Translating Judy Blume
Zarife ztrk works at a publishing house in Istanbul. A few years ago she made it her mission to translate Judy Blume‘s children’s books into Turkish. ztrk fell in love with Blume’s books when she was 10 years old, and about to attend school in America for the first time. Produced by Michele Siegel.
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