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Join Mary and I as we discuss Return to the Enchanted Island by Johary Ravaloson (translated by Allison M. Charette) Podcast Transcript coming soon Mentioned in this episode; Beyond the Rice Fields by Naivo (translated by Allison M. Charette Shrill (2019) Dodo Vole Publishing Wild Swans by Jung Chang Deviant Women episode on Ranavalona Nancy by Bruno Lloret (translated by Ellen Jones) Invisible Cities Reading Project Find Mary online Twitter: jus_de_fruit Instagram: jus_de_fruit Support the show via Patreon Social Media links Email: losttranslationspod@gmail.com Twitter: @translationspod Instagram: translationspod Litsy: @translationspod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/translationspod/ Produced by Mccauliflower.
Allison M. Charette and I have a wonderful chat about her latest translation, Return from the Enchanted Island, a novel by Johary Ravaloson. Only the second novel from Madagascar ever to be published in English, you're in for a treat!Bio:Allison M. Charette translates literature from French into English. She has received an NEA Literary Translation Fellowship and a PEN/Heim Translation Fund Grant, been selected for the Translation Lab residency at Art OMI, and been nominated for the Best of the Net. Her most recent translation is Return to the Enchanted Island, by Johary Ravaloson—only the second novel to be translated into English from Madagascar, it was published in 2019 by AmazonCrossing. Allison also founded the Emerging Literary Translators' Network in America (ELTNA.org), a networking and support group for early-career translators. Her other translations have appeared in the New York Times, Words Without Borders, The Other Stories, Two Lines, Epiphany, and others. Find her online at www.charettetranslations.com.Book: https://www.amazon.com/Return-Enchanted-Island-Johary-Ravaloson/dp/1542093511Twitter: https://twitter.com/sunshineabroadWebsite/blog: http://charettetranslations.com/Special thanks to Amazon Crossing for the review copy of this book.Enjoy!-Lisa Carter, Founder & Creative Director of IntralingoSupport the show (https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=BRYNFE5JTBFES&source=url)
Amanda and Jenn discuss their favorite small press and translated titles in this week's special 100th episode of Get Booked! This episode is sponsored by Because I Was a Girl, edited by Melissa de la Cruz, and 27 Hours by Tristina Wright from Entangled Teen. Get Booked Bingo Card - enjoy! Guillotine Press The Queue by Basma Abdel Aziz (Melville House), translated by Elisabeth Jaquette Citizen by Claudia Rankine (Graywolf) Hadriana In All My Dreams by René Depestre (Akashic), translated by Kaiama L Glover All In by Simona Ahrnstedt, translated by Tara Chace Elysium by Jennifer Marie Brissett (Aqueduct Press) The Hottest Dishes of the Tartar Cuisine by Alina Bronsky (Europa), translated by Tim Mohr Slow Days, Fast Company by Eve Babitz (NYRB) Fever Dream by Samanta Schweblin, translated Megan McDowell Border by Kapka Kassabova (Graywolf) Blood of the Dawn by Claudia Salazar Jiménez (Deep Vellum), translated Elizabeth Breyer - trigger warnings A Murder in Time by Julie McElwain (Pegasus Books) Beyond the Rice Fields by Naivo (Restless Books), translated Allison M. Charette
Hi all! The Crew is back and this time with our fist ever sequel episode! In celebration of his first appearance on the podcast about a year ago, Richard picked the second volume of Bitter Root for us to talk about. We had a really good time talking about this book and got into some interesting related topics since this book is such a poignant and necessary read these days more than ever. We hope you all enjoy!Other books discussed: Little Monarchs by Jonathan Case (Margaret Ferguson Books); Amalia by Aude Picault, with translation by Allison M. Charette and lettering by Cromatik Ltd. (Europe); Baby Makes Three by Tim Fish, colors and grays by Matt Beaugrand and Tim Fish, and additional art by Antoine Dodé, Chynna Clugston-Flores, Monica Gallagher, and Paige Braddock (Poison Press); Spectro by Juan Doe (AfterShock); Fox and Hare #1 by Jon Tsuei, Stacey Lee, Raul Angulo, and Jim Campbell (Vault); and The Last Black Astronaut by Toren Chenault with art by Josh Brunson, colors by Maksim Strelkov, and letters by Rob Joneshttps://twitter.com/PeaceLoveComics/status/1529484938071793665Comics Deserve Better is a weekly podcast hosted by Brian, Carrie, Darci and Richard which covers the world of Independent Comics. For a list of episodes, socials and emails, and to request a topic for a future episode please visit comicsdeservebetter.wordpress.com.(Episode Art by Sandford Greene and Sofie Dodgson and Intro Music provided by https://www.bensound.com/)