PinnedJordan SilversmithinANMLYacts of translation: Grammars of Servitude in “Quincas Borba” by Joaquim Machado de AssisThe setup is straightforward. There is a dead man’s fortune, his loyal caretaker, and the dead man’s dog. The dead man’s fortune falls to…Jul 8Jul 8
Jordan SilversmithinANMLYacts of translation: the sounds of home in Alejandra Banca’s “From Savagery”It begins, as life does, with burial: placing a link to the past in the earth. The burial of the dead is so often a matter of funerary pomp…Sep 3Sep 3
Jordan SilversmithinANMLYacts of translation: Makings of Americans: the Galaxies of Haroldo de CamposGaláxias by Haroldo de Campos, translated by Odile Cisneros (Ugly Duckling Presse, May 2024)May 11May 11