NEW TRANSLATION: The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois– Honorée Fanonne Jeffers


Together with Thalia Ostendorf, Nhomy Mettendaf, Nicole Seegers and Catalien van Paassen, I translated the epic novel by American poet Honorée Fanonne Jeffers for publishing house Meulenhoff: The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois (De liefdesliederen van W.E.B. Du Bois).

You can read some reviews here:
Het Parool (Mojdeh Feili, May 12, 2023)
NRC (Toef Jager, August 17, 2023, 4 balls)
De Groene Amsterdammer (Ilse Josepha Lazaroms, October 4, 2023)

Here you can read the piece Nicole, Catalien and I wrote for Athenaeum's Translators' Column.

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