Lissie Jaquette
@lissiejaquette.bsky.social
Executive Director at Words Without Borders | Arabic translator, most recently of Adania Shibli's MINOR DETAIL, and of works by Rania Mamoun, Basma Abdel Aziz, Dima Wannous & more
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Hello Bluesky! Here to introduce myself to the birds, the clouds (hi cirrus, hi stratus, hi cumulonimbus!), to the maple seeds twirling through you.
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Hi, all. It's my birthday! 🥳 🎂
To help me celebrate this year, I'm asking you to support, if you can, five groups/organizations that I myself give to and believe in with all my heart.
Truly, every gift makes a difference!
Love and solidarity,
A
To help me celebrate this year, I'm asking you to support, if you can, five groups/organizations that I myself give to and believe in with all my heart.
Truly, every gift makes a difference!
Love and solidarity,
A
September 1, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Hi, all. It's my birthday! 🥳 🎂
To help me celebrate this year, I'm asking you to support, if you can, five groups/organizations that I myself give to and believe in with all my heart.
Truly, every gift makes a difference!
Love and solidarity,
A
To help me celebrate this year, I'm asking you to support, if you can, five groups/organizations that I myself give to and believe in with all my heart.
Truly, every gift makes a difference!
Love and solidarity,
A
Thank you Alex! And happy birthday, dear friend 💜🎂
Number four is Words Without Borders.
Founded in 2003 to counter the cultural isolationism that followed 9/11, @wwborders.bsky.social publishes new writing from around the globe and offers it for free. And they pay *both* authors and translators!
wordswithoutborders.org/donate/
Founded in 2003 to counter the cultural isolationism that followed 9/11, @wwborders.bsky.social publishes new writing from around the globe and offers it for free. And they pay *both* authors and translators!
wordswithoutborders.org/donate/
Donate - Words Without Borders
Your donation will help us bring vital global literary voices to readers, students, and educators around the world at no cost to them.
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September 1, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Thank you Alex! And happy birthday, dear friend 💜🎂
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The sky witnesses a world at the brink of rupture in these two poems by Sinan Antoon. Read “No Sign of Injury in the Sky: Two Poems,” translated from Arabic by Sara Elkamel, on WWB: wordswithoutborders.org/read/article...
No Sign of Injury in the Sky: Two Poems - Words Without Borders
The sky witnesses a world at the brink of rupture in these two poems by Sinan Antoon
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July 27, 2025 at 12:28 PM
The sky witnesses a world at the brink of rupture in these two poems by Sinan Antoon. Read “No Sign of Injury in the Sky: Two Poems,” translated from Arabic by Sara Elkamel, on WWB: wordswithoutborders.org/read/article...
"And though the world may have looked away, let this much be remembered: we named the hunger. We bore it. We endured. Let that remain." —Alaa Alqaisi on @arablit.bsky.social
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July 26, 2025 at 4:25 PM
"And though the world may have looked away, let this much be remembered: we named the hunger. We bore it. We endured. Let that remain." —Alaa Alqaisi on @arablit.bsky.social
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Apply: Two Free Spots in ‘Bristol Translates’ Summer School
An anonymous donor is sponsoring two spots for the Arabic-English strand with Sawad Hussain in the Bristol Translates summer school taking place this July 7th-11th.
An anonymous donor is sponsoring two spots for the Arabic-English strand with Sawad Hussain in the Bristol Translates summer school taking place this July 7th-11th.
Apply: Two Free Spots in ‘Bristol Translates’ Summer School
An anonymous donor is sponsoring two spots for the Arabic-English strand with Sawad Hussain in the Bristol Translates summer school taking place this July 7th-11th.
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May 28, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Apply: Two Free Spots in ‘Bristol Translates’ Summer School
An anonymous donor is sponsoring two spots for the Arabic-English strand with Sawad Hussain in the Bristol Translates summer school taking place this July 7th-11th.
An anonymous donor is sponsoring two spots for the Arabic-English strand with Sawad Hussain in the Bristol Translates summer school taking place this July 7th-11th.
See you tonight!
TONIGHT: Renowned translators compete to produce the best translation from the same source material! Participants include Bahraini journalist Nazeeha Saeed and prolific poet Huang Xiang, whose work will be translated in fierce, head-to-head competition. RSVP at: cityofasylum.org/program/tr...
Translation Slam with Nevine Abraham, Elisabeth Jaquette, Nazeeha Saeed, Carla Nappi, Huang Xiang, Fan Fan & Emcee Michael Reynolds - City of Asylum
Renowned translators compete to see who can produce the best translation from the same source material. Emceed by Michael Reynolds.
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May 22, 2025 at 2:59 PM
See you tonight!
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@lissiejaquette.bsky.social on how she entered translation publishing: it's meaningful to know "that I get to work in a field where the greater purpose of my work is to connect great readers to great writers"
May 21, 2025 at 9:37 PM
@lissiejaquette.bsky.social on how she entered translation publishing: it's meaningful to know "that I get to work in a field where the greater purpose of my work is to connect great readers to great writers"
Tonight! Whether you're in Pittsburgh or tuning in online, join @chadwpost.bsky.social, Barbara @ndbooks.bsky.social, Michelle and me for a conversation on the Future of Publishing Literature in Translation
The Future of Publishing & Literature in Translation (Bridges–City of Asylum 2025 Creative Summit) - Words Without Borders
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May 21, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Tonight! Whether you're in Pittsburgh or tuning in online, join @chadwpost.bsky.social, Barbara @ndbooks.bsky.social, Michelle and me for a conversation on the Future of Publishing Literature in Translation
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We’re thrilled that #PENPresents & #PENTranslates award-winner Heart Lamp by Banu Mushtaq, trans. from the Kannada by Deepa Bhasthi has won the #InternationalBooker2025, the first work translated from Kannada to appear on the @thebookerprizes.bsky.social shortlist. Congratulations to the winners!
May 20, 2025 at 10:43 PM
We’re thrilled that #PENPresents & #PENTranslates award-winner Heart Lamp by Banu Mushtaq, trans. from the Kannada by Deepa Bhasthi has won the #InternationalBooker2025, the first work translated from Kannada to appear on the @thebookerprizes.bsky.social shortlist. Congratulations to the winners!
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Alaa Abd el-Fattah completed his unjust five-year prison sentence last September. Yet seven months later, he remains in prison.
Join us for a vigil in support of Alaa and his mother Laila Soueif, both currently on hunger strike. #FreeAlaa
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Join us for a vigil in support of Alaa and his mother Laila Soueif, both currently on hunger strike. #FreeAlaa
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May 19, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Alaa Abd el-Fattah completed his unjust five-year prison sentence last September. Yet seven months later, he remains in prison.
Join us for a vigil in support of Alaa and his mother Laila Soueif, both currently on hunger strike. #FreeAlaa
www.englishpen.org/posts/campai...
Join us for a vigil in support of Alaa and his mother Laila Soueif, both currently on hunger strike. #FreeAlaa
www.englishpen.org/posts/campai...
Honored to be on the jury for this year's Neustadt International Prize for Literature!
We’re excited to announce the jury for the 2026 Neustadt International Prize for Literature: Alejandro Puyana, Threa Almontaser, Maya Arad, Polina Barskova, Beena Kamlani, Iheoma Nwachukwu, Elisabeth Jaquette, Shereen Malherbe, and Victoria Chang!
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Jury Announced for the 2026 Neustadt Prize
World Literature Today, the University of Oklahoma’s award-winning magazine of international literature and culture, has announced the names of the jurors who will select the finalists for the 2026 Ne...
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May 9, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Honored to be on the jury for this year's Neustadt International Prize for Literature!
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For most of our existence, WWB has received funding from the NEA. Now, like many others, we must chart a path forward without it. But our readers still deserve access to dazzling global writing. Please donate or share our work to support our mission of bringing the world close through literature.
May 5, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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We’re live from Translating the World with the NYPL and National Book Foundation, ft. Heather Cleary and Jonas Hassen Khemiri and moderated by WWB’s @lissiejaquette.bsky.social!
April 29, 2025 at 10:32 PM
We’re live from Translating the World with the NYPL and National Book Foundation, ft. Heather Cleary and Jonas Hassen Khemiri and moderated by WWB’s @lissiejaquette.bsky.social!
See you next week at the NYPL!
Want to hang out with WWB, the @nationalbook.bsky.social , and the NYPL? Don’t forget to grab a ticket (in-person or livestream) for this 4/29 conversation between Heather Cleary and Jonas Hassen Khemiri, moderated by WWB’s @lissiejaquette.bsky.social : www.showclix.com/event/transl...
April 25, 2025 at 8:33 AM
See you next week at the NYPL!
Congratulations to all the shortlisted translators!
I've loved being a judge for this round of #PENPresents with @englishpen.bsky.social & @thebookerprizes.bsky.social. Each of these projects is dazzling (and deserves to be snapped up by a publisher, ahem)
I've loved being a judge for this round of #PENPresents with @englishpen.bsky.social & @thebookerprizes.bsky.social. Each of these projects is dazzling (and deserves to be snapped up by a publisher, ahem)
In partnership with @thebookerprizes.bsky.social, we’re thrilled to announce the shortlisted translators for the inaugural round of #PENPresents x International Booker Prize, launched to support translators from the Global Majority.
Discover the shortlist ⤵️
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Discover the shortlist ⤵️
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PEN Presents x International Booker Prize shortlist announced - News & Events - English PEN
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April 24, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Congratulations to all the shortlisted translators!
I've loved being a judge for this round of #PENPresents with @englishpen.bsky.social & @thebookerprizes.bsky.social. Each of these projects is dazzling (and deserves to be snapped up by a publisher, ahem)
I've loved being a judge for this round of #PENPresents with @englishpen.bsky.social & @thebookerprizes.bsky.social. Each of these projects is dazzling (and deserves to be snapped up by a publisher, ahem)
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Come work with us! CAT is seeking a full-time Communications Director to oversee communications, marketing, engagement, and public relations strategies.
Read more and apply: www.catranslation.org/about/opport...
Read more and apply: www.catranslation.org/about/opport...
March 26, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Come work with us! CAT is seeking a full-time Communications Director to oversee communications, marketing, engagement, and public relations strategies.
Read more and apply: www.catranslation.org/about/opport...
Read more and apply: www.catranslation.org/about/opport...
This is devastating. IWP's impact on international writing and translated literature can't be understated. I have no words.
🧵Dear Friends: We write today with a difficult update. On Wednesday, Feb. 26, the International Writing Program (IWP) learned that its grants with the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, were being terminated.
March 6, 2025 at 4:10 PM
This is devastating. IWP's impact on international writing and translated literature can't be understated. I have no words.
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Thanks to author Sahar Mustafah for this beautiful photo of our new collection SLENDER THORNS: Award-winning Flash Fiction in Arabic and English, out now.
March 4, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Thanks to author Sahar Mustafah for this beautiful photo of our new collection SLENDER THORNS: Award-winning Flash Fiction in Arabic and English, out now.
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UN Special Rapporteurs are calling for the immediate release of Alaa Abd el-Fattah 'given the arbitrary and unlawful nature of his detention and the deteriorating health of his mother'. #FreeAlaa
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Egypt: Experts urge release of Alaa Abd El-Fattah and others silenced under repressive national security laws
GENEVA – A group of independent human rights experts* today urged the Government of Egypt to end the unlawful and arbitrary detention of activist and blogger, Alaa Abd El-Fattah, and release him witho...
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February 27, 2025 at 3:33 PM
UN Special Rapporteurs are calling for the immediate release of Alaa Abd el-Fattah 'given the arbitrary and unlawful nature of his detention and the deteriorating health of his mother'. #FreeAlaa
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
Proud (& excited) to publish this essay by @clarehannahmary.bsky.social, an introduction to our latest collection at @wwborders.bsky.social featuring global writing by disabled writers & translated by disabled translators 🤩
Excited (& nervous) to be sharing this personal essay on translating while neurodivergent, autistic-coding, the search for authentic representation, smiles as social currency, dropping the mask and more. Read the essay here: tinyurl.com/4veu435y
February 25, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Proud (& excited) to publish this essay by @clarehannahmary.bsky.social, an introduction to our latest collection at @wwborders.bsky.social featuring global writing by disabled writers & translated by disabled translators 🤩
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my quote in this article was from 2 weeks ago. i am feeling even more pessimistic now. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump cuts threaten a ‘generation of scientists’ as many weigh leaving US
President’s call to ‘Make America Healthy Again’ has led to slashes in NIH funding – endangering jobs and vital research
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February 19, 2025 at 6:36 PM
my quote in this article was from 2 weeks ago. i am feeling even more pessimistic now. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Woo hoo!
Thrilled to hear Egypt + 100 (Ed. @ahmednaji.bsky.social) has been longlisted for the @bsfa.bsky.social Awards for best collection & best shorter fiction for 'Oral History of a Past, Obsolete & Forgotten' by Yasmine El Rashidi 🥳
🗳️If you're a member you can vote here
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🗳️If you're a member you can vote here
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February 18, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Woo hoo!
Congratulations @shreedaisy.bsky.social !!
Special congratulations to Daisy Rockwell, the winner of the Wisconsin Prize for Poetry in Translation. Judge Idra Novey selected her translation from Urdu of Azra Abbas’s Sleep Journeys. uwpress.wisc.edu/blog/2025/02...
ANNOUNCING THE RESULTS OF THE WISCONSIN POETRY PRIZE COMPETITION
Lindsay Stuart Hill has been selected as the winner of the Brittingham Prize in Poetry and David O’Connell has been named the winner of the Felix Pollak Prize in Poetry. They were selected out of n…
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February 15, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Congratulations @shreedaisy.bsky.social !!
"At a moment when nationalism and isolationism are rising in both Europe and the United States, the window that literature can provide into other cultures feels essential."
Great profile of @tiltedaxispress.bsky.social & case for international lit in the NYTimes today
Great profile of @tiltedaxispress.bsky.social & case for international lit in the NYTimes today
Tilted Axis Press Took a Big Risk on Translated Literature. It Paid Off. (Gift Article)
The British publisher Tilted Axis specialized in innovative translated literature. It won them major awards. Now they’re coming to the U.S.
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February 15, 2025 at 9:34 PM
"At a moment when nationalism and isolationism are rising in both Europe and the United States, the window that literature can provide into other cultures feels essential."
Great profile of @tiltedaxispress.bsky.social & case for international lit in the NYTimes today
Great profile of @tiltedaxispress.bsky.social & case for international lit in the NYTimes today