Will Morningstar is a book editor and translator whose work has appeared in journals such as the New England Review, ANMLY, Two Lines, Latin American Literature Today, and Strange Horizons. His translation of Martha Riva Palacio Obón’s essay “How to Draw a Lichen (with Help from the Spirits)” appears in the 2025 edition of Deep Vellum’s Best Literary Translations anthology. His translation, with Samantha Schnee, of Argentine writer Mariana Travacio’s novel All That Dies in April (Quebrada, Tusquets, 2022) is forthcoming from World Editions in fall 2025. In 2024, Morningstar founded Boston-based Diptych Press, a new publisher of literature from around the world.
Translation Folio
Winter 2025
Saudade for Being a Bug
The Kenyon Review · “Saudade de ser bicho/ Saudade for Being a Bug” by Martha Riva Palacio Obón tr. Will Morningstar Saudade is a little like hunger. It passes only […]