writer, Intl Booker shortlisted translator of She Who Remains • words @TheAmScho @APublicSpace @astra_mag @Gulf_Coast @electricl @Chicago_Reader • @TCTC_Chicago
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March madness for real. She Who Remains has been shortlisted for the International Booker prize 😘
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It's back. Winner announcement forthcoming on Nov. 16th.
My Year of Zero Rest and Translation continues…so excited to spend the next six weeks reading these with my beloved @CercadorPrize committee
Didn’t win the International Booker but what a ride. And what a night. Keep reading She Who Remains 😘
On literary gatekeeping, never needing another New York divorce memoir, my favorite (dead) nemesis Clive James & my fellow translators whom I adore.
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I wrote about growing up amidst the absurdities of communism, about thieving, tipsy neighbors & my outsized family for @TheAmScho & the essay is now unlocked. And how good does my mama look? Link in comments.
She Who Remains, the searing, spellbinding book by Rene Karabash, in my translation from Bulgarian, has been longlisted for the International Booker Prize.
This work felt to me wholly singular — a book that alters the air around it. Bringing it into English has been one of the most profound creative journeys of my life. Thank you, Rene, for trusting me with your brilliant words.
Utmost gratitude to Buzz at Sandorf Passage & to Stella and James and Eloise at Peirene Press for recognizing this book’s force immediately and wholeheartedly & giving it - and me and Rene - seriousness, belief & support.
I’m not crying, I’ve been crying. Love you all.
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SHE WHO TRANSLATES: an interview with translator and writer @izidora about her translation from Bulgarian of Rene Karabash's novel SHE WHO REMAINS. 🇧🇬@SandorfP @PeirenePress
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Same, but the Woodfield Mall parking lot at Christmas when I worked at the Cheesecake Factory. Did get one 'bitch' in purple lipstick on my Saturn for doing a little parking improv.
Congratulations to all these talented people, so many of whom I get to call friends 😘 arts.gov/impact/literary-art…
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Happy New Year, folks. We've got six incredible books coming your way over the next 12 months, starting with @enaselimo's translation of Underground Barbie by Maša Kolanović, which is out on January 28. And then we'll jump into 2026 with this remarkable novel. ARCs in April!
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when protecting pussies and firing pussies can happen all in one vote #votecauseicant #TanSuitSeason
Read from my memoir to an audience that howled and hollered & as far as testing material goes it went very well lol. Love you all 😘
Tonight! Come by if you’re in MKE for @LitTranslate 😘@nearingthequick @juliardenconrad @bdantaslobato @jasongrunebaum
In such great company & reading my own stuff. xx
Sooo excited for this! We're having a @LitTranslate offsite event at the Daily Bird in MKE on Sat, in partnership with @nearingthequick, a brand new digital storytelling project that collects translators’ lived experiences & oral histories. Join @juliardenconrad, @jasongrunebaum, @bdantaslobato, @jshyue & @izidora as they read from personal essays on translation. Emceed by the inimitable Alta Price.
