Globally Lit - People from Bloomington (Episode 4)

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For our fourth episode of Globally Lit, a podcast of international literature and translation, we interview Intan Paramaditha, who wrote the foreword to Budi Darma's short story collection, People from Bloomington. In the second portion of the episode, writer and translator Lily Meyer converses with Darma's English translator, Tiffany Tsao, about her work on People from Bloomington. At the end, Aliza Cohen from The Potter's House in Washington, DC, provides a review of Anne Carson's translations of the ancient Greek poet Sappho. To learn more about us, please visit the Cheuse Center at https://cheusecenter.gmu.edu/ and Books Across Borders at https://www.booksacrossborders.com/ Please purchase the books discussed in this episode through the Bookshop links below. People from Bloomington: https://bookshop.org/a/19120/9780143136606 If Not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho: https://bookshop.org/a/19120/9780375724510