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sabrina jaszi

@sjaszi

Translator of Uzbek, and Ukrainian, and Russian lit | Co-founder @Turkoslaviaco | @NEAarts Translation fellow | Central Asian lit @UCBerkeley

 Oakland, Ca
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Joined November 2009
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Turkoslavia Collective & Journal (@turkoslaviaco) profile pictureTurkoslavia Collective & Journal@turkoslaviacoJun 16
TURKOSLAVIA is now open for submissions until August 15! Send us your poetry and prose in translation from Turkic* and Slavic* languages—broadly conceived––to [email protected]. FAQs, along with our first five issues, over at: exchanges.uiowa.edu/about-tu…
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Alina Stefanescu@alinerJun 11
Please send us your poetry and prose translated from Turkic and Slavic languages (broadly conceived)!!!
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TURKOSLAVIA is now open for submissions until August 15! Send us your poetry and prose in translation from Turkic* and Slavic* languages—broadly conceived––to [email protected]. FAQs, along with our first five issues, over at: exchanges.uiowa.edu/about-tu…
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Read more Moldovan literature! The great Tatiana Țîbuleac's novel "The Summer My Mother Had Green Eyes" is now available in English translation. My latest book review for @KyivIndependent. kyivindependent.com/loss-and…
Loss and loneliness in a contemporary Moldovan classic

Loss and loneliness in a contemporary Moldovan classic

From the early pages of "The Summer My Mother Had Green Eyes," we are swimming in the protagonist Aleksy's grief. The story begins at a point in his late teenage years when he "hated (his mother)...

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In TURKOSLAVIA ISSUE 5, John Hennessy and Ostap Kin @ostap_kin translate two poems by Moisei Fishbein. We need more poetry in our lives, always. exchanges.uiowa.edu/moisei-f… #ukrainian
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Joanna Lillis@joannalillisMar 26
It’s tourist season in #Uzbekistan - why not get off the regular tourist trail to explore some sights that are steeped in the country’s modern history? I talk about some of them, and what they mean for Uzbekistan, in my latest Substack post. open.substack.com/pub/joanna…
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Joanna Lillis@joannalillisMar 23
Eminent architect Vil Muratov (who's 92) in front of the iconic Blue Domes café, which he designed in the 1970s. Read about his story and about the architectonic style now celebrated as Tashkent Modernism in my book Silk Mirage! #Uzbekistan
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Turkoslavia Collective & Journal (@turkoslaviaco) profile pictureTurkoslavia Collective & Journal@turkoslaviacoMar 20
Exciting news: @aliner is joining us as in-house poetry editor! Those of you who have already been graced with her editing—or have had the joy of reading her work or of just being in conversation with her—know what a special occasion this is for us all. turkoslavia.com/about
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Tomorrow! @KALW @CATranslation @CuenteroProd
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The Loose-Haired Women: A Haunted Reading Room at KALW - Center for the Art of Translation

The Loose-Haired Women: A Haunted Reading Room at KALW - Center for the Art of Translation

Bat Witch Ghost, Cuentero Productions, and the Center for the Art of Translation team up to create an artist-made haunted reading room built into the lobby of

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Thursday in SF, I'll be reading and discussing my translation from Uzbek of Salomat Vafo's story at KALW Hope to see you!👁️👁️ @CATranslation @KALW catranslation.org/event/the-…
The Loose-Haired Women: A Haunted Reading Room at KALW - Center for the Art of Translation

The Loose-Haired Women: A Haunted Reading Room at KALW - Center for the Art of Translation

Bat Witch Ghost, Cuentero Productions, and the Center for the Art of Translation team up to create an artist-made haunted reading room built into the lobby of

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Join our team! CPJ is #hiring a remote Europe-based, full-time Specialist Editor for Europe and Central Asia that will be responsible for executing CPJ’s regional editorial strategy. 🗓️ Deadline is March 31, 2026. Apply today: cpjorg.bamboohr.com/careers/…
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My preferred method for learning everything
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Intermediate Persian through Persian Short Stories Intermediate Persian through Persian Short Stories is a literature-based language course designed for learners who wish to strengthen their Persian reading, speaking, and ... More information: ghandeparsi.com/springschool…
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The Digital Library of the National Library of Serbia offers researchers access to digitized Serbian books, newspapers, manuscripts, and Ottoman-era historical documents. #ottomanstudies #serbianstudies #history digitalna.nb.rs/Wiki.jsp
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From a papier-mâché tree stump, before a giant set of eyes, I’ll be declaiming my translation of Salomat Vafo’s “The Loose-Haired Women” Join us this Thursday at 7 PM for the haunting... @CATranslation @CuenteroProd @sarahcoolidge catranslation.org/event/the-…
The Loose-Haired Women: A Haunted Reading Room at KALW - Center for the Art of Translation

The Loose-Haired Women: A Haunted Reading Room at KALW - Center for the Art of Translation

Bat Witch Ghost, Cuentero Productions, and the Center for the Art of Translation team up to create an artist-made haunted reading room built into the lobby of

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Featuring my translation of "Bulbul" by the great Suhbat Aflatuni! Bulbul🎶Gul🌹Sunbul❤️
Massachusetts Review (@MassReview) profile pictureMassachusetts Review@MassReviewMar 16
Our spring issues is finally here! Featuring work from @stellayywong and Tyler Patton, @row_ie_argument and Hassan Herzallah, plus translations of prose and poetry, with art from Jennifer Strings, find inside the much needed voices for late-winter days: massreview.org/issue/volume-…
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lllc.uiowa.edu/academic-area… 👇 #translatorinresidence #Iowa @UIowaCLAS
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Zaynab Kerasheva (1923-1998), a Circassian linguist, scholar, and public figure, the first woman in Adygea to become a Doctor of Philological Sciences.
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DEADLINE EXTENDED until MARCH 15! Send em in
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Did you work on/read a book translated from Ukrainian in 24–25?💙💛Nominate it! @AAUS_says Translation Prize––open through March 1! ukrainianstudies.org/nominat… Judges: @roman904, Ostap Kin + vash pokirnyi sluha
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khalid yousef@khalidsyossefFeb 20
#OpenAccess Making Uzbekistan Nation, Empire, and Revolution in the Early USSR Adeeb Khalid, Cornell Univ Pr 2019 PDF 🎯 archive.org/download/oapen-2…
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