Uzbek author Hamid Ismailov, his English translator Shelley Fairweather-Vega and I talked about their two recent releases (Of Strangers & Bees and Gaia, Queen of Ants), which led us to consider the oldest story in literature, the Uzbek and Russian languages, the influence of politics on translation, the complexity of Hamid’s writing, and his absolute trust in Shelley.
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Uzbek author Hamid Ismailov, his English translator Shelley Fairweather-Vega and I talked about their two recent releases (Of Strangers & Bees and Gaia, Queen of Ants), which led us to consider the oldest story in literature, the Uzbek and Russian languages, the influence of politics on translation, the complexity of Hamid’s writing, and his absolute trust in Shelley.