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Translating Godzilla and Mothra on the Three Percent Podcast

By Rachel CordascoMarch 3, 2026spotlightJapan, Japanese, Jeffrey Angles, Joanne Bernardi, Open Letter Books, University of Minnesota Press

Check out Chad Post’s (Open Letter Books) fantastic conversation with Jeffrey Angles and Joanne Bernardi on translating Godzilla and Mothra on the latest Three Percent Podcast.

Out This Month: October

By Rachel CordascoOctober 3, 2025out this monthAlex Shvartsman, Anne Thompson Melo, Antoine Volodine, Arabic, Argentina, Blake Stone-Banks, China, Chinese, Clarkesworld, Dutch, Enrique Muñoz-Mantas, Eva Meijer, Fairwood Press, France, French, Gabriela Rábago Palafox, Gina M. Stamm, Harper, Harper One, Honford Star, Hungarian, Hungary, Invisible Publishing, Iskanchi Press, JaeHoon Choi, Janet Hong, Japan, Japanese, K. A. Teryna, Korea, Korean, Krisztina Tóth, Liu Maijia, M. Elizabeth Ginway, Mauritania, Mexico, Moussa Ould Ebnou, Ottilie Mulzet, Paul Roochnik, Russia, Russian, Sarah Moses, Seven Stories Press, Spanish, Sung-il Kim, Takami Nieda, The Netherlands, Thomas Olde Heuvelt, Tomás Downey, Tor, Two Lines Press, University of Minnesota Press, Yasushi Kitagawa

“Giant Grandmother” by Liu Maijia, translated from the Chinese by Blake Stone-Banks (Clarkesworld, October 1) Black Hole Heart and Other Stories by K. A. Teryna, translated from the Russian by Alex Shvartsman (Fairwood Press, October 1) The world is not how we perceive it. A blizzard may be the fury of a whale god. Intelligent

Out This Month: June

By Rachel CordascoJune 2, 2024out this monthAntoine Volodine, China, Chinese, Clarkesworld Magazine, Emily Jin, France, French, German, Germany, Gina M. Stamm, Ha Seong-nan, Isabel Fargo Cole, Janet Hong, Korea, Korean, Open Letter, Tan Gang, Two Lines Press, University of Minnesota Press, Wolfgang Hilbig

“The Reflection of Sand” by Tan Gang, translated from the Chinese by Emily Jin (Clarkesworld, June 1) Wafers by Ha Seong-nan, translated from the Korean by Janet Hong (Open Letter, June 4) This 2006 collection of short stories is in line with the unsettling, engrossing style of Ha’s other two collections that have been translated

Out This Month: October

By Rachel CordascoOctober 1, 2023out this monthAmin Maalouf, Bella Han, China, Chinese, Clarkesworld, France, French, Hye-young Pyun, Japan, Japanese, Jeffrey Angles, Korea, Korean, Margret Helgadottir, Natasha Lehrer, Nordic, Rebellion Publishing, Shigeru Kayama, Skyhorse Publishing, Sora Kim-Russell, University of Minnesota Press, World Editions

“De Profundis, a Space Love Letter” by Bella Han, translated from the Chinese by the author (Clarkesworld, October 1). Godzilla and Godzilla Raids Again by Shigeru Kayama, translated from the Japanese by Jeffrey Angles (University of Minnesota Press, October 3). The first English translations of the original novellas about the iconic kaijū Godzilla. On the

Out This Month: May

By Rachel CordascoMay 2, 2021out this monthAlex Shvartsman, Andy Dudak, Antoine Volodine, China, Chinese, Choi Jin-young, Clarkesworld Magazine, France, French, Honford Star, Korea, Korean, Lia Swope Mitchell, Soje, Tang Fei, University of Minnesota Press

SHORT STORIES “Spore” by Tang Fei, translated from the Chinese by Andy Dudak (Clarkesworld, May 1). NOVELS Solo Viola: A Post-Exotic Novel by Antoine Volodine, translated from the French by Lia Swope Mitchell (University of Minnesota Press, May 11). In one of his first forays into post-exoticism, Antoine Volodine

Out This Month: October

By Rachel CordascoOctober 2, 2018out this monthAndrew Cunningham, Anna Wu, Apex Publications, Black Coat Press, Brian Stableford, China, Chinese, Clarkesworld Magazine, Cuba, Edward Gauvin, France, French, Gengen Kusano, George Henson, Hayakawa Publishing, Japan, Japanese, Jodie Beck, Mariko Ohara, Melanie Fazi, Spanish, University of Minnesota Press, World Literature Today, Yoss

SHORT STORIES “The Facecrafter” by Anna Wu, translated from the Chinese by Emily Jin (Clarkesworld, October 1) “Health for All” by Yoss, translated from the Spanish by George Henson (World Literature Today, October 25) “Our Lady of the Scales“ by Mélanie Fazi, translated by Edward Gauvin (World Literature Today,

Out This Month: June

By Rachel CordascoJune 2, 2018out this monthAhmed Saadawi, Alvaro Zinos-Amaro, Andy Dudak, Arabic, Bengali, Canaan Morse, China, Chinese, Cixin Liu, Clarkesworld Magazine, Dale Knickerbocker, Damian Flanagan, Di An, Haikasoru, Hebrew, Ian Mond, IGMS, Interzone, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Japanese, Jodie Beck, Kobo Abe, Layli Uddin, Locus, Mandel Vilar Press, Mariko Ohara, Matt Treyvaud, Mir Rifat Us Saleheen, Paul Semel, Samovar Magazine, Shahidul Zahir, Tangent, Tobi Hitoraka, Unbound Worlds, University of Minnesota Press, Xing He

SHORT STORIES “Your Multicolored Life” by Xing He, translated from the Chinese by Andy Dudak (Clarkesworld Magazine, June 1) “Silver Tiger” by Lu Yang, translated from the Chinese by Eric Abrahamsen (New Yorker, June) “Woodcutter and Crows” by Shahidul Zahir, translated from the Bengali by Layli Uddin and

Review: The Sacred Era by Yoshio Aramaki

By Rachel CordascoAugust 25, 2017reviewBaryon Tensor Posadas, Japan, Japanese, University of Minnesota Press, World Literature Today, Yoshio Aramaki

My review of Yoshio Aramaki’s The Sacred Era, translated by Baryon Tensor Posadas, is in the latest issue of World Literature Today. Also in this issue are reviews of Aberrant (Czech SFT) and The Papyrus Trilogy (Serbian SFT).

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Translating Godzilla and Mothra on the Three Percent Podcast

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Review: The Sacred Era by Yoshio Aramaki