A Translation of Lou Andreas-Salomé's "Ma. Ein Porträt"

Several ‘thank-you’s’ are in order. In no particular order: Thank you to Jared Hickman from the English department for helping me find this grant and for helping me discover my interest in translation. Thank you to Heidi Herr for the enthusiasm with which she searched for Salomé's works and for connecting me with the folks she connected me with. Thank you to Raleigh Whitinger and Frank Beck for their translation work and for indulging my questions and interests. Thank you to Nathalie Schmitz-Tiepoldt and Ava Lasmanis for your collaboration and extensive feedback on my translation.

Katharina Kraus: Thank you. Thank you for all the long meetings, for reading my work, for spending all the time we spent trying to figure out how to translate just one work, for your feedback on my writing, and for your encouragement to do more. Thank you for sharing my excitement for Salomé. 

Jason Yonover: Thank you. Thank you for believing in me from the start and for the time you spent on this project: for connecting me with relevant folks, for encouraging me to turn this into a publishable text, and for continuing to work on the translation with me. 

Finally, thank you, Ace Van Atta, for listening to my thoughts, being the person I trust the most to read my work, and finding me bearable even when I am deep into the writing process.