Novelist Maria Dahvana Headley has created a revisionist translation of the Old English poem Beowulf, infusing it with feminism and social-media slang.

She speaks to Magdalena Ball about being one of only a few women translators who has tackled the 3182-line poem. 

Novelist&nbsp;Maria Dahvana Headley has created a revisionist translation of the Old English poem Beowulf, infusing it with feminism and social-media slang.
She speaks to Magdalena Ball&nbsp;about being one of only a few women translators who has tackled the 3182-line poem.&nbsp;

Podcast by Newcastle Writers Festival

Newcastle Writers Festival

Podcast series by Newcastle Writers Festival

Podcast series by Newcastle Writers Festival

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