River in an Ocean: Essays on Translation

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What are the histories, constraints, and possibilities of language in relation to bodies, origins, land, colonialism, gender, war, displacement, desire, and migration? Moving acros s genres, memories, belongings, and borders, these luminous texts by poets, writers, and translators invite us to consider translation as a form of ethical and political love – one that requires attentive regard of an other – and a making and unmaking of self. "Translation, here, is decolonial feminist work." – from the Foreword by Françoise Vergès Paperback | 228 pages | 5.50" x 8.50" Show more