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Brookline, MA
Joined November 2019
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this pic of annie ernaux that’s all
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We are delighted to announce that the winner of the Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize 2025 is Jeffrey Zuckerman's translation of Jellyfish Have No Ears (MacLehose @maclehosepress) by Adèle Rosenfeld. Many congratulations to to all the short- and longlisted translators!
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So grateful to all of you who have supported these lit-translation workshops w/emerging translators in Gaza, which (thanks to the extraordinary organizing of Batool @AbuAkleen & some help from workshop participant @AlaaQAlQaisi) are continuing despite so v many obstacles.
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We are so proud of them. Deepa Bhasthi and Banu Mushtaq, winners of this year’s International Booker Prize. 🎉
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We're delighted to announce that the winner of the #InternationalBooker2025 is Heart Lamp by Banu Mushtaq, translated by Deepa Bhasthi. Here's everything you need to know about the book: thebookerprizes.com/the-book…
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A bookshop and book cafe with tons of Japanese, Korean, and classic lit. I spent hours browsing and admiring rows upon rows of books in here 📍 Tsutaya Books
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Broken hands on broken ploughs Broken treaties, broken vows Broken pipes, broken tools People bending broken rules Hound dog howling, bull frog croaking Everything is broken
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I will continue to use my voice. I will forever practice my right to free speech. Today at the AWP conference in LA. “You must live to tell me story.”
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"And it drove them insane that they couldn't turn off time, and they went crazy that they had colonized a time in which there was no left for them to came after" Truth is never finished @thebafflermag thebaffler.com/latest/truth-…
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Absolutely thrilled that my translation of Too Great a Sky by Liliana Corobca (@7storiespressuk/@7StoriesPress ) has been shortlisted for the #EBRDLiteraturePrize2025 in such great company!
🥁📚The #EBRDLiteraturePrize2025 shortlist is here! 10 brilliant books carefully chosen by our independent judges @MayaJaggi, @SelmaDabbagh, @fergalkeane47, @BlackerUilleam. ebrd.com/home/news-and-event… 🧵Read the shortlist 👇
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Hell yeah, my new Fundathon page for Chicago Abortion Fund *just* dropped! You can get in on the ground floor of funding abortion access. 😎 fund.nnaf.org/swankyswig
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Translation is often seen as a solitary act, but for Amelia M. Glaser (@aglaser) and Yuliya Ilchuk, it’s a conversation—a process of deep listening, humility, negotiation, and shared discovery. In this episode of #TranslationTalks, they take us inside their unique collaborative practice, where they translate contemporary Ukrainian poets together, workshop their interpretations, and rethink literary history in the process. They also discuss translation as a form of activism, the ethical and emotional weight of translating poetry from war zones, and how social media is shaping the global reach of Ukrainian literature. Listen to this urgent and inspiring discussion about what it means to bring voices across borders—especially when, as Amelia Glaser puts it, “everything is at stake." Amelia Glaser and Yuliya Ilchuk were shortlisted for the 2024 Griffin Poetry Prize for their translation of Halyna Kruk's 𝘼 𝘾𝙧𝙖𝙨𝙝 𝘾𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙨𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙈𝙤𝙡𝙤𝙩𝙤𝙫 𝘾𝙤𝙘𝙠𝙩𝙖𝙞𝙡𝙨, published by @arrowsmithpress. #TranslationTuesday youtube.com/watch?v=vzQBGKKq…
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A Booker dozen // a baker’s dozen — a literary feast for your senses. A long list that – we hope – leans into discovery, defies expectations, delights and challenges as it details the world we live in. @TheBookerPrizes
Presenting the #InternationalBooker2025 longlist. Find out more about all the books, authors and translators: thebookerprizes.com/ibp2025
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Today on ArabLit, the inimitable Maya Abu al-Hayyat. arablit.org/2025/02/05/maya-…
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We extend our solidarity to the care-taker(s) of these books and their past and future readers.
As my friends Ibrahim, Hossam, and I were walking among the rubble of the houses, we came across a library. We entered and found many books—it was like discovering a precious treasure. In this thread, I’d like to write a brief paragraph about each book we found. The first book is The World of Ornament: The book covers a wide range of ornamental designs inspired by historical elements dating back to ancient times, including jewelry, tiles, stained glass, illuminated manuscripts, textiles, and ceramics. These designs encompass styles from various cultures and civilizations, such as: Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Etruscan, Asian, Middle Eastern and European (from the Middle Ages to the 19th century)...+
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“The destruction of Palestine and the destruction of the Earth play out in broad daylight.” The Destruction of Palestine Is the Destruction of the Earth by Andreas Malm is out now.

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