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Ena Selimović
@enaselimo.bsky.social
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translator | writer | editor | co-founder of Turkoslavia Collective | NEA translation fellow | doctorate in comparative literature | ig@yugaduga | www.turkoslavia.com
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Ena Selimović @enaselimo.bsky.social · 9h
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Ena Selimović @enaselimo.bsky.social · 13h
And of course, his reading with Shelley during the Sant Jordi Festival this past year! 💙 www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Zmj...
Turkoslavia: Poetry from We Computers with Hamid Ismailov and Shelley Fairweather Vega
YouTube video by Sant Jordi NYC
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Ena Selimović @enaselimo.bsky.social · 13h
Ismailov, Untitled
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Untitled by Hamid Ismailov — Exchanges
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Ena Selimović @enaselimo.bsky.social · 13h
Ismailov, Russian Matryoshka exchanges.uiowa.edu/three-storms
Three Storms — Exchanges
Hamid Ismailov, Sultan Rayev, and Talasbek Asemkulov translated from and through Kazakh, Kyrgyz, and Russian by Shelley Fairweather-Vega
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Ena Selimović @enaselimo.bsky.social · 13h
The Turkoslavia Collective is thrilled that our contributor Hamid Ismailov (tr. Shelley Fairweather-Vega in issues 2 + 4) is the honorary chair of @wwborders.bsky.social's 2025 Gala!
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Ena Selimović @enaselimo.bsky.social · 1d
I'm so sorry, Kate.
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Words Without Borders & WWB Campus @wwborders.bsky.social · 2d
Just in time to kick off your October, we have another interview from an author-translator duo longlisted for the NBA for Translated Literature! We spoke to Vincenzo Latronico and Sophie Hughes, author and translator of PERFECTION. Read it here: wordswithoutborders.org/read/article...
Alt: Black background, white text, circular author photos of Vincenzo Latronico and Sophie Hughes, and the cover of PERFECTION to the far right of the image. Book cover has a white border, and a picture of three lily’s sticking out of a plastic San Pellegrino bottle. At the top is the NBF logo reading “76th National Book Awards,” and below it is “Words Without Borders.” The text is as follows: National Book Award Interviews: Vincenzo Latronico and Sophie Hughes on Perfection “As a translator, I know that the work allows you to access a text with much more depth and perception than a reader, an editor, the writer themself: sometimes you write a sentence as it comes and decide it’s good, but as a translator you have to assume there is a choice behind every word.”— Vincenzo Latronico
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Ena Selimović @enaselimo.bsky.social · 1d
In the words of Elizabeth Bennet in Pride and Prejudice (speaking to her sister Jane in the face of her much brighter future): "Do not give up."
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Ena Selimović @enaselimo.bsky.social · 1d
Etymology bears witness to this: within every catastrophe is an "overturning." The word "catastrophe"—or "katastrofa" in Bosnian, Croatian, Montenegrin, Serbian (BCMS)—is rooted in the Ancient Greek "κᾰτᾰστροφή," whose first definition is listed as a process of "overturning."
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East Bay Booksellers @ebbooksellers.bsky.social · 2d
This is of niche industry interest, but here goes:

The digital catalog platform most independent bookstores use to peruse and order new books for their stores (called Edelweiss) has jacked up their prices on publishers to catalog new titles 200-300%.

Why does this matter?
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Ena Selimović @enaselimo.bsky.social · 3d
"These acts of non-cooperation create friction, and friction slows the consolidation of authoritarianism. Each act of non-cooperation, of disruption, inspires others to use the power they have to throw sand in the gears." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
We are no longer free. But we can win our freedom back
To meet this moment in US history, we need to revisit the rich – and successful – tradition of nonviolent disruption
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Ena Selimović @enaselimo.bsky.social · 3d
Thanks, Mela 💙
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Mela Žuljević @zuljevicmela.bsky.social · 3d
An incredible piece to be read many times. Ena, thank you for writing it.
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Women* Write the Balkans @womenwritebalkans.bsky.social · 6d
We're immensely proud to share with you "Airborne," a new story by @enaselimo.bsky.social:
www.womenwritethebalkans.com/essays/airbo...
"According to Bosnian documents, he is a traitor. According to Turkish documents, he is a spy. According to American documents, he is an alien. According to them all, he is to be put in no position to help others or himself." Ena Selimović: Airborne Illustration: gray and black embroidery of B-2 bomber patent drawings on a blue background
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sarah clark (they) @sarahclark.bsky.social · 4d
If you'd like to see beestung keep buzzing, please consider dropping a few bucks our way 🖤💛🖤💛
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beestung @beestung.bsky.social · 5d
We're still trying to raise $246 this year to cover expenses, if you're feeling generous.

We'll never charge a submission fee, and we pay our writers.

Your help will also ensure that we can bring on a guest editor in the new year, to avoid that whole 'monolithic voice' business 💛🖤

Thank you. 🐝
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beestung @beestung.bsky.social · Jul 14
Happy non-binary day and week!

We're a small mag publishing non-binary, genderqueer, and two-spirit writers.

If you'd like to help us out, we're currently working towards our goal for paying writers for this and next year.

Shares are very much appreciated, too!

www.gofundme.com/f/beestung-y...
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Ena Selimović @enaselimo.bsky.social · 4d
Utterly shameful.
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Dino @dinok.bsky.social · 5d
This left me gasping for air at the end. Magnificent and crushing. Thanks for sharing, @enaselimo.bsky.social
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Women* Write the Balkans @womenwritebalkans.bsky.social · 6d
We're immensely proud to share with you "Airborne," a new story by @enaselimo.bsky.social:
www.womenwritethebalkans.com/essays/airbo...
"According to Bosnian documents, he is a traitor. According to Turkish documents, he is a spy. According to American documents, he is an alien. According to them all, he is to be put in no position to help others or himself." Ena Selimović: Airborne Illustration: gray and black embroidery of B-2 bomber patent drawings on a blue background
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Ena Selimović @enaselimo.bsky.social · 5d
Thanks for reading and sharing, Dino 💙
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Katherine E. Young @katherineeyoung.bsky.social · 6d
Remarkable, moving piece by @enaselimo.bsky.social!
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Women* Write the Balkans @womenwritebalkans.bsky.social · 6d
We're immensely proud to share with you "Airborne," a new story by @enaselimo.bsky.social:
www.womenwritethebalkans.com/essays/airbo...
"According to Bosnian documents, he is a traitor. According to Turkish documents, he is a spy. According to American documents, he is an alien. According to them all, he is to be put in no position to help others or himself." Ena Selimović: Airborne Illustration: gray and black embroidery of B-2 bomber patent drawings on a blue background
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irina cerić @irinaceric.bsky.social · 6d
This is an astonishing piece of writing.
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Women* Write the Balkans @womenwritebalkans.bsky.social · 6d
We're immensely proud to share with you "Airborne," a new story by @enaselimo.bsky.social:
www.womenwritethebalkans.com/essays/airbo...
"According to Bosnian documents, he is a traitor. According to Turkish documents, he is a spy. According to American documents, he is an alien. According to them all, he is to be put in no position to help others or himself." Ena Selimović: Airborne Illustration: gray and black embroidery of B-2 bomber patent drawings on a blue background
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Reyzl Grace | Завета Грейс @reyzlgrace.bsky.social · 6d
My God, what a magnificent, thoughtful, heart-wrenching piece.
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Women* Write the Balkans @womenwritebalkans.bsky.social · 6d
We're immensely proud to share with you "Airborne," a new story by @enaselimo.bsky.social:
www.womenwritethebalkans.com/essays/airbo...
"According to Bosnian documents, he is a traitor. According to Turkish documents, he is a spy. According to American documents, he is an alien. According to them all, he is to be put in no position to help others or himself." Ena Selimović: Airborne Illustration: gray and black embroidery of B-2 bomber patent drawings on a blue background
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Ena Selimović @enaselimo.bsky.social · 6d
Thank you! 💙
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Ena Selimović @enaselimo.bsky.social · 6d
💙💙💙
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Ena Selimović @enaselimo.bsky.social · 6d
I couldn't imagine a better home for what turned out to be by far one of the hardest pieces to write—read it over at @womenwritebalkans.bsky.social 💙
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Women* Write the Balkans @womenwritebalkans.bsky.social · 6d
We're immensely proud to share with you "Airborne," a new story by @enaselimo.bsky.social:
www.womenwritethebalkans.com/essays/airbo...
"According to Bosnian documents, he is a traitor. According to Turkish documents, he is a spy. According to American documents, he is an alien. According to them all, he is to be put in no position to help others or himself." Ena Selimović: Airborne Illustration: gray and black embroidery of B-2 bomber patent drawings on a blue background
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Alexander Jabbari @ajab.bsky.social · 6d
The article is available open-access here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
COSMOPOLITAN PHILOLOGY AND SACRED GRAMMAR
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