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D. P. Snyder

writer, poet, translator, critic

D.P. Snyder is a bilingual writer and translator from Spanish. Short fiction, essays, poetry, and song lyrics, original and in translation. Writes reader reports of Hispanic lit for publishers, translates whole books and samples.

Books

Selected work

Cover of Latin American Literature Today

The Guts and the Skin by Angelina Muñiz-Huberman (trans. by D. P. Snyder)

Latin American Literature Today, 2024

NonfictionEssay
Cover of World Literature Today

Translating Violence and Silence, essay by D. P. Snyder

World Literature Today, 2024

NonfictionEssay
Cover of World Literature Today

Si he de morir

World Literature Today, 2024

Poetry
Cover of Luvina

Mensaje en una botella

Luvina, 2024

Cover of Sojournal

Rescátame del Olvido - flash essay by D. P. Snyder

Sojournal, 2023

Cover of Latin American Literature Today

The Aroma of Crunchiness by Teresa Icaza (trans. by D. P. Snyder)

Latin American Literature Today, 2023

Cover of Luvina

La historia de mi lengua

Luvina , 2023

NonfictionEssay
Cover of Reading in Translation

GLOBAL FEMINIST TRANSLATORS UNITE!: “THE ROUTLEDGE HANDBOOK OF TRANSLATION, FEMINISM, AND GENDER,” EDITED BY LUISE VON FLOTOW AND HALA KAMAL

Reading in Translation, 2023

Cover of Fictive Dream

"The Hot Pink Forest" — a short story by D. P. Snyder

Fictive Dream, 2022

FictionShort Story
Cover of World Literature Today

Coyoacán à la Carte by Mónica Lavín (trans. by D. P. Snyder)

World Literature Today, 2022

Cover of World Literature Today

Penance, a short story by Octavio Escobar Giraldo, trans. D. P. Snyder

World Literature Today, 2022

FictionShort Story
Cover of Reading in Translation

IT’S ALL RELATIVE: THE MULTIFOLD SELF IN SERGIO PITOL’S “THE LOVE PARADE,” TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH BY G.B. HENSON

Reading in Translation, 2022

Cover of A Bone's Story / Historia Ósea (Finalist, Medium Essay Challenge)

A Bone's Story / Historia Ósea (Finalist, Medium Essay Challenge)

2021

Cover of World Literature Today

Ritual, by Karla Suárez (trans. D. P. Snyder)

World Literature Today, 2021

FictionShort Story
Cover of Reading in Translation

ZERO IS A LENS TO SEE: KARLA SUÁREZ’S “HAVANA YEAR ZERO,” TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH BY CHRISTINA MACSWEENEY

Reading in Translation, 2021

Cover of Reading in Translation

FOREIGN BODIES: MARGARITA GARCÍA ROBAYO’S “HOLIDAY HEART,” TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH BY CHARLOTTE COOMBE

Reading in Translation, 2020

Cover of Reading in Translation

ON GENDER, PSEUDONYMS, AND AUTHORSHIP: ELOY TIZÓN, “THE NAMES” AND GRETA ALONSO, “A SHIELD, A SHELTER, A PLACE TO HIDE,” TRANSLATED BY DOROTHY POTTER SNYDER

Reading in Translation, 2020

Cover of The Write Launch

The Spider and the Butterfly - a short story by D. P. Snyder

The Write Launch, 2019

FictionShort Story
Cover of Public Seminar

Fiction for an Uncertain Era: Interview of Novelist Idra Novey

Public Seminar, 2019

Interview
Cover of SILVINA OCAMPO’S QUEER EYE: “FORGOTTEN JOURNEY,” TRANSLATED BY SUZANNE JILL LEVINE AND KATIE LATEEF-JAN; AND “THE PROMISE,” TRANSLATED BY LEVINE AND JESSICA POWELL

SILVINA OCAMPO’S QUEER EYE: “FORGOTTEN JOURNEY,” TRANSLATED BY SUZANNE JILL LEVINE AND KATIE LATEEF-JAN; AND “THE PROMISE,” TRANSLATED BY LEVINE AND JESSICA POWELL

2019

Projects

Other

Pushcart Prize nomination for translation of "Coyoacán à la carte" by Mónica Lavín

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Other

Arrhythmias by Angelina Muñiz Huberman, a review by Misha Klein

"D. P. Snyder’s translation beautifully captures Muñiz-Huberman’s love of language and her inventiveness of expression."

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Other

ON THE PLEASURES OF READING AND TRANSLATING WOMEN WRITERS: AN INTERVIEW WITH DOROTHY POTTER SNYDER

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