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Michelle Johnson

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Managing Editor at World Literature Today

Managing & Culture Editor @worldlittoday. Adjunct Professor, OU Law. She/her.

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Michelle Johnson
Michelle Johnson @MJatWLT
20 Feb 25

World Literature Today wants your votes in our “15 Books for the 21st Century, 2021–2025” poll. We asked writers to nominate 1 book that most enlightened, astonished, or moved them. Now it’s your turn! Voting is open through March 5. https://t.co/3bP1pRHIdh https://t.co/XjuFKv23w1

Michelle Johnson
Michelle Johnson @MJatWLT
6 Feb 24

If you haven't yet discovered Veronica Esposito's Untranslatable column, here's a great entry point.

WorldLiteratureToday
WorldLiteratureToday @worldlittoday

How has the loanword ℎ𝑦𝑔𝑔𝑒 tapped into the cultural zeitgeist? Consider the origins of ℎ𝑦𝑔𝑔𝑒 and how translation makes a well-worn concept new in Veronica Esposito’s most recent Untranslatable column. #hygge #translation https://t.co/CvP0QAVUgO https://t.co/gnzmWpnWIV

Michelle Johnson
Michelle Johnson @MJatWLT
29 Jan 24

“Katie Whittemore’s translation of Juan Gómez Bárcena’s Not Even the Dead is a master class in the art of translation.” Andrew Martino (@apmartino) reviews this “hallucination, existing somewhere between the worlds of Joseph Conrad and Cormac McCarthy.” https://t.co/0Ah3aHdTFe https://t.co/vSX6MBNATP