Jamie Richards
Jamie Richards is the translator of over thirty graphic novels from Italian and Spanish, as well as books by Ermanno Cavazzoni, Igiaba Scego, Andrea Inglese, Giovanni Orelli, Serena Vitale, Giancarlo Pastore, and others. Her writing and translation have appeared in numerous online and print periodicals such as The Los Angeles Review of Books, The Massachusetts Review, The Florence Review, Firmament, World Literature Today, and Words Without Borders. A 2021 NEA fellow, she holds an MFA in Literary Translation from the University of Iowa and a PhD in Comparative Literature from the University of Oregon.
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Blue Hunger
Viola Di Grado
‘All I wanted was to look at Xu and be looked at by Xu. Be touched by Xu. Be commanded by Xu.’
An extract from Blue Hunger by Viola Di Grado, translated by Jamie Richards.