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National Book Foundation > Author > Translator > Lucy Scott
Lucy Scott is a translator of Caribbean literature written in Dutch and French. Her short story and essay translations have appeared in Shenandoah: The Washington and Lee Review and in Wilderness House Literary Review. More about this author >
A classic of queer literature that’s as electrifying today as it was when it originally appeared in 1982, On a Woman’s Madness tells the story of Noenka, a courageous Black woman trying to live a life of her choosing. More about this book >
Lucy Scott is a translator of Caribbean literature written in Dutch and French. Her short story and essay translations have appeared in Shenandoah: The Washington and Lee Review and in Wilderness House Literary Review. She’s the translator of Astrid Roemer’s On a Woman’s Madness and the forthcoming Off-White.
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