For over 10 years, Two Lines Press has specialized in bringing previously untranslated books to English readers. A mission they solidified five years ago with the launch of The Calico Series, which publishes anthologies of translated poetry and short stories.
In honor of their newest release, a collection of Japanese short stories called Unusual Fragments: 20th-Century Japanese Fiction (paperback), I spoke to lead editor Sarah Coolidge about what goes into these anthologies, and Fragments specifically.