Translation isn't easy. It is a multifaceted process that goes far beyond simply substituting words from one language to another. 'But I have a translator app or website,' that helps get the basic idea of what is being said but it's not everything. Knowing one language is a challenge itself with nuances, expressions, and cultural references that can vary how someone hears and reads the same sentence even within the same language. And each language often comprises multiple dia

My Heart is a Mausoleum but Only out of Necessity by Stephanie Tom is a chapbook from The Glass Chapbook Series released in May 2023. I am here in the year 2025 reading this chapbook because I like to take a look at different books on the Glass Press website, and this one caught my eye with its stunning cover art by Ann Gao and interesting title. My favorite aspects of this chapbook are the ways that the poet uses folklore, such as in the poem "Huli Jing Goes on a Date," as

March 09, 2025 by Jamie Valentine My Love of Spanish I love being bilingual. I speak English and Spanish, but there is so much more I want to learn. I come from a Mexican-American family with roots in both Mexico and the Netherlands in my extended family, so other languages were all around me. Growing up, I had cousins who came from the Netherlands and spoke Dutch, as well as family members who would cross over to visit from Mexico across the border to El Paso. In middle s