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Andrea Meador Smith @andreamsmith.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

#MyDreadfulBody, chapter XI: Belly. “It's as if syllables from the roomy words [for ‘woman’] will be dropped if no wedding ring appears on a woman's finger and her womb never carries a child. I know that I'm no longer a true woman to them” 🎯📚 #Djabbarova26 #WomenInTranslation

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Andrea Meador Smith @andreamsmith.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

#MyDreadfulBody, chapter X: Throat. “I wanted to finally break the vicious circle of retribution and open our shut mouths so I could shout about my own existence and the existences of mothers, grandmothers, sisters, and girl-friends“ 📚 #Djabbarova26 #WomenInTranslation

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Andrea Meador Smith @andreamsmith.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

My Dreadful Body, chapter IX: Legs. “I decided that after the operation I had to buy myself some red high-heeled shoes… It turned out that the mere ability to walk was more interesting than heels, so I bought myself some sneakers instead. 👠🚶🏻‍♀️📚 #Djabbarova26 #MyDreadfulBody #WomenInTranslation

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World Literature Today @worldlittoday.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

“Djabbarova holds deep sympathy for her closed-tongued mother’s fate.” Candice Louisa Daquin reviews the translation of a novel that “interrogates the ways we become estranged from ourselves physically and emotionally.” worldliteraturetoday.org/blog/book-re...

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Andrea Meador Smith @andreamsmith.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

My Dreadful Body, chapter VIII: Back. “As Mama aged, her back began aching frequently: the hours spent washing floors, windows… though she never complained since anyway, how could that pain be compared to the pain from my father's blows?” 😭📚 #Djabbarova26 #MyDreadfulBody #WomenInTranslation

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Andrea Meador Smith @andreamsmith.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

My Dreadful Body, chapter VII: Tongue. “How had it happened that the only language I could express myself in found no affectionate way to address me, instead flinging insults at me like kernels of corn…?” 🗣️💔📚 #Djabbarova26 #MyDreadfulBody #WomenInTranslation

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Andrea Meador Smith @andreamsmith.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

My Dreadful Body, chapter VI: Hands. “A woman’s hands were always supposed to be busy—only a man’s hands were entitled to be carefree… Any woman in our family knew her hands were not given to her for writing” 🤲 😬📚 #Djabbarova26 #MyDreadfulBody #WomenInTranslation

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New Vessel Press @newvesselpress.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

MY DREADFUL BODY named to 2026 National Book Award for Translated Literature longlist! Congratulations Egana Djabbarova + @lizoksbooks.bsky.social for this dazzling novel about a young woman’s vexed coming of age in a traditional Azerbaijani community in Russia. www.nationalbook.org/books/my-dre...

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Andrea Meador Smith @andreamsmith.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

My Dreadful Body, chapter V: Shoulders. “My mother’s shoulders always drooped—she tried to be pleasant and amenable to those around her so no one would have any reason to insult her” 📚 #Djabbarova26 #MyDreadfulBody #WomenInTranslation

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Andrea Meador Smith @andreamsmith.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

My Dreadful Body, chapter IV: Mouth. Opens with a bang: “The mouth was not intended for speaking. None of the women around me ever said what they genuinely wanted to say and none interrupted men’s conversations” 🫦🙊📚 #Djabbarova26 #MyDreadfulBody #WomenInTranslation

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Andrea Meador Smith @andreamsmith.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

My Dreadful Body, chapter III: Hair. “I was scared: I’d never cut my hair and was afraid I was committing a crime against all the women of my family line, destroying the memory of the ancestors who endured in my hair” 💇🏻‍♀️📚 #Djabbarova26 #MyDreadfulBody #WomenInTranslation

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Andrea Meador Smith @andreamsmith.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

My Dreadful Body, chapter II: Eyes. “Why should a woman’s eyes be bottomless? And able only to accommodate the world, having no right to change it.” 📚👁️ #Djabbarova26 #MyDreadfulBody #WomenInTranslation

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Andrea Meador Smith @andreamsmith.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

My Dreadful Body, chapter I: Eyebrows. “My brows seemed to expand daily, occupying more and more space between my eyelids. If my girlfriends had something like pale vines, then I had the huge dark wings of a mountain bird.” Been there! 📚🤨 #Djabbarova26 #MyDreadfulBody #WomenInTranslation

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Warwick Prize for Women in Translation @womenintranslation.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

The list of submissions to the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation 2026 is now available on our webpage. The prize is in its 10th year and we're delighted to have received a record number of submissions from a record number of languages! 🎉 tinyurl.com/32ms3tsy

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Orange and dark blue text on a blue background which reads: Record submissions in our 10th year; 164 titles; 37 languages; link in bio.

Dark blue and orange text on a blue background, reading: The languages: French 23; Spanish 23; Japanese 15; Danish 11; Korean 11; German 10; Chinese 8; Italian 8; Swedish 8; Dutch 6; Norwegian 5; Portuguese 4; Czech 3; Russian 3; Arabic 2; Catalan 2; Finnish 2; Hindi 2; Hungarian 2; Slovak 2; Asturian 1; Belarusian 1; Bulgarian 1; Croatian 1; Didxazá 1; Farsi 1; Greek 1; Kannada 1; Macedonian 1; Maltese 1; Mapudungun 1; Persian 1; Polish 1; Taiwanese Mandarin 1; Tamil 1; Ukrainian 1; Vietnamese 1.

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Andrea Meador Smith @andreamsmith.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

How is #WITMonth almost over?! Today’s choice is Our Dead World by Liliana Colanzi, translated by Jessica Sequeira 🇧🇴 If anyone has other Bolivian women writers to recommend, please do! 📚🌎

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Andrea Meador Smith @andreamsmith.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Another amazing find for #WITMonth: As despedidas by Cecilia F. Santomé. Translated from Gallego to Spanish by the author 🇪🇸📚💙 A beautiful story about mourning loved ones and traditions, set in rural Galicia #WomenInTranslation @consonni.bsky.social

Cover of the novel As despedidas by Cecilia F Santomé

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Words Without Borders & WWB Campus @wwborders.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Women in translation? That’s a huge part of our whole thing. We’re excited to share WWB’s staff picks for #WITMonth reads as you roll towards the end of August! Click the link to find all 7 recs, or scroll through the thread for a little more info about each: wordswithoutborders.org/read/article...

"What We're Reading: Women in Translation Month" over a turquoise and pink gradient background and a pixelated wallpaper of all 7 book covers.

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Andrea Meador Smith @andreamsmith.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

This weekend‘s read for #WITMonth is The Colony by Annika Norlin, translated from the Swedish by Alice E. Olsson 🇸🇪📚 @europaeditions.bsky.social #WomenInTranslation

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Andrea Meador Smith @andreamsmith.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Another excellent recommendation for #WITMonth: Repetition by Vigdis Hjorth, translated from Norwegian by Charlotte Barslund 🇳🇴📚 #WomenInTranslation @versobooks.bsky.social

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Andrea Meador Smith @andreamsmith.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Happy Women in Translation Month! 🌎📚🌍 She Who Remains is a great place to start—a short novel that opened my eyes to a culture I knew nothing about 🇦🇱 (and available through Hoopla library app!). Written by Rene Karabash and translated from Bulgarian by Izidora Angel 🇧🇬 #WITMonth

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Raven Books @ravenbooks.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

I've done a #WITmonth Starter Pack. I do not claim it to be remotely all-encompassing but if you've used the hashtag (as per the criteria⤴️), hopefully I've found and added you. If I haven't, please let me know. go.bsky.app/KEkwYR6

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Andrea Meador Smith @andreamsmith.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

One of the most original novels I’ve read in a long time, Underground Barbie by Maša Kolanović, recounts the effects of the Yugoslav Wars on kids playing in the basement as fighting rages around them. Translated from Croatian by Ena Selimović 🇭🇷 Great pick for #WITMonth 📘🤩 #WomenInTranslation

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Andrea Meador Smith @andreamsmith.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

It’s that time of year again 🎉📚💙 Prepping for #WITMonth by reading the absolutely gorgeous Punto de araña by Nerea Pallares, who translated her original Gallego to Spanish 🇪🇸 #WomenInTranslation

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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

My latest. More thoughts on language, culture, and violence against women. We actually have a word for wife-killing. Why don't we use it?

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Uxoricide: The Word You Don't Know Because You're Not Supposed To

On the Language We Don't Have for Men Who Kill Their Wives.

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The Society of Authors @societyofauthors.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

"A new republic of books that transcends boundaries" - today we're announcing the shortlists for our Translation Prizes 2025. Nine prizes will be awarded at the ceremony in February next year, including the inaugural John Calder Translation Prize.

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Warwick Prize for Women in Translation @womenintranslation.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

The Warwick Prize for Women in Translation will be awarded at a ceremony this evening in London. Browse the titles on the shortlist and longlist in 2025 - and all years - on our @bookshop.org page: uk.bookshop.org/lists/warwic.... The winner will be announced at 7.30pm!

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Warwick Prize for Women in Translation 2025

Checkout out this list on Bookshop

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Lit Hub @literaryhub.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Gabriela Cabezón Cámara’s We Are Green and Trembling, translated by Robin Myers, wins the National Book Award for Translated Literature!

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Charco Press @charcopress.com · 17/11/2025

Our 2026 Bundle lineup. CATHEDRALS by Claudia Piñeiro (tr. Frances Riddle). New work from the author of Elena Knows! Lia fled her home after a brutal crime decades ago, but family, and the truth, will never let you go... Subscribe now: charcopress.com/bookstore/20...

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Andrea Meador Smith @andreamsmith.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

I’m loving the subscription to @catranslation.org!! Two brand new books with translators’ names on the covers were waiting in the mailbox today 🎉 #WomenInTranslation 📚

Cover of two novels in translation: The Queen of Swords and The Week of Colors

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Andrea Meador Smith @andreamsmith.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

Current selection for #NovellaNovember is La ciudad invencible by Fernanda Trías 🌃🇺🇾📚

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Charco Press @charcopress.com · 06/11/2025

From Argentina to Edinburgh to Hollywood. The movie adaptation of our own DIE, MY LOVE by Ariana Harwicz (tr. Sarah Moses/Carolina Orloff) is out in UK/US cinemas tomorrow!

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Andrea Meador Smith @andreamsmith.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

Going to read some Latin American women for #NovellaNovember! First up is Lina Meruane’s Cercada 🇨🇱📚

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Warwick Prize for Women in Translation @womenintranslation.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

Announcing the longlist for the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation 2025! Featuring 10 languages, 12 publishers, 4 collections of poetry - and much more. The longlist travels from Argentina to South Korea, from Haiti to Romania, from Sweden to Slovenia. tinyurl.com/4cu8sdv9

A photograph of the 14 titles longlisted for the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation. The books are stood on a wooden table against a brick wall with their spines facing the camera.

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Henry Líu @interpretaatioo.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

🤝 The theme for #InternationalTranslationDay 2025 celebrates #translation, peace and trust: "Translation, shaping a future you can trust" #ITD2025 en.fit-ift.org/internationa...

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Two Lines Press @twolinespress.com · 08/09/2025

Today until 9/21, all NEW Two Lines Press members will receive the new CAT @catranslation.org tote bag! A membership gets you early access (w/ free U.S. shipping included) for all our books (8-10/year), plus exclusive member gifts. Join us! www.catranslation.org/books-member...

The Center for Translation (CAT) tote bag pictured with four upcoming Two Lines Press titles. Miao!

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Alexander Chee @alexanderchee.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

Carmen Maria Machado's new introduction to "I Who Have Never Known Men," excerpted at the New Yorker. www.newyorker.com/newyorkercom...

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“I Who Have Never Known Men” Is a Warning

The slim, disquieting novel, which has become a sensation on TikTok, imagines a child who finds herself at the end of the world.

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Viet Thanh Nguyen @vietthanhnguyen.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

The Supreme Court bans affirmative action in university admissions but is okay with racial profiling on American streets. That pretty much sums up white supremacy--heads I win, tails you lose, all legal.

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Andrea Meador Smith @andreamsmith.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

Last official read of #WITMonth 2025: The Forgery by Ave Barrera 🇲🇽📚 I’m enjoying the original Spanish and the translation by Ellen Jones and Robin Myers 👏🏻 👏🏻 #WomenInTranslation @charcopress.com

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 29/08/2025

there is no question in my mind that rfk jr is the most dangerous person in this administration and that his eugenicist ideology threatens the lives of millions of people www.advocate.com/politics/dem...

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RFK Jr.’s damage to the CDC is ‘past the point of no return,’ Dr. Demetre Daskalakis warns

“The CDC you knew is over,” the infectious diseases doctor told The Advocate. “Unless someone takes radical action, there is nothing there that can be salvaged.”

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Andrea Meador Smith @andreamsmith.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

Winding down #WITMonth with a fan favorite: The Summer Book by Tove Jansson (translated by Thomas Teal) 🇫🇮🇸🇪📖📚 #WomenInTranslation

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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

We are creating a Spanish language section on The Rumpus, for original creative work written in Spanish and are looking for a volunteer editor for this section. If this could be you, please send a brief letter of interest to roxane@therumpus.net by Tuesday, September 2nd!

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Anna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

"There are more than 19 million college students in the US. Most are well removed from corridors of wealth+power..43% of undergrads attend community college. 25% live with their parents." a listicle for everyone, especially for the NYT editors themselves to learn www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/u...

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The Typical College Student Is Not Who You Think It Is

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

You can add up all the enjoyable pursuits of LLMs and the work productivity hacks and none of them, separately or together, will be more important than AI’s ecological costs or political disruption. “We” is more important here.

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Andrea Meador Smith @andreamsmith.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

Rereading Dolores Reyes’ Cometierra to prep for the new Amazon series 🇦🇷📚 📺 This time I’m reading Julia Sanches’ vibrant translation, Eartheater 👏🏻👏🏻 #WITMonth #WomenInTranslation

Cover of novel Cometierra by Dolores Reyes, English translation Eartheater by Julia Sanches

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 15/08/2025

The White House's memes about imprisonment, deportation, and death by alligator are designed to radicalize and desensitize. “What you have is this desire to get people to buy into the fun of sadism,” says Jason Stanley, an author who’s leaving the US because of “concerns over fascism.”

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The official voice of the US government Is cruel, gross, and weird. What is that doing to us?

Joking memes about imprisonment, deportation, and death by alligator are designed to radicalize and desensitize.

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

Firing and demoralizing feminized jobs as enemies of the state while brazenly bribing men with violent jobs that almost instantly puts them into the middle of middle class is very basic gendered warfare. Fulfilling the manosphere’s promise.

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