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It is such a thrill to announce that I and the Brazilian author I've been translating, Állex Leilla, have signed with Foreshore...
Feb 21
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My Painting at Art Fluent
So often making art, in any form, is a leap of faith. You create because you have something to say, but you know there's a good chance no...
Oct 3, 2024
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My Sculpture at Woman Made
When Chicago's storied art gallery Woman Made announced their theme for an upcoming juried show, I was moved. Invisibility: Existing at...
Jul 27, 2024
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Special Portfolio on Translation
When asked to curate a special portfolio on translation for West Branch magazine's online edition, Wired, I jumped at the chance to...
Feb 2, 2024
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Halloween Reads: Two Overlooked Gothic Classics
(Reposted from my original October 15, 2015, entry) Come October, when readers' eyes turn toward the chilling and macabre, bookstores...
Oct 20, 2023
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Translation Publication - West Branch
The latest issue of West Branch includes my translation of a short story by Brazilian writer Állex Leilla, her first publication in...
Jul 10, 2023
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My Sculpture at the Toledo Museum of Art
As a writer and translator, sometimes it's helpful every once in awhile to step away from the page, exercise a different artistic muscle....
Jun 29, 2023
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Essay in Electric Literature
I'm proud to share my most recently publication, an intensely personal essay on disability and the translator's invisibility: "First I...
Apr 1, 2022
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2022 NEA Translation Fellowships Announced
It's my distinct honor and privilege to share that I've been awarded a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to support my...
Jan 11, 2022
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Sant Jordi NYC Virtual Book Fest
Book lovers the world over know April 23 as the death date for both William Shakespeare and Miguel de Cervantes, and it is this double...
Apr 22, 2021
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And the Winner Is...
Emma Ramadan, for her translation, from French, of Abdellah Taïb's A Country for Dying (Seven Stories Press). Of this Moroccan-French...
Apr 8, 2021
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Reserve Your Tickets for PEN America's Virtual Awards Gala
Collectively, judges for the 2021 slate of PEN Literary Awards read over 1,850 titles. I'm honored to say that I played a small part in...
Mar 7, 2021
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Jill! A (Virtual) Women+ in Translation Reading Series
Engage a translator or publisher in conversation for any length of time about the state of translated literature, and they'll more than...
Oct 28, 2020
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Visiting the American Writers Museum
We find ourselves in a time when questions surrounding American identity — What is “Americanness” and who has the right to call him- or...
Jan 29, 2018
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Notes on an Exhibition - Shakespeare's Characters: Playing the Part
2016 has seen a wealth of Shakespeare-related programming, performances, carefully timed book releases, and even a special hashtag, all...
Sep 8, 2016
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