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Center for the Art of Translation (CAT) @catranslation.org · 04/09/2026

“All I know is for me translation and disability are inextricable and have been since the beginning,” @amandasarasien.bsky.social writes in @electricliterature.com. +

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Amanda Sarasien @amandasarasien.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

What an honor to share this prize with my incredibly talented colleague Elton Uliana! Thank you to @themassreview.bsky.social for giving José Luís Peixoto’s enchanting story a home in your pages, and for your stalwart support of translated literature!

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Amanda Sarasien @amandasarasien.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Thrilled my story "The Cicadas" found a home with Strange Pilgrims. Thank you to the editors for the fun and thought-provoking interview on my writing life, and for including an atmospheric audio reading for those who want to listen on the go! www.strangepilgrims.com/p/the-cicada...

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"Surely the seasons had lost their train of thought." | Short Story #8

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Amanda Sarasien @amandasarasien.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

TBRs for my summer estivation. Here we go!

A stack of books on a green velvet bench with a brick wall and Jean Cocteau print behind. The books from top to bottom are: Marta Marta by Loranne Vella, Jellyfish Have No Ears by Adèle Rosenfeld, Sisters by Daisy Johnsom, Girl 1983 by Linn Ullmann, My Annihilation by Fuminori Nakamura, Malina by Ingeberg Bachmann, The Book of Goose by Yiyun Li, and The Silver Book by Olivia Laing.

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Amanda Sarasien @amandasarasien.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

In Állex Leilla’s Springtime in the Bones, the city of Salvador (“obedient Bahian capital”) is a character in its own right. To celebrate the novel’s English-language debut, in my translation, I’ve prepared a photo album in collab with the author. Take a look! www.amandasarasien.com/post/a-liter...

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A Literary Tour of Állex Leilla's Salvador

In Állex Leilla's Springtime in the Bones, the city of Salvador, capital of the Brazilian state of Bahia, is as much a character as the novel's two protagonists, Luísa and Michel. Storied. Reticent. P...

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Amanda Sarasien @amandasarasien.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

What an honor to see my translation of Állex Leilla’s Springtime in the Bones on @wwborders.bsky.social’s April Watchlist, & in such great company. Thank you @tobiascarroll.bsky.social for highlighting the book’s “rapid-fire prose” & nimble dialogue & the feat of translating it! #WomenInTranslation

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Amanda Sarasien @amandasarasien.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Állex Leilla's Springtime in the Bones abounds with revealing musical references. To celebrate the novel's English-language debut, in my translation, I created a playlist! Immerse yourself in the book's literary soundscape & have a listen here: open.spotify.com/playlist/5W6... #WomenInTranslation

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Betty Books @bettybooks.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

In her latest review published in Reading in Translation, Betty author & translator @ilzeduarte.bsky.social explores Springtime in the Bones—a fierce story of survival in the face of gendered violence, written by Állex Leilla and translated by @amandasarasien.bsky.social. Read here: bit.ly/40Qnuwu

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Amanda Sarasien @amandasarasien.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Thank you, @ilzeduarte.bsky.social for this poignant and incisive review of Állex Leilla’s Springtime in the Bones. A novel that speaks — rages — to our current moment. #womenintranslation #brazil

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Amanda Sarasien @amandasarasien.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

1st review of Állex Leilla's Springtime in the Bones is up at Hablemos escritoras & I'm so chuffed: "Sarasien’s translation preserves the original’s sensory force & emotional complexity, offering English-lang readers a work that is as unsettling as it is hypnotic." hablemosescritoras.org/posts/8605

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Hablemos Escritoras Blog · Minireseña. Springtime in the Bones (Foreshore Books, 2026) de Állex Leilla traducción Amanda Sarasien

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Amanda Sarasien @amandasarasien.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

This incredible podcast about women's voices in literature has a stellar lineup for Women's History Month, & I'm over the moon to be a part of it. We talk language, disability, Brazil, & my translation of Springtime in the Bones by Állex Leilla. Don't miss it! www.hablemosescritoras.org/posts/8539

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Hablemos Escritoras Podcast · Episodio 691: Un programa para celebrar enormemente a las mujeres

<p>El mes de marzo se dedica a las mujeres y nosotros reflexionamos en esta cápsula sobre...

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Amanda Sarasien @amandasarasien.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Reaching peak hygge conditions here in Chicago. My reading for the night keeps to the theme: Orham Pamuk’s Snow, Sjón’s Codex 1962, and Josefine Klougart’s On Darkness made their way into the stack.

A window sill dimly lit by two candles in blue and white ceramic candlesticks and a lighted blue bottle. Next to them is a teetering stack of books, and out the window is a quiet, snow-blanketed street at night.

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Amanda Sarasien @amandasarasien.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Launch day is creeping closer and closer. Coming March 8, 2026, International Women's Day: foreshorepublishing.com/product/spri... Bahian author Állex Leilla's "bold feminist tale of survival, vengeance, and rebirth" #BrazilianLiterature #WomeninTranslation #TBR #BookSky

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Springtime in the Bones – Foreshore Publishing

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Amanda Sarasien @amandasarasien.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

Still floating on this thrilling news - my manuscript has been shortlisted in the @sfwp.bsky.social 2025 Literary Awards!

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Amanda Sarasien @amandasarasien.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

What a thrill to see my own writing included in this formidable long list!

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Amanda Sarasien @amandasarasien.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

Immensely honored that my co-translation with Elton Uliana of José Luís Peixoto’s haunting story “The Woman Who Dreamed” was nominated for a Pushcart! Thank you to @themassreview.bsky.social for featuring our work!

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Amanda Sarasien @amandasarasien.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

Cover reveal! Thanks to the very talented Rachelle Jaily for this head-turning design! #WomeninTranslation #BrazilianLiterature #booksky #booklaunch

Image of a book cover with a nude-colored frame and in the center of the frame a hot pink grainy box. Reaching into the center box from the right is a forearm with a hand holding a gun, its fingernails painted crimson. Reaching into the center box from the left is a forearm with a hand holding multi-colored flowers. The title of the book, Springtime in the Bones, surrounds the box, and below it is the author's name, Állex Leilla. Below this are the words "Translated from the Portuguese by Amanda Sarasien."

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Amanda Sarasien @amandasarasien.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

Received my contributor's copy of SAGE Magazine - what a beautiful objet d'art, just look at that stitched spine! My piece "Summer" is an excerpt from a full-length manuscript which is #seekingapublisher, & it was awarded the magazine's Prose Prize! Read it here: sagemagazine.org/wp-content/u...

Cover of SAGE Magazine showing line-drawn continents and constellations in yellow and lilac against a black background, the word "SAGE" in bold and the words "Eclipsed Ecologies" arcing around one of the images.

An art spread included inside the magazine. On the left page is an eerie blurred cyanotype of what looks like flowers, with the title "Blueprint of Nature" by McKenna Blaine. On the right side is a surreal image of a person in bluish purple holding a distorted face with eyes all over it. The title is "Twisted" by Eleonor Andersson.

First-page spread of my piece "Summer, or Chronic Illness: The Eternal Return" with the words seeming to spout and fall like a waterfall.

The hand-stitched spine of SAGE Magazine bearing its black back cover with the yellow and lilac celestial designs.

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Warwick Prize for Women in Translation @womenintranslation.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

We are pleased to publish the list of eligible submissions to the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation in 2025. tinyurl.com/2wax9t5r The list includes 145 titles from 34 languages - plenty of reading inspiration to mark #womenintranslation month this August! #WITMonth

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Amanda Sarasien @amandasarasien.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

Bookmail! Received my pre-order of this beguiling brew of a book - a pinch of poetry, a dash of translation, a morsel of (fictional?) memoir, and a few tarot readings thrown in for good measure. Highly recommended for the flaneurs among us... aimhigher.org/books/p/roam...

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Roaming the Labyrinth with Marie-Claire Bancquart: Perfect Bound — AIM Higher Inc.

BY Christina Cook Binding: Perfect Bound Paperback ISBN: 979-8-9863699-5-2 List Price: $30 | Preorder: $22 Publisher: AIM Higher Page Count: 220 Publication/Shipping Date: June 2025 ABOUT A lyric...

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The Massachusetts Review @themassreview.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

“...Because I have an exciting and productive working relationship with Amanda Sarasien—an extraordinary literary stylist in her own right—I invited her to collaborate with me.” Elton Uliana & @amandasarasien.bsky.social writes for our #10Questions, on our website: massreview.org/2025/07/14/1...

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10 Questions for Elton Uliana and Amanda Sarasien - The Massachusetts Review

“She woke up so happy. One of the nuns opened the bedroom door and crossed the narrow aisle between the beds. As the day’s first gentle sounds touched the silence—the door opening, the thin rubber sol...

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Amanda Sarasien @amandasarasien.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Excited to present José Luís Peixoto's incantatory tale of memory, grief, and longing, together with my co-translator Elton Uliana; what a formidable table of contents! #literatureintranslation #PortugueseLiterature

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Amanda Sarasien @amandasarasien.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

So proud to see my work in this gorgeous magazine. This piece is an excerpt from a longer work for which I'm #seekingapublisher (& it won the magazine's Prose Prize!). Thank you to the editors at SAGE for this lovely object I'll soon hold in my hands! #disabilitylit sagemagazine.org/wp-content/u...

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Amanda Sarasien @amandasarasien.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

A bit of news: foreshorepublishing.com/foreshore-si... Thank you to Állex Leilla for entrusting me with her words, and to Foreshore for embracing this unconventional book! #LiteratureInTranslation #BrazilianLiterature

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Wild Ramp Publishing @wildramppublishing.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Also bumping this again. Please apply with your DJ zine ideas!

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