Q: How often does Asymptote publish? A: Asymptote is released quarterly: look for new issues on the 1. The work presented in our pages falls into the categories of poetry, fiction, nonfiction, drama, and criticism, and we are as invested in discovering emerging writers as we are in featuring celebrated authors.Įach issue also showcases artwork that interrogates the very idea of language from a multimedia perspective, as well as introductions to non- English writers deserving to be better known in the Anglosphere. We aim to publish the very best in world literature. Q: What kind of work does Asymptote publish? A: Our criteria in selecting work for publication adhere, above all, to the principles of diversity and excellence. The metaphor also extends to our attempt to represent as many languages as possible in our pages, and the fact that as a gatekeeper of literary standards, we only publish works of the highest caliber. Similarly, we believe that, while all translation attempts to convey the meaning of an original text, a translation reaches for-but never truly meets-the original, taking on a life of its own. ![]() ![]() ![]() Q: What is an 'asymptote' anyway? And what does it have to do with translation or world literature?Ī: In analytic geometry, 'asymptote' refers to a straight line towards which a curve tends but never quite reaches.
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