Kira Josefsson
@kirajosefsson.bsky.social
writer & translator of Ia Genberg, Hanna Johansson, Judith Kiros and others // that's Karin Broos in the header
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Wildfire is set to publish International Booker Prize shortlisted author Ia Genberg's "dazzling" experimental novel, translated by Kira Josefsson. Small Comfort is set for publication in April 2026 👇 #BookSky
Wildfire to publish Ia Genberg's 'dazzling' experimental novel
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‼️Attention, Genberg heads ‼️ Ia's brilliant novel Small Comfort coming to the UK in April 2026 and a few months later in the US.
So nice to see Body Double highlighted here. As Kendall, our publisher, says: “Body Double is a thriller, but the mystery at its center is existential.”: www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
Mysteries & Thrillers in Translation
Authors speak the universal language of crime fiction.
www.publishersweekly.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:48 PM
So nice to see Body Double highlighted here. As Kendall, our publisher, says: “Body Double is a thriller, but the mystery at its center is existential.”: www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
I'm excited for CD Eskilson's translation of Edith Södergran's Modern Woman. Södergran, a Finland-Swedish poet who died in 1923 at 31, is is one of our most impt poets & CD's translation renders her w a glittering specificity that also brings out her queerness: worldpoetrybooks.com/books/modern...
Edith Södergran - Modern Woman — WORLD POETRY
EDITH SÖDERGRAN MODERN WOMAN Translated from Swedish by CD ESKILSON
worldpoetrybooks.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:59 PM
I'm excited for CD Eskilson's translation of Edith Södergran's Modern Woman. Södergran, a Finland-Swedish poet who died in 1923 at 31, is is one of our most impt poets & CD's translation renders her w a glittering specificity that also brings out her queerness: worldpoetrybooks.com/books/modern...
This conversation is so clear and bracing––I can't recommend it enough. Major congrats to Omar El Akkad and gratitude to David Naimon for bringing us this interview!
Congratulations to Omar El Akkad for winning the 2025 National Book Award in Nonfiction! ICYMI: Omar's appearance on the show was one of the great all-time conversations so far.
Audio: tinhouse.com/podcast/omar...
Audio: tinhouse.com/podcast/omar...
Omar El Akkad : One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This - Tin House
In late October 2023, weeks into Israel’s bombing of northern Gaza, the novelist Omar El Akkad retweeted a video taken by a Gazan man. This video showed a lifeless moonscape with endless empty streets...
tinhouse.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:35 PM
This conversation is so clear and bracing––I can't recommend it enough. Major congrats to Omar El Akkad and gratitude to David Naimon for bringing us this interview!
Toni Morrison: "A sleep deeper than the hospital drugs; deeper than the pits of plums, steadier than the condor's wing; more tranquil than the curve of eggs."
(more tranquil than the curve of eggs !!!)
(more tranquil than the curve of eggs !!!)
November 12, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Toni Morrison: "A sleep deeper than the hospital drugs; deeper than the pits of plums, steadier than the condor's wing; more tranquil than the curve of eggs."
(more tranquil than the curve of eggs !!!)
(more tranquil than the curve of eggs !!!)
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Congratulations to Ia Genberg and our contributor Kira Josefsson. You can read more of Josefsson's work on our website here: wordswithoutborders.org/contributors...
November 12, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Congratulations to Ia Genberg and our contributor Kira Josefsson. You can read more of Josefsson's work on our website here: wordswithoutborders.org/contributors...
‼️Attention, Genberg heads ‼️ Ia's brilliant novel Small Comfort coming to the UK in April 2026 and a few months later in the US.
Wildfire is set to publish International Booker Prize shortlisted author Ia Genberg's "dazzling" experimental novel, translated by Kira Josefsson. Small Comfort is set for publication in April 2026 👇 #BookSky
Wildfire to publish Ia Genberg's 'dazzling' experimental novel
ebx.sh
November 12, 2025 at 2:56 PM
‼️Attention, Genberg heads ‼️ Ia's brilliant novel Small Comfort coming to the UK in April 2026 and a few months later in the US.
zohran pronouncing his wife's name with a rolling r, zohran releasing campaign videos in spanish and arabic... a linguistically competent mayor for this many-tongued city!
November 5, 2025 at 3:53 PM
zohran pronouncing his wife's name with a rolling r, zohran releasing campaign videos in spanish and arabic... a linguistically competent mayor for this many-tongued city!
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So nice to see this long review of Quynh Tran's brilliant Shade and Breeze, which was published in my translation last year from Lolli Editions and is still waiting for a US publisher. Thank you @diacritics-dvan.bsky.social ! diacritics.org/2025/10/book...
A Vietnamese Finnish Childhood - diaCRITICS
Shade and Breeze is the debut work of Quynh Tran, a writer and graduate of the prestigious Biskops-Arnös Writers' School in Sweden. The novel is a collection of vignettes centering on a young Vietname...
diacritics.org
November 4, 2025 at 12:30 AM
So nice to see this long review of Quynh Tran's brilliant Shade and Breeze, which was published in my translation last year from Lolli Editions and is still waiting for a US publisher. Thank you @diacritics-dvan.bsky.social ! diacritics.org/2025/10/book...
So nice to see this long review of Quynh Tran's brilliant Shade and Breeze, which was published in my translation last year from Lolli Editions and is still waiting for a US publisher. Thank you @diacritics-dvan.bsky.social ! diacritics.org/2025/10/book...
A Vietnamese Finnish Childhood - diaCRITICS
Shade and Breeze is the debut work of Quynh Tran, a writer and graduate of the prestigious Biskops-Arnös Writers' School in Sweden. The novel is a collection of vignettes centering on a young Vietname...
diacritics.org
November 4, 2025 at 12:30 AM
So nice to see this long review of Quynh Tran's brilliant Shade and Breeze, which was published in my translation last year from Lolli Editions and is still waiting for a US publisher. Thank you @diacritics-dvan.bsky.social ! diacritics.org/2025/10/book...
"Cuomos kampanj är fastklamrad vid övertygelsen att fascism bara kan tämjas genom kompromisser. Vinner Mamdani har han också besegrat denna eftergifternas politik." Tänk er en framtid som ser ut så! Bra av @martingelin.bsky.social www.dn.se/kultur/marti...
Martin Gelin: Den leende Zohran Mamdani utmanar vänsterns egna myter
Den 4 november kan Zohran Mamdani bli borgmästare i New York. Det skulle i så fall rita om kartan för Demokraterna som parti, skriver Martin Gelin.
www.dn.se
October 28, 2025 at 6:22 PM
"Cuomos kampanj är fastklamrad vid övertygelsen att fascism bara kan tämjas genom kompromisser. Vinner Mamdani har han också besegrat denna eftergifternas politik." Tänk er en framtid som ser ut så! Bra av @martingelin.bsky.social www.dn.se/kultur/marti...
Honored to be one of the literary hosts for this year's WWB gala. Come join us to celebrate + support this beloved magazine! I am told there will be dancing 🪩 wwborders.live/2025Gala
October 22, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Honored to be one of the literary hosts for this year's WWB gala. Come join us to celebrate + support this beloved magazine! I am told there will be dancing 🪩 wwborders.live/2025Gala
Reposted by Kira Josefsson
Reposted by Kira Josefsson
När federala agenter stormar bostadshus och människor försvinner i nattliga räder växer samtidigt ilskan i USA.
Rörelsen No kings samlar miljontals i protest mot deportationerna, i en kamp om landets själ, rapporterar Kira Josefsson.
www.flamman.se/inga-kungar-...
Rörelsen No kings samlar miljontals i protest mot deportationerna, i en kamp om landets själ, rapporterar Kira Josefsson.
www.flamman.se/inga-kungar-...
Inga kungar i Amerika
Kira Josefsson: Rekordprotester mot deportationer i USA
www.flamman.se
October 21, 2025 at 9:54 AM
När federala agenter stormar bostadshus och människor försvinner i nattliga räder växer samtidigt ilskan i USA.
Rörelsen No kings samlar miljontals i protest mot deportationerna, i en kamp om landets själ, rapporterar Kira Josefsson.
www.flamman.se/inga-kungar-...
Rörelsen No kings samlar miljontals i protest mot deportationerna, i en kamp om landets själ, rapporterar Kira Josefsson.
www.flamman.se/inga-kungar-...
Skrev om massprotest och direkt aktion i @flamman.se : www.flamman.se/inga-kungar-...
October 21, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Skrev om massprotest och direkt aktion i @flamman.se : www.flamman.se/inga-kungar-...
Speaking of... This is such a clear-sighted, freeing take on the issue: www.nplusonemag.com/issue-51/the...
October 10, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Speaking of... This is such a clear-sighted, freeing take on the issue: www.nplusonemag.com/issue-51/the...
I finally got around to reading this v helpful guide to the Anthropic lawsuit. Highly recommended if you think you might be among the countless whose work was stolen by the company to "train" its LLM chatbot Claude. Translators very much included! nwu.org/anthropic/
October 10, 2025 at 9:31 PM
I finally got around to reading this v helpful guide to the Anthropic lawsuit. Highly recommended if you think you might be among the countless whose work was stolen by the company to "train" its LLM chatbot Claude. Translators very much included! nwu.org/anthropic/
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THE MARATHON POET (@uglyducklingpresse.bsky.social) is on our #TranslationMonth reading list!
Åke Hodell’s poems, translated from the Swedish by Fia Backström, “unmask and satirize oppression’s many guises.” Order it here: uglyducklingpresse.org/product/the-...
Åke Hodell’s poems, translated from the Swedish by Fia Backström, “unmask and satirize oppression’s many guises.” Order it here: uglyducklingpresse.org/product/the-...
The Marathon Poet - Ugly Duckling Presse
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September 27, 2025 at 4:02 PM
THE MARATHON POET (@uglyducklingpresse.bsky.social) is on our #TranslationMonth reading list!
Åke Hodell’s poems, translated from the Swedish by Fia Backström, “unmask and satirize oppression’s many guises.” Order it here: uglyducklingpresse.org/product/the-...
Åke Hodell’s poems, translated from the Swedish by Fia Backström, “unmask and satirize oppression’s many guises.” Order it here: uglyducklingpresse.org/product/the-...
💛 L2 translators continue to remind the world that the concept of a mother tongue is, in fact, not so straightforward in large parts of the world, and that many of us translate into a language that is not our first!
As someone who immigrated to Ohio as a disoriented teen with zero English, appearing in @kenyonreview.bsky.social years later, with one of my most personal translations means a little extra. Maybe I did learn to string English words together into meanings, after all. kenyonreview.org/piece/she-be...
October 7, 2025 at 5:13 PM
💛 L2 translators continue to remind the world that the concept of a mother tongue is, in fact, not so straightforward in large parts of the world, and that many of us translate into a language that is not our first!
”Hela Bologna står stilla på ett sätt vi inte sett på 40 år”.
”La Repubblica rapporterar om demonstrationer i 100 städer, bland annat i Venedig, Rom, Milano, Livorno, Genua och Palermo. En miljon personer ska ha gått i demonstrationerna under dagen.”
Italiensk generalstrejk i solidaritet med Global Sumud Flotilla
En miljon människor har gått ut på gator runt om i Italien i solidaritet med Global Sumud Flotilla. Tågtrafik har blockerats. I Rom har en påvestaty iklätts pa
www.aftonbladet.se
October 3, 2025 at 3:09 PM
”Hela Bologna står stilla på ett sätt vi inte sett på 40 år”.
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Just now, 11 state and city lawmakers were arrested by DHS police on the 10th floor of 26 Federal Plaza after a hour of demanding access to the ICE lock up on the same floor. @thecity.nyc
September 18, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Just now, 11 state and city lawmakers were arrested by DHS police on the 10th floor of 26 Federal Plaza after a hour of demanding access to the ICE lock up on the same floor. @thecity.nyc
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once again, respectfully tapping the "support local, worker-owned, billionaire-free independent media" sign
Karen Attiah writes here that the Washington Post fired her as a columnist (she was the last full-time Black opinion columnist, she points out) over a post that quoted Charlie Kirk: karenattiah.substack.com/p/the-washin...
The Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced.
I spoke out against hatred and violence in America — and it cost me my job.
karenattiah.substack.com
September 15, 2025 at 5:39 PM
once again, respectfully tapping the "support local, worker-owned, billionaire-free independent media" sign
I can't wait for you to read Hanna's brilliant lesbian thriller--taut and autumnal where her ANTIQUITY is lush and summery, richly intertextual, about desire and belonging and also sort of obliquely about translation... BODY DOUBLE is out in April!
🧑🤝🧑 COVER ANNOUNCEMENT 🧑🤝🧑 We're excited to share that Hanna Johansson's new novel is coming this spring! Cover design by the fabulous Nicole Caputo 🖤
BODY DOUBLE hits bookstores on 4/7/26 — preorder now! books.catapult.co/books/body-d...
BODY DOUBLE hits bookstores on 4/7/26 — preorder now! books.catapult.co/books/body-d...
September 10, 2025 at 7:59 PM
I can't wait for you to read Hanna's brilliant lesbian thriller--taut and autumnal where her ANTIQUITY is lush and summery, richly intertextual, about desire and belonging and also sort of obliquely about translation... BODY DOUBLE is out in April!
Reposted by Kira Josefsson
🎉 The 2025 longlist for the @nationalbook.bsky.social Award for Translated Literature has arrived! Congratulations to all on this stellar list - including ALTA members Shelley Fairweather-Vega, David McKay, Paige Aniyah Morris, and Robin Myers! www.nationalbook.org/2025-nationa...
2025 National Book Awards Longlist for Translated Literature
The ten contenders for the National Book Award for Translated Literature
www.nationalbook.org
September 10, 2025 at 1:00 PM
🎉 The 2025 longlist for the @nationalbook.bsky.social Award for Translated Literature has arrived! Congratulations to all on this stellar list - including ALTA members Shelley Fairweather-Vega, David McKay, Paige Aniyah Morris, and Robin Myers! www.nationalbook.org/2025-nationa...
PEN America: "we've listened to our community, we're learning and changing"
Also PEN America: come to the event we're hosting at the 92Y, the zionist venue that cancelled Viet Thanh Nguyen's appearance after he criticized israel! we love free speech
Also PEN America: come to the event we're hosting at the 92Y, the zionist venue that cancelled Viet Thanh Nguyen's appearance after he criticized israel! we love free speech
September 10, 2025 at 1:41 PM
PEN America: "we've listened to our community, we're learning and changing"
Also PEN America: come to the event we're hosting at the 92Y, the zionist venue that cancelled Viet Thanh Nguyen's appearance after he criticized israel! we love free speech
Also PEN America: come to the event we're hosting at the 92Y, the zionist venue that cancelled Viet Thanh Nguyen's appearance after he criticized israel! we love free speech
Reposted by Kira Josefsson
If you're a translator pissed off about the impacts of AI, our members in the NWU Translators Organizing Committee are building collective power among literary translators as workers whose creative labor deserves to be materially valued. Check them out! nwu.org/chapters/toc
Since 2023, translators and interpreters have seen work dry up, rates plummet and their jobs reduced to editing AI-generated output. Some are leaving the field, others are considering bankruptcy. All despite any major upgrade in translation quality.
This is how AI is killing translation work:
This is how AI is killing translation work:
AI Killed My Job: Translators
Few industries have been hit by AI as hard as translation. Rates are plummeting. Work is drying up. Translators are considering abandoning the field, or bankruptcy. These are their stories.
www.bloodinthemachine.com
August 25, 2025 at 6:05 PM
If you're a translator pissed off about the impacts of AI, our members in the NWU Translators Organizing Committee are building collective power among literary translators as workers whose creative labor deserves to be materially valued. Check them out! nwu.org/chapters/toc