Romenesko

San Francisco Chronicle
Susan Orlean, Gay Talese, Tom Junod and other North American writers have had their work translated into Etiqueta Negra, reports Delfin Vigil. Most of the more well-known writers accept their assignments for free. "I'm happy to give them my stories without getting paid," says the New Yorker's Orlean, "because just the thought that people from another culture are reading what I wrote and getting value out of it is more than enough. It's sort of transcendental -- like being transported to another universe."