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Rachel Cordasco

Rachel Cordasco has a Ph.D in literary studies and currently works as a developmental editor. When she's not at her day job or chasing three kids, she's writing reviews and translating Italian speculative fiction. She runs the website sfintranslation.com, and can be found on Facebook and Twitter.

The Many Faces of Laura Ingalls Wilder

If you’ve seen my tweets lately, you already know that my man and I are currently watching the Little House ...

5 Things That Happen When You Read To Your Toddler

We’ve all heard stories like this. There’s the kid who won’t go to sleep until you read him his one ...

Imagine Your Life Without Books in Translation

I recently read this article by Benjamin Paloff on translation, in which he argues that a translated work is superior, ...

Reading More Translated Books Will Make You a Better Person

One of my literary New Year’s resolutions was to read more works in translation, and so far, I’ve done pretty ...

In Translation: April Fiction and Poetry

April showers bring awesome translations…that’s how the expression goes, right? RIGHT. This month, keep an eye out for the following ...

An Argument for Reading Literature in Chronological Order

“There she goes again,” I hear you saying, “haranguing us about history and dates and chronological order. Let me just ...

Reading Pathways: Theodore Dreiser

Good ol’ Theo and I go way back. But, as with many of my most beloved writers, he and I ...

Give Me Some Money So I Can Open My Dream Bookstore

As many of you know, I live in bookish Madison, Wisconsin. You really can’t go anywhere without tripping over books ...

In Translation: March Fiction

It’s March, so I’m thinking SPRING SPRING SPRING. And what better way to welcome that lovely (though allergy-filled) season than ...

Digital Feminism: Righting the Gender Divide for Authors on Wikipedia

Have you heard about the 2015 Art+Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon? It’s aim is to increase the number of female participants sharing ...