Amanda

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 reflects on grie...

It was such a pleasure having my short story "The Cicadas" featured in the latest issue of Strange Pilgrims, not least because the publication included a fun and thought-provoking interview about my writing life. Enjoy reading this foray into the speculative, stay a while for the interview, and/or listen to my "atmospheric" reading in the accompanying audio.

The Center for the Art of Translation will once again be partnering with the Center for Fiction in Brooklyn, New York, to offer a day jam-packed with dynamic talks on the art of literary translation. I'm proud to be among the panelists in the September 24, 2026, lineup and look forward to my discussion with colleagues on the topic "The Art of Embodied Translation: The Role of Disability in Translation Today." Other panels include "Care, Collaboration, Transformation: Feminist Translation...