I don't speak any languages well enough to make an expert assessment on writing in translation, but since I'm interested in awkwardness in prose, I find I like the way translated texts can sometimes acquire awkwardness in the process of translation. There's a discordance translation can create which I think is sometimes seen as a weakness but which I think can be a really interesting aspect of the text.
I can't define myself as a political writer - I don't think I've earned it, and I don't function as a political writer in the way that many of the wr… - Katie Kitamura
I can't define myself as a political writer - I don't think I've earned it, and I don't function as a political writer in the way that many of the wr…
- Katie Kitamura
The point about sales is relevant because it suggests there are cultures out there that are supporting and consuming, on a vast scale, challenging wo… - Katie Kitamura
The point about sales is relevant because it suggests there are cultures out there that are supporting and consuming, on a vast scale, challenging wo…
Fiction always reveals a lot about the person who is writing it. That's the scary thing. Not in a straightforward autobiographical sense. But the fla… - Katie Kitamura
Fiction always reveals a lot about the person who is writing it. That's the scary thing. Not in a straightforward autobiographical sense. But the fla…
I'm interested in dismantling the distinction between masculine and feminine writing both because I think it's a false distinction and, I think, ulti… - Katie Kitamura
I'm interested in dismantling the distinction between masculine and feminine writing both because I think it's a false distinction and, I think, ulti…
Evidently, there are many great American writers. But sometimes it can feel as though American fiction is dominated by relatively linear narrative fo… - Katie Kitamura
Evidently, there are many great American writers. But sometimes it can feel as though American fiction is dominated by relatively linear narrative fo…
I don't speak any languages well enough to make an expert assessment on writing in translation, but since I'm interested in awkwardness in prose, I f… - Katie Kitamura
I don't speak any languages well enough to make an expert assessment on writing in translation, but since I'm interested in awkwardness in prose, I f…
I write some art criticism, and one thing that's clear to me is that politics is fashionable in the American art world in a way it maybe isn't in Ame… - Katie Kitamura
I write some art criticism, and one thing that's clear to me is that politics is fashionable in the American art world in a way it maybe isn't in Ame…
When I receive a box of my books, my impulse is to hide rather than display them. It always makes me very anxious that they send so many copies, beca… - Katie Kitamura
When I receive a box of my books, my impulse is to hide rather than display them. It always makes me very anxious that they send so many copies, beca…
It's a hard thing to examine and difficult to speak for other writers, but when I look at my own writing there is often too much reticence. And that'… - Katie Kitamura
It's a hard thing to examine and difficult to speak for other writers, but when I look at my own writing there is often too much reticence. And that'…
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