As the world stands attention to the cacophonous onslaught of news, literature continues to reach towards an understanding. In this merciless attention economy, now is a more pivotal time than ever to work across language and prescribed boundaries. In our continual mission to forward thinking, empathy, and curiosity, we at the Asymptote blog are looking for contributions that participate in the global dialogue around literature and translation.
We have published pieces on topics ranging from global cinema to the ethics of review to the literature of revolution. Apart from essays, we run dispatches from international literary events, interviews, weekly new translations, book reviews, and more. Like our journal, we are looking for creative, original, and highly engaging work that considers the role of translation in literature, the arts, and the fabric of everyday life.
We encourage writers of all stripes and colours to engage with global issues as well as particular interests. At Asymptote, we’re all about breaking borders and boundaries, and we’re looking for writing that does the same.