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By Russell Scott Valentino
russellv.comJun 07, 2021
Words in the World
A very partial review of Robin Wall Kimmerer's Braiding Sweetgrass, which is also available as a blog post at russellv.com.
Baseline of Bones
Thinking with the Wind
Linking nature and culture by leaning into it. This episode is a slightly updated and expanded version of the blog post of the same name, which is available here.
Writing as Gift (podcast)
What the writing coach helped me to discover. (This is a podcast version, a bit elaborated and updated, from the blog post of the same name, which you can find here.)
Prospero in the Adriatic
A subtle book from the past. (This is a podcast version of the blog post of the same name, which you can find here).
Two Grammars
When animacy means intimacy, and when not so much. For names and links, check out the blog version at russellv.com.
Two Islands
When you go to a deserted cemetery island in the Adriatic and the ferry driver asks if you know where to find the key.
Find the accompanying blog post (which you might need for spelling!) at russellv.com.
Sergei Loznitsa’s Donbass and the Senses of Provocation
Translation and Exile
Some people educate themselves out of their families. Translators educate themselves out of their nations.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://russellv.com/2018/03/10/translation-and-exile/
Translating Identifying As
Translating Gender Pronouns
How Translators Teach Translations
Taking a translation critic to task. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://russellv.com/2021/06/29/how-translators-teach-translations/
People Reading Kin
Otata and Omama
The thing about злой
Kin’s Arrival, blogging, and podcasting
Description of a Description of a Place
This episode is also available as a blog post, which I wrote on September 21, 2017: http://russellv.com/2017/09/21/description-of-a-description-of-a-place/
Prelim Praise for Kin
How Loving Your Source Can Make Your English Translation Into Doggerel
That familiar ache
Family Humor
Teaching Russian Culture
Translating Amanda Gorman
Bringhurst on Translation
Jergović Broadsided
Three Rubaiyat
This podcast is also published as a blog post: https://russellv.com/2021/06/04/three-rubaiyat/.