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Published: February 18, 2025 19:26
Congratulations to WWB contributor Luke Leafgren, winner of the second Bait AlGhasham DarArab Translation Prize in the translation category!
You can read Leafgren's work, like this translation of a novel excerpt by Shalash, on WWB:…
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Published: February 18, 2025 18:41
On WWB, a lush and intense poem with references to the films of Pasolini, to Ainu tradition, and more. Read “God’s Child” by Takako Arai (tr. Rina Kikuchi, Jen Crawford): https://buff.ly/415m6FL
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Published: February 17, 2025 17:41
In this intimate and insightful essay, Rosalind Harvey explores the complex emotional and professional terrain of literary translation, weaving together attachment theory, career precarity, and the unseen labor of bringing words across linguistic borders.…
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Published: February 16, 2025 15:01
"Like all good books about food, 'Bread and Milk' is sensuous and evocative," writes Nina Renata Aron. Read her review of Karolina Ramqvist’s “Bread and Milk” (tr. Saskia Vogel) at the link:
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Published: February 15, 2025 13:28
A young girl navigates the tension of her fractured family life, shaped by her mother’s erratic moods and the looming presence of “Ethel,” while trying to find peace working at the local flower shop. Read “The Paradise Lily” by Sirpa Kähkönen, translated…
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Published: February 14, 2025 17:41
This Valentine’s Day, we’re bringing back this ode to love, marriage, and devotion, translated from Scots. Read “With These Rings,” by Janet Paisley (translated by the author) at the link: https://buff.ly/4hsUjpJ
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Published: February 13, 2025 19:28
Congratulations to the winners of the TA First Translation Prize! If you're interested in reading Deanna Cachoian-Schanz's translations of Sushan Avagyan, you can start with this excerpt on WWB:…
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Published: February 13, 2025 17:41
A teenage girl in 1960s Finland tries to live alongside Ethel, the name she lends her mother’s hostile, elusive second self. Read "The Paradise Lily" by Sirpa Kähkönen (tr. Lola Rogers) on WWB: https://buff.ly/4hRtdse
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Published: February 13, 2025 15:15
Right now, it’s important for teachers to affirm the experiences of refugees and asylum-seekers. From WWB Campus, this piece of graphic fiction “A Short Guide to Being the Perfect Political Refugee,” alongside its teaching resources, is a great tool for…
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Published: February 12, 2025 17:54
On WWB, ninarenataaron.bsky.social reviews Karolina Ramqvist’s “Bread and Milk” (tr. Saskia Vogel), a memoir of food & eating that refuses to conform to an expected narrative arc. Read it at the link:…
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Published: February 12, 2025 17:41
Yay for WWB contributors @shreedaisy.bsky.social and Geetanjali Shree! Treat yourself to a two-part story from this pair in the WWB archives:…
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Published: February 12, 2025 14:28
2/26 at 6 pm ET: that’s when you can join WWB Campus for the launch of their Caribbean lit unit! Readers, teachers, and learners of all ages can join authors and translators from Lawrence Schimel to Jean D’Amérique at this free event. Snag your ticket…
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Published: February 11, 2025 18:11
Excited for WWB-ers @jmz.bsky.social and Karim Kattan (and can't wait for THE PALACE ON THE HIGHER HILL)!
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Published: February 10, 2025 18:23
"I ought to take a nap
and leave the many meanings of a single word
lying on my table"
If you love this poem, you can read a memoir excerpt from this same writer/translator pair on WWB:…
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Published: February 10, 2025 17:07
From our 2019 True Crime issue, “The Pain of Others” by @mahernandez.bsky.social (tr. Anna Milsom) is an attempt to reckon with a childhood friend’s shocking, long-ago act. Read it (& get ready for Hernandez’s newly released book from Other Press) at the…
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Published: February 10, 2025 15:57
In this essay, Rosalind Harvey discusses translation through the lens of attachment theory, proposing that a translation process can be secure, insecure, or attached. Read "Is That a Familiar Feeling?"on WWB: https://buff.ly/42OdRR3
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Published: February 9, 2025 15:01
Carmen Bugan talks with Nathalie Handal about political dissidence, surveillance, and the aromas of Tecuci, Romania. Read the latest “City and the Writer” conversation on WWB:
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Published: February 7, 2025 17:08
With 2025 well underway, we're loving the books on this list—including the many international titles written and translated from WWB-ers!
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Published: February 7, 2025 14:28
Everyone is welcome at the launch of WWB Campus’s new Caribbean lit unit, ft. Nathan H. Dize, Yolanda Arroyo Pizarro, and many more great writers & translators. If you love literature and learning (for all ages), join us on 2/26 at 6 pm:…
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Published: February 6, 2025 18:41
Nathalie Handal’s “City and the Writer” series is back! In this installment, Carmen Bugan remembers the hometown she left 35 years ago: Tecuci, Romania. https://buff.ly/4hg1nWK
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Published: February 6, 2025 17:14
Educators: applications to “Beyond ‘Story Mountain': Global Approaches to Inspire New Writing,” a virtual mini-course from WWB Campus and the Academy for Teachers, are due 2/6! Don’t miss your chance—click the link to apply.…
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Published: February 6, 2025 15:43
Writers and translators: submissions to the Armory Square Prize are now open! Don't forget to submit (and to check out past Armory Square winners and finalists on WWB, of course).
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Published: February 6, 2025 14:26
A poem cycle from Ukraine on queer love, grief, and the slow passage of time. Read Alex Averbuch’s “Queer Shores of Ukraine,” translated from Ukrainian by Oksana Maksymchuk, Max Rosochinsky, and Alex Averbuch, on WWB:
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Published: February 5, 2025 19:34
Never hesitate to read book-recommender extraordinaire, the mind behind the monthly WWB Watchlist, @tobiascarroll.bsky.social!
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Published: February 5, 2025 17:41
After a compromising video circulates, a woman confronts hypocrisy in Mahua Sen Mukhopadhyay’s gripping tale, translated from Bengali by Sayari Debnath. Read “Viral,” a finalist for the 2024 Armory Square Prize for South Asian Literature in Translation, at…
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Published: February 5, 2025 14:28
Educators: applications to “Beyond ‘Story Mountain': Global Approaches to Inspire New Writing,” a virtual mini-course from WWB Campus and the Academy for Teachers, are due 2/6! Don’t miss your chance—click the link to apply.…