A conversation on literary translation from a feminist perspective. How does translation illuminate diverse understandings of gender and sexuality? What are the relationships between translating, editing, and publishing and feminist activism, theory, and praxis? What challenges do translators, authors, and publishers face when trying to promote work by women, trans, and/or non-binary authors? Is translation a kind of border crossing?
Cristina Rivera Garza is one of the most prominent and important Mexican authors writing today. She works in both fiction and non-fiction, as well as translation. Among numerous awards, she’s a 2020 Macarthur Fellow.