I'm deeply honored to share that The Massachusetts Review has awarded my incredibly talented colleague Elton Uliana and me the 2026 Chametzky Translation Prize for our co-translation of José Luís Peixoto's enchanting short story "The Woman Who Dreamed." Named in memory of the magazine's founder Jules Chametzky, the prize recognizes an exceptional work of literary translation published in The Massachusetts Review over the preceding two years. Peixoto's hauntingly poetic story

I'm honored to share that The Massachusetts Review has nominated my work for a Pushcart Prize ! The story, a haunting tale of memory, grief, and the quiet details of life in a nursing home, was written by the award-winning Portuguese author José Luís Peixoto and featured in the magazine's summer 2025 issue. I and my talented colleague Elton Uliana co-translated the author's signature incantatory prose, finding the collaborative process incredibly rewarding. To see this piece

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...

Emma Ramadan, for her translation, from French, of Abdellah Taïb's A Country for Dying (Seven Stories Press). Of this Moroccan-French...

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...