'Reservoir Bitches' and the Art of Literary Translation

Otherppl with Brad Listi

Brad Listi

Books, Society & Culture, Arts

4.8 • 554 Ratings

🗓️ 22 September 2024

⏱️ 72 minutes

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A new 'Craftwork' episode about the art of literary translation. My guests are Julia Sanches and Heather Cleary, co-translators of Reservoir Bitches, the debut story collection by Dahlia de la Cerda, available now from the Feminist Press. Reservoir Bitches is the official September pick of the Otherppl Book Club. Dahlia de la Cerda is a writer and activist based in Aguascalientes, Mexico. She is the author of Perras de Reserva, which won the 2019 Premio Nacional de Cuento Joven Comala, and Desde los Zulos. She is also the cofounder of the feminist organization Morras Help Morras. Reservoir Bitches is her English-language debut. Julia Sanches translates literature from Spanish, Portuguese, and Catalan into English. Born in Brazil, she now lives in Providence, Rhode Island. Heather Cleary is an award-winning translator of poetry and prose whose work has been recognized by English PEN, the National Book Foundation, and the Mellon Foundation, among others. She teaches at Sarah Lawrence College and is the author of The Translator's Visibility: Scenes from Contemporary Latin American Fiction. *** Otherppl with Brad Listi is a weekly literary podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today's leading writers. Available where podcasts are available: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, etc. Subscribe to Brad Listi’s email newsletter. Support the show on Patreon Merch Twitter Instagram TikTok Bluesky Email the show: letters [at] otherppl [dot] com The podcast is a proud affiliate partner of Bookshop, working to support local, independent bookstores. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:05.4	So I'm going to be doing a craftwork episode today, a special Sunday episode called Reservoir Bitches and the Art of Literary Translation.
1:17.9	I'm going to be in conversation with Julia Sanchez and Heather Cleary, who together translated Reservoir Biches, the debut story collection by Mexican author Dalia
1:30.3	de la Certa.
1:32.2	As many of you have probably heard me say on this show before, literary translation is in
1:38.4	my view an unheralded art form, often misunderstood if it is understood at all. It's something that happens behind the
1:46.4	scenes and it is a vital job in the literary ecosystem, especially when you consider it from a
1:54.2	global perspective. It is also a job, as you are about to hear, that yields many rewards to its practitioners,
2:03.6	not all of which are readily apparent.
2:07.0	I had a very fascinating conversation with Julius Sanchez and Heather Cleary.
2:13.4	That is coming up in just a bit.
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