Katherine E. Young
@katherineeyoung.bsky.social
Poet Laureate emerita, Arlington, VA. Translator of Akram Aylisli (fiction), Anna Starobinets (memoir), & Russian-language poets from Kazakhstan, Russia, and Ukraine. https://katherine-young-poet.com/
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good people of Charlotte, NC, here’s this, if it helps at all
start talking to your neighbors. Download Signal if you haven’t yet. Get organized.
www.lazyandentitled.org?p=162657790
start talking to your neighbors. Download Signal if you haven’t yet. Get organized.
www.lazyandentitled.org?p=162657790
6 Things You Learn Fighting ICE – Lazy & Entitled
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November 16, 2025 at 3:46 PM
good people of Charlotte, NC, here’s this, if it helps at all
start talking to your neighbors. Download Signal if you haven’t yet. Get organized.
www.lazyandentitled.org?p=162657790
start talking to your neighbors. Download Signal if you haven’t yet. Get organized.
www.lazyandentitled.org?p=162657790
DC friends: I can't make this, but if you can, you should!
I'd love to see you in the Dupont Underground today at 2 for a reading on courage hosted by the DC/MD chapter of the Writers for Democratic Action!
sites.google.com/writersforde...
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November 16, 2025 at 2:23 PM
DC friends: I can't make this, but if you can, you should!
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New — While some states have received SNAP benefits for November and USDA is supposedly pushing through all federal payments soon, that doesn’t erase the psychological terror of the last few weeks.
I spoke with 20+ SNAP recipients in 16 states about preparing for a possible future with no food:
I spoke with 20+ SNAP recipients in 16 states about preparing for a possible future with no food:
The voices of SNAP
Recipients have become political pawns. They explained, in their own words, what Trump withholding funds has been like.
www.thehandbasket.co
November 7, 2025 at 10:55 PM
New — While some states have received SNAP benefits for November and USDA is supposedly pushing through all federal payments soon, that doesn’t erase the psychological terror of the last few weeks.
I spoke with 20+ SNAP recipients in 16 states about preparing for a possible future with no food:
I spoke with 20+ SNAP recipients in 16 states about preparing for a possible future with no food:
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Mark your calendars! Our next author event will be on November 23rd with Tatsiana Zamirovskaya! Planned for 3pm, watch our social media for more details or contact us directly.
November 5, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Mark your calendars! Our next author event will be on November 23rd with Tatsiana Zamirovskaya! Planned for 3pm, watch our social media for more details or contact us directly.
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Connecticut friends!!! 🥰🥰🥰
CT & Tri-State friends, please join us!
Very much looking forward to this book talk with @writesloud.bsky.social in a few weeks!
obodoserendipitybooks.com/event/2025-1...
Very much looking forward to this book talk with @writesloud.bsky.social in a few weeks!
obodoserendipitybooks.com/event/2025-1...
November 5, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Connecticut friends!!! 🥰🥰🥰
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The 2026 Stevns Prize is open for submissions from now until February 1, 2026! www.stevnstranslationprize.com
November 4, 2025 at 7:03 PM
The 2026 Stevns Prize is open for submissions from now until February 1, 2026! www.stevnstranslationprize.com
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I'm excited to be reading here - join us!
We invite you to the second iteration of Taking Heart: DC Writers on Courage, organized by the DC/MD chapter of Writers for Democratic Action. We will gather in the unique Dupont Underground art space (beneath Dupont Circle) on Sunday, November 16 at 2 p.m.
We invite you to the second iteration of Taking Heart: DC Writers on Courage, organized by the DC/MD chapter of Writers for Democratic Action. We will gather in the unique Dupont Underground art space (beneath Dupont Circle) on Sunday, November 16 at 2 p.m.
November 3, 2025 at 5:40 PM
I'm excited to be reading here - join us!
We invite you to the second iteration of Taking Heart: DC Writers on Courage, organized by the DC/MD chapter of Writers for Democratic Action. We will gather in the unique Dupont Underground art space (beneath Dupont Circle) on Sunday, November 16 at 2 p.m.
We invite you to the second iteration of Taking Heart: DC Writers on Courage, organized by the DC/MD chapter of Writers for Democratic Action. We will gather in the unique Dupont Underground art space (beneath Dupont Circle) on Sunday, November 16 at 2 p.m.
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Two important reminders! Don't forget to change your clocks, & join us in Kensington (Maryland) at 1 p.m. for a poetry reading with Ukrainian poet Iryna Vikyrchak & translator Nina Murray. The event is free & open to the public. Thank you to @razomforukraine.org for making this event possible!
November 1, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Two important reminders! Don't forget to change your clocks, & join us in Kensington (Maryland) at 1 p.m. for a poetry reading with Ukrainian poet Iryna Vikyrchak & translator Nina Murray. The event is free & open to the public. Thank you to @razomforukraine.org for making this event possible!
I'm out of town, but if you're in the DC area, don't miss this one! Who doesn't love a good ekphrastic poem?
DMV friends:
One week from today I'll be reading poems in response to art by women artists alongside other writers sharing their work in response to art, too.
I hope you can join us! It should be a wonderful, interdisciplinary event hosted by IA&A at Hillyer and The Inner Loop.
link below -
One week from today I'll be reading poems in response to art by women artists alongside other writers sharing their work in response to art, too.
I hope you can join us! It should be a wonderful, interdisciplinary event hosted by IA&A at Hillyer and The Inner Loop.
link below -
October 30, 2025 at 5:21 PM
I'm out of town, but if you're in the DC area, don't miss this one! Who doesn't love a good ekphrastic poem?
Joining up with some mighty fine writers and translators for this one on November 20--don't miss it!
Please mark your calendars and share with friends! An evening of readings and mingling—in the heart of Washington DC. This will serve as a fundraising celebration of Central Asian and Southeast European literature and literary translation!
October 21, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Joining up with some mighty fine writers and translators for this one on November 20--don't miss it!
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Thank you so much Kelli Russell Agodon and Melissa Studdard for such beautifully attentive readings of my poems. 💕💕💕
youtu.be/mEwJNvG8m6c?...
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Poems You Need, Episode 25: Luisa A. Igloria
YouTube video by Poems You Need
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October 13, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Thank you so much Kelli Russell Agodon and Melissa Studdard for such beautifully attentive readings of my poems. 💕💕💕
youtu.be/mEwJNvG8m6c?...
youtu.be/mEwJNvG8m6c?...
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San Francisco Bay Area: We’re a group of immigrant writers and translators born in the former USSR, here to push back against the growing threat to freedom of expression. Come to our Lit Crawl event at Ruth’s Table (3160 21st Street) on October 25, 2025, 5 pm.
@litquake.org #BayArea
@litquake.org #BayArea
October 9, 2025 at 5:35 PM
San Francisco Bay Area: We’re a group of immigrant writers and translators born in the former USSR, here to push back against the growing threat to freedom of expression. Come to our Lit Crawl event at Ruth’s Table (3160 21st Street) on October 25, 2025, 5 pm.
@litquake.org #BayArea
@litquake.org #BayArea
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Annual reminder that without literary translators, most Nobel Prize-winning authors couldn’t be read by the committee/readers, so celebrate them too. Congrats @ottiliemulzet.bsky.social et al! This isn’t taking away from the author, it’s adding recognition of the miracle/labour/skill of translation.
Nobel prize in literature 2025 live: Hungarian novelist László Krasznahorkai wins
Nobel prize in literature 2025 live: László Krasznahorkai wins
Follow along as the next winner of the world’s most prestigious literature prize is announced in Stockholm
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October 9, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Annual reminder that without literary translators, most Nobel Prize-winning authors couldn’t be read by the committee/readers, so celebrate them too. Congrats @ottiliemulzet.bsky.social et al! This isn’t taking away from the author, it’s adding recognition of the miracle/labour/skill of translation.
Hear, hear! A translator who has labored long and hard in the vineyards--I can't think of anyone who deserves this more!
Really excited for Seattle’s own Shelley Fairweather-Vega for being named, together with the Uzbek-language author Hamid Ismailov, a finalist for the 2025 National Book Awards (in the Translated Literature category). www.nationalbook.org/books/we-com... @nationalbook.bsky.social
We Computers: A Ghazal Novel - National Book Foundation
In the late 1980s, French poet and psychologist Jon‑Perse finds himself in possession of one of the most promising inventions of the century: a computer. Enchanted by snippets of Persian poetry he lea...
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October 8, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Hear, hear! A translator who has labored long and hard in the vineyards--I can't think of anyone who deserves this more!
Fabulous small museum that gives a good home to local poets--please support them if you can!
Hey, friends, you know how I love my little local Sandy Spring Museum, where I’ve hosted the Writers Showcase since 2019? They’re doing a big Founder Day fundraiser today; it’d mean so much to me if you’d check it out: givebutter.com/SSMFoundersD...
Every little bit helps, thank you! Mwah! ❤️🙏🏻🥳🌻
Every little bit helps, thank you! Mwah! ❤️🙏🏻🥳🌻
Sandy Spring Museum - Founders' Day of Giving
Celebrate the founding of Sandy Spring Museum. Make your gift today!
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October 7, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Fabulous small museum that gives a good home to local poets--please support them if you can!
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Interested in learning more about one country’s long-overshadowed literary tradition? Check out this list of ten important Ukrainian books in translation, featuring two of ALTA member Nina Murray’s translations. At Lit Hub: buff.ly/M4W0HqC @literaryhub.bsky.social
Ten Titles in Translation That Celebrate Ukraine
For decades, Ukraine remained in the shadow of the Russian imperial discourse. Foreign readers had access to only a limited number of translations of Ukrainian literature. Today, fortunately the nu…
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September 30, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Interested in learning more about one country’s long-overshadowed literary tradition? Check out this list of ten important Ukrainian books in translation, featuring two of ALTA member Nina Murray’s translations. At Lit Hub: buff.ly/M4W0HqC @literaryhub.bsky.social
Remarkable, moving piece by @enaselimo.bsky.social!
We're immensely proud to share with you "Airborne," a new story by @enaselimo.bsky.social:
www.womenwritethebalkans.com/essays/airbo...
www.womenwritethebalkans.com/essays/airbo...
October 3, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Remarkable, moving piece by @enaselimo.bsky.social!
Tonight at Busboys & Poets on 14th St. in DC, a celebration of writing in translation, with readings from Hindi, Tamil,
Polish, Faroese, Spanish, Russian, Ukrainian,
Croatian, Hebrew, Arabic, Persian, and more. Join us!
cheusecenter.gmu.edu/events/17170
Polish, Faroese, Spanish, Russian, Ukrainian,
Croatian, Hebrew, Arabic, Persian, and more. Join us!
cheusecenter.gmu.edu/events/17170
Let's Talk: International Writers Festival
Monday, September 29, 2025 5:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT: Marta Sanz, writer-in-residence from Spain kicks off a night of international writers talking...
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September 29, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Tonight at Busboys & Poets on 14th St. in DC, a celebration of writing in translation, with readings from Hindi, Tamil,
Polish, Faroese, Spanish, Russian, Ukrainian,
Croatian, Hebrew, Arabic, Persian, and more. Join us!
cheusecenter.gmu.edu/events/17170
Polish, Faroese, Spanish, Russian, Ukrainian,
Croatian, Hebrew, Arabic, Persian, and more. Join us!
cheusecenter.gmu.edu/events/17170
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We should stop using the term "translating" when we are talking about what automatic translation systems can do. What they do is processing texts (to try and replicate it using words from a different language). Translating is a human ability.
September 28, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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I was back at 26 Federal Plaza today, where an ICE agent violently threw this bereft woman to the ground in front of her kids. She had not touched him. She did not pose any threat. She had to be taken to the hospital. (🎥: Elias Eliahu)
September 25, 2025 at 6:03 PM
I was back at 26 Federal Plaza today, where an ICE agent violently threw this bereft woman to the ground in front of her kids. She had not touched him. She did not pose any threat. She had to be taken to the hospital. (🎥: Elias Eliahu)
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📢 Translators, you too can join the @alcs.co.uk and get paid for having your books checked out of the library.
A lifetime membership costs just £36. They take it out of your first payment, so you don’t pay a penny up front.
Since I joined in 2020, I have received £515.45! What are you waiting for?
A lifetime membership costs just £36. They take it out of your first payment, so you don’t pay a penny up front.
Since I joined in 2020, I have received £515.45! What are you waiting for?
🥳 This week, we will pay 31,487 members their share of £11,588,572!
Find out more:
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Find out more:
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Your distribution questions answered
This week, we will pay 31,487 members their share of £11,588,572. Get answers to your most pressing questions about our latest distribution.
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September 22, 2025 at 2:12 PM
📢 Translators, you too can join the @alcs.co.uk and get paid for having your books checked out of the library.
A lifetime membership costs just £36. They take it out of your first payment, so you don’t pay a penny up front.
Since I joined in 2020, I have received £515.45! What are you waiting for?
A lifetime membership costs just £36. They take it out of your first payment, so you don’t pay a penny up front.
Since I joined in 2020, I have received £515.45! What are you waiting for?
Same here. Thanks, @uilleamblacker.bsky.social, for stating the problem--and some possible solutions--so succinctly.
Brilliant, thought-provoking essay by my colleague @uilleamblacker.bsky.social - as a russianist who fully accepts that I have contributed this problem, I’d welcome the sort of institutional change Uilleam argues for here, and am trying to work towards that. www.eurozine.com/russia-is-no...
Russia is not the sea
Imperial Russia saw the nation as the sea into which all the other Slavic cultures flowed. The idea persists today not only in Russia's attitude towards its neighbourhood, but also in the way eastern ...
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September 11, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Same here. Thanks, @uilleamblacker.bsky.social, for stating the problem--and some possible solutions--so succinctly.
Grateful to National Translation Month for featuring my translation of Akram Aylisli's "People and Trees" in today's Substack post. Aylisli is Azerbaijan's most important contemporary writer; his books were burned in Azerbaijan in 2013. nationaltranslationmonth.substack.com/p/the-tale-o...
Excerpt From "The Tale of the Silver Tweezers" by Akram Aylisli, Translated by Katherine E. Young
This passage from "The Tale of the Silver Tweezers" ends the 3 novellas of Akram Aylisli's best-known work, "People and Trees" (Plamen Press, 2024), translated by Katherine E. Young. #TranslationMonth
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September 10, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Grateful to National Translation Month for featuring my translation of Akram Aylisli's "People and Trees" in today's Substack post. Aylisli is Azerbaijan's most important contemporary writer; his books were burned in Azerbaijan in 2013. nationaltranslationmonth.substack.com/p/the-tale-o...
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Excited to be taking part in both these September events with the marvelous @enaselimo.bsky.social, @leeyamehta.bsky.social, @kktranslation.bsky.social, and so many other wonderful writers and translators. Join us!
Two exciting events I'm honored to be a part of—this month!
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@leeyamehta.bsky.social @katherineeyoung.bsky.social
September 3, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Excited to be taking part in both these September events with the marvelous @enaselimo.bsky.social, @leeyamehta.bsky.social, @kktranslation.bsky.social, and so many other wonderful writers and translators. Join us!