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Kim McNeill •📚🌿☕️ @joiedevivre9.bsky.social · 4d

I have a pile of new Aug/Sep publications to read (birthday month acquisitions). 🎂🎉 I’ve only finished three so far (Zambreno, Romano & Mendelson—all recommended), so I have a long way to go. Ravn & Lin are next!

CÉCÉ by Emmelie Prophète (tr. Aidan Rooney)
THE ENDLESS WEEK by Laura Vazquez (tr. Alex Niemi)
THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF H. LAN THAO LAM by Lana Lin
GRACE PERIOD by Maria Judite de Carvalho (tr. Margaret Jull Costa)
ANIMAL STORIES by Kate Zambreno
INTO THE WEEDS by Lydia Davis
THE WAX CHILD by Olga Ravn (tr. Martin Aitken)
HELEN OF NOWHERE by Makenna Goodman
DREAMING OF DEAD PEOPLE by Rosalind Belben
GOOSE OF HERMOGENES by Ithell Colquhoun
IN FARTHEST SEAS by Lalla Romano (tr. Brian Robert Moore)
RESTORATION by Ave Barrera (tr. Ellen Jones & Robin Myers)
MRS. DALLOWAY by Virginia Woolf
ORLANDA by Jacqueline Harpman (tr. Ros Schwartz)
THE OTHER GIRL by Annie Ernaux (tr. Alison L. Strayer)
SAY FIRE by Selma Asotić
LITTLE WORLD by Josephine Rowe
THE INNER LIFE OF MRS. DALLOWAY by Edward Mendelson
ALPHA AND OMEGA by Jane Ellen Harrison

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Two Lines Press @twolinespress.com · 2d

Bay Area! Join us and @litquake.org on Oct. 17 @ 6:30 pm at CounterPulse for a listening party debuting 3 audio lit in translation adaptations.This guided event features Camilo Garzón and special guests, Noelle de la Paz, Monica Cure, and Amanda Nazareno. RSVP: www.catranslation.org/event/litqua...

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Two Lines Press @twolinespress.com · 5d

Bay Area! Join us and @litquake.org on Oct. 11 @ 7 pm at Telegraph Hill Books to celebrate the release of HAIR ON FIRE. This collection of 5 female Afghan Poets is a blazing tribute and a reminder of what we lose when voices are silenced. RSVP: www.catranslation.org/event/litqua...

Litquake: Hair on Fire event in San Francisco

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Tobias Carroll @tobiascarroll.bsky.social · 8d

I have a new rundown of recent books in translation up at @wwborders.bsky.social!

The Watchlist: September 2025 - Words Without Borders

This International Translation Day, Tobias Carroll recommends poetry by Afghan women, fiction from Croatia and Mozambique, and more.

wordswithoutborders.org

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Community of Literary Magazines & Presses (CLMP) @clmporg.bsky.social · 8d

NO EDGES: SWAHILI STORIES (@twolinespress.bsky.social) is on our #TranslationMonth reading list!

These eight stories from East African writers feature “tales of sorcerers, Nairobi junkyards, cross-country bus rides, and spaceships that blast prisoners into eternity”: bookshop.org/p/books/no-e...

No Edges: Swahili Stories

Swahili Stories

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Community of Literary Magazines & Presses (CLMP) @clmporg.bsky.social · 9d

In SLEEP PHASE, Mohamed Kheir “uses his characters’ ever-shifting perception of their surroundings to probe the truths around globalization and its consequences.”

A @twolinespress.bsky.social novel (transl. by Robin Moger) from our #TranslationMonth list: www.catranslation.org/shop/book/sl...

SLEEP PHASE

Mohamed Kheir

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Two Lines Press @twolinespress.com · 12d

If you signed up before 9/21, during our membership drive, you will receive a tote as a monthly member!

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Two Lines Press @twolinespress.com · 12d

Thank you for helping us reach our goal of 75 new Two Line Press memberships which helps us cover 50% of our printing costs for an entire year! We have a few tote bags left, and you can still get one if you sign up as an annual member (U.S. based only!) ...while supplies last!

Two Lines Press @twolinespress.com · 19d

Come see us this Sunday at booth #626 at the @bkbookfest.bsky.social! We'll have our latest books, backlist favorites, and...our brand new membership tote bag available for anyone who joins as a Two Lines Press member! www.catranslation.org/books/member...

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Porter Square Books in Cambridge & Boston @portersqbooks.bsky.social · 15d

Queen of Swords is less a biography & more the record of Jazmina Barrera being haunted by the ghost/spirit/idea of Mexican author Elena Garro. Told in weaving vignettes drawn from deep research in Garro's archives, you'll probably feel haunted by the end too. Out on 11/11

Queen of Swords by Jazmina Barrera translated by Christina Macsweeny

In what was at first meant to be a short essay about the influential Mexican writer Elena Garro (1916-1988), Jazmina Barrera's deep curiosity and exploration give us a singular portrait of a complex life.

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Paul Semel @paulsemel.bsky.social · 16d

Finished reading the #poetry anthology "Cigarettes Until Tomorrow: Romanian Poetry."
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This was just exceptional...except for the fact that none of the contributors have books in English I can get. Ah well.
#books #reading #poems @twolinespress.bsky.social #BookSky #PoetrySky

Cigarettes Until Tomorrow: Romanian Poetry (Calico Series, 10)

In , eight Romanian poets use black humor searing contemporary language to make everyday scenes profound. Tanks invade while soccer games go down to the last minute. There are lonely cemeteries and ...

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Jay Boss Rubin @jaybossrubin.bsky.social · 16d

One week from today at @citylightsbooks.bsky.social in San Francisco: "Celebrating Euphrase Kezilahabi," presented by @catranslation.org / @twolinespress.bsky.social. I'll be reading from ROSA MISTIKA and conversing w/ the endlessly thoughtful Annmarie Drury :) www.catranslation.org/event/jay-bo...

Jay Boss Rubin on Rosa Mistika with Annmarie Drury | Center for the Art of Translation | Two Lines Press

City Lights welcomes Jay Boss Rubin to read from his translation of Rosa Mistika by Euphrase Kezilahabi, a banned Swahili classic finally in English.

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Two Lines Press @twolinespress.com · 17d

Brooklyn! Hope to see you today at booth #626 at the @bkbookfest.bsky.social! We've got translated literature and you can walk away with brand new tote for your book haul if you sign up for our membership today: www.catranslation.org/books/member...

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Paul Semel @paulsemel.bsky.social · 19d

As the name suggests, the new #poetry anthology "Hair On Fire: Afghan Women Poets" presents #poems by women from a country where they haven't always been allowed to write. Here's the link to my interview with "Fire" editor Sarah Coolidge.
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Exclusive Interview: "Hair On Fire" Editor Sarah Coolidge ... .

Exclusive Interview: "Hair On Fire: Afghan Women Poets" Editor Sarah Coolidge \ In which she talks about this poetry collection.

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Two Lines Press @twolinespress.com · 19d

Come see us this Sunday at booth #626 at the @bkbookfest.bsky.social! We'll have our latest books, backlist favorites, and...our brand new membership tote bag available for anyone who joins as a Two Lines Press member! www.catranslation.org/books/member...

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Two Lines Press @twolinespress.com · 20d

*Please note the keynote with Jhumpa Lahiri and Katie Kitamura is SOLD OUT and will not be livestreamed or recorded.

Two Lines Press @twolinespress.com · 20d

Join us TODAY for the DAY OF TRANSLATION 2025 at The Center for Fiction in Brooklyn, NY. Free in-person or virtual registration open now for our three 12-5 pm panels. The first 3 events will be livestream and video links will be emailed to everyone who registered a couple of weeks after the event.

Day of Translation 2025

Sept. 18, 2025, Noon-7 PM at The Center for Fiction in Brooklyn, NY

www.catranslation.org

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Two Lines Press @twolinespress.com · 22d

Want to expand your view of world literature in ways you couldn't previous have guessed at? Join as a Two Lines Press member by 9/21 and receive a brand new tote bag and a year's worth of books that come highly praised by @themountaingoats.bsky.social! www.catranslation.org/books/member...

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Frances Evangelista @nonsuchbook.bsky.social · 22d

Through the mail slot today. Grace Period by Maria Judite de Carvalho,
translated from the Portuguese by
Margaret Jull Costa. www.catranslation.org/shop/book/gr... @catranslation.org @twolinespress.bsky.social

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Mandy-Suzanne Wong @mandysuzannewong.bsky.social · 22d

GRACE PERIOD by the wonderful Maria Judite de Carvalho, translated from the Portuguese by Margaret Jull Costa @twolinespress.bsky.social

Some thoughts from me on the novella here (and on Goodreads). Many thanks to Two Lines for the ARC!

mandysuzannewong.substack.com/p/grace-period

Grace Period

by Maria Judite de Carvalho, translated from the Portuguese by Margaret Jull Costa

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Two Lines Press @twolinespress.com · 22d

Amazing--Thank you!!

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Two Lines Press @twolinespress.com · 23d

"In focusing only on five poets, Hair on Fire brings their stature into focus, recognizing these writers’ place in a global, feminist canon. You could never make me believe that poetry has no meaningful effect—not when collections like this exist." www.asymptotejournal.com/blog/2025/09...

What’s New in Translation: September 2025 - Asymptote Blog

New publications from Palestine, Afghanistan, Italy, Senegal, France, Belgium, Serbia, Russia, Poland, and Kyrgyzstan!

www.asymptotejournal.com

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Jeffrey Zuckerman @jmz.bsky.social · 26d

Starting next Friday! Join me and the other incredible 2025 NEA Translation Fellows as we share a glimpse of our projects across five Friday Zooms. Register here to tune into the whole series: www.catranslation.org/event/works-...

Works in Progress: 2025 NEA Translation Fellows Conversation Series | Center for the Art of Translation | Two Lines Press

Join us to celebrate the 2025 National Endowment for the Arts Translation Fellows in a series of conversations about their award-winning projects, which span 17 different languages across 21 countries...

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Two Lines Press @twolinespress.com · 26d

We're 1 week away from DAY OF TRANSLATION 2025! Join us on 9/18 at The Center for Fiction in Brooklyn, NY. Free in-person or virtual registration open now for our three 12-5 pm panels. *Please note the keynote with Jhumpa Lahiri and Katie Kitamura is SOLD OUT.

Day of Translation 2025

Sept. 18, 2025, Noon-7 PM at The Center for Fiction in Brooklyn, NY

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Two Lines Press @twolinespress.com · 26d

75 new memberships covers 50% of our printing costs for an entire year! We only need 50 more new members by 9/21 to meet our goal! Join us or gift a Membership by 9/21 and receive this sweet CAT tote as a BONUS 🎁 @catranslation.org. www.catranslation.org/books/member...

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Two Lines Press @twolinespress.com · 26d

We're 5 days into our Member Drive! There's no better time to join as a Two Lines Press member! We have a brand new tote for you, and a slate of incredible forthcoming books this fall, starting with SEA NOW by Eva Meijer, tr. Anne Thompson Melo! Join by 9/21! www.catranslation.org/books/member...

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