PhD about Russian literary translation and politics. Assistant Interview Editor at Asymptote. Teaching Russian at the University of St Andrews.
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Joined January 2012
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Shortlisted for the 2025 National Book Award for Translated Literature, Hamid Ismailov’s latest novel blends genres, cultures, and the real with an AI-centric world.
Find our exclusive interview with the Uzbek author in the Winter 2026 edition, out now: tinyurl.com/mw6bvcds
This edition of @asymptotejrnl I got to chat with the inspirational @ismailov_writer about his work, and his fantastic new novel We Computers. A wonderful way to kick off the new year! asymptotejournal.com/intervi…
The new @asymptotejrnl is out!
The world’s noise becomes meaning in the Winter Asymptote, out now!
We’re thrilled to present Sanmao, Eduardo Halfon, Lawrence Venuti, Hamid Ismailov, and Part II of our Feature on #attention in our MILESTONE 15th ANNIVERSARY EDITION—share far and wide!🎉asymptotejournal.com/jan-202…
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Headlining the second installment of our Special Feature on attention, Anatoly Loginov’s essay surveys 200 years of Russian thought, arguing that ethically cultivated attention can ground compassion for others.
If you read only one thing from the issue: tinyurl.com/mry3e6z9
Kind of tickled that my interviews with @AntonHur and @niewview were the second, and third most read in @asymptotejrnl in 2025! Here's to a 2026 of more fun conversations - thank you to everyone who took the time to chat with me! asymptotejournal.com/blog/20…
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“I see translation [...] as a human collaboration. Someone’s telling me a story. I’m going to have to retell it.”
A highlight of our brand-new Fall issue, don’t miss our interview with Jen Calleja—on translator rights, AI, and the power of collaboration: tinyurl.com/yy2wjxaf
The new edition of @asymptotejrnl is out today! I got to interview the wonderful @niewview for it. You can find it here :) asymptotejournal.com/intervi…
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All the world’s literature is a #palimpsest—layered with voices that history writes over.
Our magnificent Fall 2025 issue, OUT NOW, puts many of these voices in conversation: Nay Thit, Jen Calleja, and Johanna Drucker in our Special Feature on #attention: asymptotejournal.com/oct-202…
Come and join me for a chat with author @SNazarova about her wonderful novel Mothersland! Her translator Shelley Fairweather-Vega will be there too for a discussion of language, politics, and Central Asian literature. 23rd Sept, Byre Theatre, St Andrews
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@BorisDralyuk, acclaimed translator of authors as diverse as Andrey Kurkov, Maxim Osipov, and recently Vernon Duke, returns to our pages to talk about the role of the translator, ICE immigration raids in his city of LA, and more.
Our candid interview:
tinyurl.com/54n5jnar
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There are “zombie problems” and then there are zombie problems!
Announcing our brand-new Summer issue, feat. MARGENTO's hybrid human-AI compositions, Daniel Saldaña París on AI in translation, stunning poems by Alda Merini amid new work from 32 countries! asymptotejournal.com/jul-202…
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Sarah Gear: Recording a complex tapestry of life
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What’s the antidote to a world of trade wars and closed borders?
Quite possibly our Spring issue #TheGift, OUT NOW, celebrating the generosity of translators and the free circulation of ideas, plus a spotlight on #Korean lit beyond Han Kang! @ltikorea asymptotejournal.com/apr-202…
An interview with the wonderful Christina Kramer about translating Macedonian literature on the @asymptotejrnl blog today. Thank you Christina! asymptotejournal.com/blog/20…
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My latest article on the Anglo-Russian Literary Society and their translations of Russian poetry (and beyond!) is out 🥳
📢The latest 'Slavonic and East European Review', edited by @UCLSSEES, is out!
👉 mhra.org.uk/publications/see……
Articles by Barry P. Scherr, Anna Maslenova, Zoran Milutinović, Will Studdert, Adam Kelly & Book Reviews.
Access via @ProjectMUSE 👉muse.jhu.edu/issue/53790
Very excited that I'll be presenting on Russian literature, translation and soft power at the EST 2025 Congress in Leeds this summer! #EST2025 @EST25Leeds
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Don’t be a stranger! In the new Fall Asymptote—out now!—linguistic hospitality is for everyone, from the Palestinian in Bothayna Al-Essa’s essay to the stranger of Nobel winner Jon Fosse’s drama.
Step right in and mingle with #Outsiders from 32 countries: asymptotejournal.com/oct-202…
