Dutch

José Eugenio Sánchez / Anna Rosen Guercio
the day of the guacamayas
Spanish

Tôn Thẩt Quỷnh Du
Translator's Introduction to When I Return

Cao Tần / Tôn Thẩt Quỷnh Du
When I Return
Vietnamese

Peter Bush
Translator's Introduction to Saturday

Quim Monzó / Peter Bush
Saturday
Catalan

Marc Elihu Hofstadter
Translator's Introduction to The Same Voice, Always

Yves Bonnefoy / Marc Elihu Hofstadter
The Same Voice, Always
French

Erica Mena
Translator's Introduction to Two Poems by Rafael Acevedo

Rafael Acevedo / Erica Mena
Mirror
Spanish
Measuring Instruments
Spanish

Rebecca Kosick
Translator's Introduction to The Niche Desired

Fanny Rubio / Rebecca Kosick
The Niche Desired
Spanish

Julia Sherwood
Translator's Introduction to Seven Days to the Funeral

Ján Rozner / Julia Sherwood
Seven Days to the Funeral
Slovak

Alexis Levitin
Translator's Introduction to The Foam of Nights in Tois-Rivières

Rosa Alice Branco / Alexis Levitin
The Foam of Nights in Trois-Rivières
Portuguese

Valzhyna Mort
Translator's Introduction to Summer, Landscape

Shamshad Abdullaev / Valzhyna Mort
Summer, Landscape
Russian

Focus On New Brazilian Literature


Brenda Hillman and Helen Hillman
Translators' Introduction to At Your Feet

Ana Cristina Cesar / Brenda Hillman; Helen Frances-Hillman
At Your Feet
Portuguese

Stefan Tobler
Translator's Introduction to An English Gent

João Gilberto Noll / Stefan Tobler
An English Gent
Portuguese

Sarah Rebecca Kersley
Translator's Introduction to Two Poems by Sérgio Capparelli

Sérgio Capparelli / Sarah Rebecca Kersley
SAÚDE: Health
Portuguese
BRESSER: Sunset in Bresser
Portuguese

Margaret Jull Costa
Translator's Introduction to The Spies

Luis Fernando Verissimo / Margaret Jull Costa
The Spies
Portuguese

Padma Viswanathan
Translator's Introduction to The Move

Graciliano Ramos / Padma Viswanathan
The Move
Portuguese

Hilary B. Kaplan
Translator's Introduction to post-op poem

Angélica Freitas / Hilary B. Kaplan
post-op poem
Portuguese

Katrina Dodson
Translator's Introduction to The Summer of Chibo

Vanessa Barbara; Emilio Fraia / Katrina Dodson
The Summer of Chibo
Portuguese

Rachel Morgenstern-Clarren
Translator's Introduction to Three Poems by Flávio de Araújo

Flávio de Araújo / Rachel Morgenstern-Clarren
Craro de Lua
Portuguese
Observations Aboard a Ferry
Portuguese
Portion
Portuguese

Alison Entrekin
Translator's Introduction to Crow-Blue

Adriana Lisboa / Alison Entrekin
Crow-Blue
Portuguese