Reading Envy 161: Women in Translation Month Recommendations

August is Women in Translation month (#WITMonth,) so Lauren and Jenny have recommendations for you. Some of our recommendations are linked to our reading goals for the year (Jenny's of Asia; Lauren's of Argentina and beyond) but not all. We also take a break in the middle to share recommendations from the founder of WITMonth, Meytal Radzinski. In the show notes, Jenny has linked to episodes where any of the books mentioned are discussed in greater depth, and at the end, the full list of all episodes that include a WIT title.

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Books discussed:



Wait, Blink by Gunnhild Øyehaug, translated by Kari Dickson
Arid Dreams by Duanwad Pimwana, translated by Mui Poopoksakul
The Property by Rutu Modan, translated by Jessica Cohen
La Bastarda by Trifonia Melibea Obono, translated by Lawrence Schimel
Mouthful of Birds by Samanta Schweblin, translated by Megan McDowell
The Dry Heart by Natalie Ginzburg, translated by Frances Frenaye
Awu's Story by Justine Mintsa, translated by Cheryl Toman
Maresi Red Mantle by Maria Turtschaninoff, translated by A. A. Prime
August by Romina Paula, translated by Jennifer Croft (Episode 095)
Notes of a Crocodile by Qiu Miaojin, translated by Bonnie Huie.
The Extraordinary Lives of Insects by Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson, translated by Lucy Moffatt
Diving for Seahorses by Hilde and Ylva Østby, translated by Marianne Lindvall
American Fictionary by Dubravka Ugrešić, translated by Celia Hawkesworth and Ellen Elias-Bursać
Mars: Stories by Asja Bakic, translated by Jennifer Zoble
Voices in the Dark by Ulli Lust, translated by John Brownjohn and Nika Knight
The Blind Earthworm in the Labyrinth by Veeraporn Nitiprapha, translated by Kong Rithdee
Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata, translated by Ginny Tapley Takemori
The White Book by Han Kang, translated by Deborah Smith


Other mentions:

Knots: Stories by Gunnhild Øyehaug
Bright by Duanwad Pimwana (Episode 154)
Article: What Does it Mean to be a Feminist in Thailand?
Exit Wounds by Rutu Modan
The First Wife by Paulina Chiziane (Episode 064)
Fever Dream by Samanta Schweblin
Silvinia Ocampo
Sara Gallardo
Mariana Enriquez
My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante (Episode 024)
Today is the Last Day of the Rest of Your Life by Ulli Lust
Flughunde by Marcel Beyer
Revenge by by Yoko Ogawa
The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yoko Ogawa (Episode 095)
The Diving Pool by Yoko Ogawa
The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa
Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto
The Lake by Banana Yoshimoto
Confessions by Kanae Minato
Penance by Kanae Minato
The Emissary by Yoko Tagawa
Memoirs of a Polar Bear by Yoko Tagawa
The Pillow Book by Sei Shonagan
Human Acts by Han Kang (Episode 102)
The Vegetarian by Han Kang
Away! Away! by Jana Beňová
Beyond Babylon by Igiaba Scego, translated by Aaron Robertson


Other Women in Translation Titles on previous episodes:

Memories: from Moscow to the Black Sea by Teffi, translated by Robert and Emily Chandler (Episode 067)
Tolstoy, Rasputin, Others, and Me by Teffi (Episode 138)
Suite for Barbara Loden by Nathalie Leger, translated by Cecile Menon (Episode 096)
Land of Love and Ruins by Oddny Eir, translated by Philip Roughton (Episode 119)
The Heart by Maylis de Kerengal, translated by Sam Taylor (Episode 122)
Eve Out of Her Ruins by Anana Devi, translated by Jeffrey Zuckerman (Episode 083)
Our Lady of the Nile by Scholastique Mukasonga (Episode 053 and Episode 079)


Related Episodes:

Episode 097 - Blank Spaces with Lauren Weinhold
Episode 123 - Godlets and Forests with Lauren Weinhold
Episode 133 - To Understand the World with Lauren Weinhold
Episode 138 - Shared Landscape with Lauren Weinhold 
Episode 147 - Bonus Poetry Recommendations with Lauren 


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