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Amanda Sarasien @amandasarasien.bsky.social · Aug 15

Received my contributor's copy of SAGE Magazine - what a beautiful objet d'art, just look at that stitched spine! My piece "Summer" is an excerpt from a full-length manuscript which is #seekingapublisher, & it was awarded the magazine's Prose Prize! Read it here: sagemagazine.org/wp-content/u...

Cover of SAGE Magazine showing line-drawn continents and constellations in yellow and lilac against a black background, the word "SAGE" in bold and the words "Eclipsed Ecologies" arcing around one of the images.

An art spread included inside the magazine. On the left page is an eerie blurred cyanotype of what looks like flowers, with the title "Blueprint of Nature" by McKenna Blaine. On the right side is a surreal image of a person in bluish purple holding a distorted face with eyes all over it. The title is "Twisted" by Eleonor Andersson.

First-page spread of my piece "Summer, or Chronic Illness: The Eternal Return" with the words seeming to spout and fall like a waterfall.

The hand-stitched spine of SAGE Magazine bearing its black back cover with the yellow and lilac celestial designs.

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Warwick Prize for Women in Translation @womenintranslation.bsky.social · Aug 4

We are pleased to publish the list of eligible submissions to the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation in 2025.
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The list includes 145 titles from 34 languages - plenty of reading inspiration to mark #womenintranslation month this August! #WITMonth

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Amanda Sarasien @amandasarasien.bsky.social · Aug 4

Bookmail! Received my pre-order of this beguiling brew of a book - a pinch of poetry, a dash of translation, a morsel of (fictional?) memoir, and a few tarot readings thrown in for good measure. Highly recommended for the flaneurs among us...
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Roaming the Labyrinth with Marie-Claire Bancquart: Perfect Bound — AIM Higher Inc.

BY Christina Cook Binding: Perfect Bound Paperback ISBN: 979-8-9863699-5-2 List Price: $30 | Preorder: $22 Publisher: AIM Higher Page Count: 220 Publication/Shipping Date: June 2025 ABOUT A lyric...

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The Massachusetts Review @themassreview.bsky.social · Jul 14

“...Because I have an exciting and productive working relationship with Amanda Sarasien—an extraordinary literary stylist in her own right—I invited her to collaborate with me.”

Elton Uliana & @amandasarasien.bsky.social writes for our #10Questions, on our website: massreview.org/2025/07/14/1...

10 Questions for Elton Uliana and Amanda Sarasien - The Massachusetts Review

“She woke up so happy. One of the nuns opened the bedroom door and crossed the narrow aisle between the beds. As the day’s first gentle sounds touched the silence—the door opening, the thin rubber sol...

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Amanda Sarasien @amandasarasien.bsky.social · Jun 17

Excited to present José Luís Peixoto's incantatory tale of memory, grief, and longing, together with my co-translator Elton Uliana; what a formidable table of contents! #literatureintranslation #PortugueseLiterature

The Massachusetts Review @themassreview.bsky.social · Jun 16

Our summer issue has arrived! Featuring work by Sumana Roy and Ariel Katz, poets janan alexandra and Marianne Boruch, plus translations of Kim Hyesoon and José Luís Peixoto, plus art by Erin Ggaadimits Ivalu Gingrich, be sure to get a copy today! massreview.org/issue/volume...

Volume 66, Issue 2 - The Massachusetts Review

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Amanda Sarasien @amandasarasien.bsky.social · May 30

So proud to see my work in this gorgeous magazine. This piece is an excerpt from a longer work for which I'm #seekingapublisher (& it won the magazine's Prose Prize!). Thank you to the editors at SAGE for this lovely object I'll soon hold in my hands! #disabilitylit

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Amanda Sarasien @amandasarasien.bsky.social · May 8

Truth

Daniel Kibblesmith @kibblesmith.com · May 8

I am unapologetically telling you right now that Chicago is going to be insufferable about this, there is still a fading cardboard John Paul II in a Michigan Ave storefront looking out at Grant Park because he spoke there *once.*

Amanda Sarasien @amandasarasien.bsky.social · Mar 21

This enticing list of 10 Novels in Translation You Should Be Reading from @electricliterature.com includes a shoutout to @furiousleeper.bsky.social for his #translation of Río Muerto, by Ricardo Silva Romero. #TBR #ColombianLiterature electricliterature.com/10-novels-in...

10 Novels in Translation You Should be Reading This Winter and Spring - Electric Literature

These most anticipated titles spanning countries as far and wide as South Korea, Colombia, and Denmark

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Amanda Sarasien @amandasarasien.bsky.social · Feb 21

Thank you, Rahul!

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Amanda Sarasien @amandasarasien.bsky.social · Feb 21

A bit of news:

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Thank you to Állex Leilla for entrusting me with her words, and to Foreshore for embracing this unconventional book!

#LiteratureInTranslation #BrazilianLiterature

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Wild Ramp Publishing @wildramppublishing.bsky.social · Feb 21

Also bumping this again. Please apply with your DJ zine ideas!

Wild Ramp Publishing @wildramppublishing.bsky.social · Jan 28

I'm giving out four mini-grants this year to people who want to make disability justice-related zines.

Deadline #1: April 18
Notification: May 16

Deadline # 2: September 12
Notification: October 13

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Disability Zine Microgrants

Wild Ramp Publishing offers four $250 grants to disabled zinesters to cover printing costs for zines with a disability justice focus. Our grants support zine production and distribution, focusing on m...

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