Tag: Tolstoy

Read the World 2022: An ASP Reading List

Read the World 2022: An ASP Reading List

As a publisher that’s values efforts to improve the accessibility of works from all over the world through translation, ASP is excited to be joining the American Literary Translators Association (ALTA) in celebrating works in translation, their translators, and their publishers by participating in Read The World, an online bookfair taking place over social media from September 30 (International Translation Day) to October 7. To celebrate, we’ve compiled a reading list of some of our favorite recently published and forthcoming translations.

An Interview with Galina Rylkova, Author of Breaking Free from Death: The Art of Being a Successful Russian Writer

An Interview with Galina Rylkova, Author of Breaking Free from Death: The Art of Being a Successful Russian Writer

“People are discussing developing courses about death and dying right now. Many students are coming to terms with the idea of their own mortality for the first time. They are scared. We have reached a turning point at which society is going to have to rethink its attitude to life and death. Death (in the form of the Coronavirus) has reminded about itself in a very stark way. I don’t believe we’re likely to quickly forget about it.” Galina Rylkova discusses her new book, Breaking Free from Death: The Art of Being a Successful Russian Writer.