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Ilze Duarte @ilzeduarte.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

During this year's ALTA Conference (Oct 21-24), I'll be participating in an off-site reading along with other translators whose works are featured in three editions of Deep Vellum's Best Literary Translations. Join us! Thursday, Oct 22, 7 PM. @littranslate.bsky.social #literatureintranslation

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Ilze Duarte @ilzeduarte.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

My copy of Any Kind of Known Tomorrow by @ldeforest.bsky.social just arrived in the mail. You haven't ordered yours yet? Then head on to www.wtawpress.org/product-page.... #wtawpress #bettybooks #debutnovel #recentrelease #literaryfiction #womenwriters @bettybooks.bsky.social

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Ilze Duarte @ilzeduarte.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Finished reading The Cracks We Bear by Catalina Infante in Michelle Mirabella's translation. Compact and powerful, this novel is about mothers and daughters and much more. Michelle's beautiful, sure-handed translation has been shortlisted for ALTA's 2026 Spain-USA Foundation Translation Award.

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Ilze Duarte @ilzeduarte.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Just finished My Dreadful Body by EganaEgana Djabbarova, translated from Russian (with some Azerbaijani preserved) by Lisa C. Hayden and published by @newvesselpress.bsky.social. This is an extraordinary book--piercing, poetic, necessary. I highly recommend it! #literatureintranslation #womenwriters

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Ilze Duarte @ilzeduarte.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

If you missed me and Claudia Nina reading from her beautiful novella Benedita, now you can watch the recording on YouTube! While you're there, be sure to watch the other two #WomenInTranslationMonth events hosted by PEN America. Here's the link to the second of three events: youtu.be/k3Wwf6m0k24?...

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Ilze Duarte @ilzeduarte.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Before #WomeninTranslationMonth comes to an end, I would like to (re)introduce to you the two Brazilian writers whose work I have been translating. Visit the publications and pitches sections of my website for more information: www.ilzeduarteliterarytranslator.com #Brazilianliterature #womenwriters

The fabulous Brazilian writers whose work I am happy and honored to translate. [Photos of Claudia Nina and Marilia Arnaud] Learn more about them and their work in the pitches section of my website: https://www.ilzeduarteliterarytranslator.com

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Ilze Duarte @ilzeduarte.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

So happy and honored to be shortlisted for the David Bellos Translation Prize! #literarytranslation #Brazilianliterature

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Ilze Duarte @ilzeduarte.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Just finished reading @ericscottryon.bsky.social's debut novel I'M THE UNDERTOW, set in California's central coast. It made me think a lot, it made me feel a lot! #literaryfiction #debutnovel #californiacentralcoast #bookrecommendation

Cover of the novel I'm the Undertow by Eric Scot Tryon, with a black baground and winding, intersecting lines that look like road lanes. One of the lines frays into what looks like skid marks.

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Ilze Duarte @ilzeduarte.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

It's been eighteen months since The Book of Affects came into the world! Many thanks to Marilia Arnaud for entrusting me with her magnificent work, to Sundial House for publishing the book, and to everyone who has read it and spread the word. You can purchase it at cup.columbia.edu/book/the-boo...

"It is true that I clung to this man with all the desperation and hope of a castaway. No, I didn't save myself, if that's what you're wondering. The bottom of my boat is splintered, and every now and then it lists under the force of unstable currents, but the storm has lifted, and here with you, I am groping, trying to put some order to all these turbulent emotions, searching for a reconciliation with our fragile universe." Quote from the story "Flesh and Agony," in The Book of Affects by Marilia Arnaud, translated by Ilze Duarte

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Ilze Duarte @ilzeduarte.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

My latest translation, "Dromedaries on the Sidewalk" by Brazilian author Claudia Nina, is the opening story in the current issue of Puerto del Sol. You can subscribe to the magazine or purchase individual issues. More information on www.puertodelsol.org. #literatureintranslation #shortstory

"I miss the breeze that used to blow from the sea, the mild wind on my body during my daily walks. There has been no wind for a long while. Maybe something strange is happening in the city, but I can't figure out what it is because besides the absence of the neighbors, the trampled indigent on the ground, and the sea of dead fish on the beach--also deserted--everything is perfectly fine." "Dromedaries on the Sidewalk," a short story by Brazilian writer Claudia Nina, translated by Ilze Duarte.

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Ilze Duarte @ilzeduarte.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Here's an article I wrote a few years ago for @hopscotch-tr.bsky.social on AI and literary translation. This discussion will only become more relevant in the coming years. I invite you to read all the articles in the forum: hopscotchtranslation.com/2023/09/19/s... #writingisforhumans #translation

As the #namethetranslator movement has been successful in highlighting the importance of acknowledging translators for the essential work they do, so can a widespread movement succeed in raising awareness of teh type of work involved in literary translation and the reasons why only we--humans, writers, artists--can do it. My article on AI and translation in Hopscotch Translation.

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Ilze Duarte @ilzeduarte.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

The short story collection The Book Affects by @mariliaarnaud in my translation available at my local library! To accept a recommendation of a book, libraries usually require at least one professional review in a reputable publication. Thought this would be helpful info to #emergingtranslators.

Ilze Duarte's selfie with a copy of her book-length translation, The Book of Affects by Brazilian author Marilia Arnaud, in the new books section of her local library.

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Ilze Duarte @ilzeduarte.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

So great to see fellow Bettys @ldeforest.bsky.social and Magda Bartkowsky in person! We had dinner and a lovely conversation after my first day at #AWP26. #wtawpress #bettybooks #supportsmallpresses

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Ilze Duarte @ilzeduarte.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

From "Flesh and Agony" in the collection The Book of Affects by @mariliaarnaud in my translation, published by Sundial House. You can purchase it from any bookseller--I hope your local bookstore--or from the @columbiaup.bsky.social site (CPU is our distributor). #brazilianliterature #womenwriters

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Ilze Duarte @ilzeduarte.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Oof! @lumchanmfa.bsky.social's collection is grabbing me in all kinds of ways. I read this very short story multiple times to absorb every bit of it. So good! #flashcollection #womeninfiction #womenwriters

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Ilze Duarte @ilzeduarte.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Can you respond with a piece of fiction or prose that has touched you particularly? I want to share Trying to Balance from @demisty.bsky.social's collection All Daughters Are Awesome Everywhere. DeMisty conveys so much tension and emotion in this story. #literaturethatmovesus #thepowerofliterature

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Ilze Duarte @ilzeduarte.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

To watch this and many other readings of translated literature, go to www.jillreadingnyc.com. For my video, you can also go to youtu.be/IISyuDWUXe4?... I'm #seekingapublisher for this work. #Brazilianliterature #literatureintranslation #womenwriters #contemporaryBrazilianauthors #novels #booklovers

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Ilze Duarte @ilzeduarte.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

It's been one year since the publication of The Book of Affects by Brazilian author Marilia Arnaud in my translation! Many thanks to Eunice Rodriguez-Ferguson at Sundial House for publishing this work and to my blurbers, reviewers, and readers. If you haven't read The Book of Affects yet ...

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Ilze Duarte @ilzeduarte.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Doing the Snoopy happy dance just because it's raining. (I live in northern California.)

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Ilze Duarte @ilzeduarte.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

An excerpt from my translation of The Cabbage Woman, a tender story for young readers about prejudice and the human capacity for acceptance and renewal, by Brazilian author Claudia Nina. Read more about Nina and her books in the pitches section of my website: www.ilzeduarteliterarytranslator.com.

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Ilze Duarte @ilzeduarte.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

An excerpt from Sketch in Stone and Dream, Brazilian author Marilia Arnaud's most recent novel, in my translation. I am seeking a publisher for this novel. Visit the pitches section of my website (www.ilzeduarteliterarytranslator.com) for more information about this and other works by Arnaud.

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Ilze Duarte @ilzeduarte.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

Today's book recommendation: A Simple Intervention by Yael Inokai, transltd from German by Marielle Sutherland. In a near future, nurse Meret, a firm believer in the surgical procedure performed to cure patients of their emotional disorders, starts questioning the system. #WomenInTranslationMonth

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Ilze Duarte @ilzeduarte.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

It was such a lovely evening! Thank you, Banter Bookshop, for hosting, Kathleen Wheaton for the great conversation, and everyone who showed up for our THE BOOK OF AFFECTS event. #WomenInTranslationMonth #shortstorycollection #Brazilianliterature #literatureintranslation #womenwriters

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Ilze Duarte @ilzeduarte.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

The Book Censor's Library by Bothayna Al-Essa, translated from Arabic by Ranya Abdelrahman and Sawad Hussain, is tale of government surveillance and book burning and the courage to oppose thought suppression. A wonderful tribute to the power of literature and imagination. #womenintranslationmonth

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Ilze Duarte @ilzeduarte.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

It's Women in Translation Month! I'll be posting about works in translation written by women, starting of course with Marilia Arnaud, the brilliant Brazilian writer whose work I translate. Here's my translation of her story collection. I'm seeking a publisher for her novels. #WomenInTranslationMonth

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Ilze Duarte @ilzeduarte.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

In two weeks! If you're in the Fremont, CA, won't you join me and @kathleenwheaton.bsky.social at Banter Bookshop for a conversation about Marilia Arnaud's beautiful short story collection The Book of Affects in my translation? It'll be followed by a Q&A session and book signing. August 7 at 7 PM.

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Ilze Duarte @ilzeduarte.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

It's my pleasure to invite readers in the Fremont, CA area to my book event at Banter Bookshop on Aug 7 at 7 PM. I'll be in conversation with Stegner Fellow Kathleen Wheaton about The Book of Affects by Brazilian author Marilia Arnaud in my translation. To register, go to banterbookshop.com/events.

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Ilze Duarte @ilzeduarte.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

On this Juneteenth ... on the left, a book I read recently and on the right the book I'm reading now. #Juneteenth #womenwriters

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Ilze Duarte @ilzeduarte.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

Thank you, readers of The Book of Affects by Brazilian author Marilia Arnaud, in my translation. If you get a chance, would you leave a review on a site of your choice and DM me about it, please? Thanks in advance! #brazilianliterature #literatureintranslation #womenwriters #bookrecommendations

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Ilze Duarte @ilzeduarte.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

An excerpt from Sunflowers in Hell, one of nine short stories in The Book of Affects by Marilia Arnaud, in my translation. You can buy it on the Columbia University Press site (cup.columbia.edu/.../the-book...) or order it from your usual bookseller. #brazilianliteratureintranslation #shortstories

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Ilze Duarte @ilzeduarte.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

Join @joannackalbus.bsky.social and me for this @seniorplanet.bsky.social event on May 27 at 4 PM EDT/1 PM PDT. Joanna will read from her memoir THE BOAT NOT TAKEN and talk her about her journey toward her debut publication at age 84! Link to join the Zoom event: seniorplanet.org/event/author...

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Ilze Duarte @ilzeduarte.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Six months since the publication of The Book of Affects by Marilia Arnaud in my translation! Many thanks to Eunice Rodríguez-Ferguson, Sundial House founder and editor, for publishing the book and to all of you who have read it. If you have, please write a comment to let me know how you liked it.

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Ilze Duarte @ilzeduarte.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Thrilled to participate in the Sant Jordi USA festival this year again! I'll be in two videos going live during the festival (April 23-26). In one session I read from my latest translation project, in another I interview the lovely Cristina Pinto-Bailey about hers. More details later. #Brazilianlit

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Ilze Duarte @ilzeduarte.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Fellow Betty @janishubschman.bsky.social's short story collection TAKE ME WITH YOU NEXT TIME sold out at AWP! You can secure your copy on the WTAW Press site: www.wtawpress.org/.../take-me-.... #bettybooks #shortstorycollection #womenwriters @bettybooks.bsky.social @wtawpress.bsky.social

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Ilze Duarte @ilzeduarte.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

The Book of Affects by Brazilian author Marilia Arnaud, in my translation, is available from Columbia University Press (cup.columbia.edu/book/the-boo...) and other booksellers. #brazilianliterature #literatureintranslation #shortstorycollection #awardwinningbooks @columbiaup.bsky.social

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Ilze Duarte @ilzeduarte.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

I'm thrilled that THE BOOK OF AFFECTS is out in the world and Marilia Arnaud's beautiful writing is reaching a new audience. Thank you for reading! Here are some reader responses. Please share yours. #Brazilianliterature #literarytranslation #shortstorycollections #readerresponse #SundialHouse

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Ilze Duarte @ilzeduarte.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Three months since the publication of The Book of Affects by Marilia Arnaud, in my translation! 💗💗💗 You can order it from Columbia University Press (cup.columbia.edu/book/the-boo...) or your local bookstore or elsewhere. 😉 #Brazilianliterature #literatureintranslation #shortstorycollections

Cover of The Book of Affects and a quote from the story
Flesh and Agony: It is true that I clung to this man with all the desperation and hope of a castaway. No, I didn’t save myself, if that’s what you’re wondering. The bottom of my boat is splintered, and every now and then it lists under the force of unstable and mysterious underground currents, but the storm has lifted, and here with you, I am groping, trying to put some order to all these turbulent emotions, searching for a reconciliation with our fragile universe.

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Ilze Duarte @ilzeduarte.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

So pleased with the events hosted by Sundial House at Casa Hispanica on Feb 12! Joao Nemi and I talked about my translation of The Book of Affects, and then we joined Johnny Lorenz and Juliana Barbassa (blocked by me in the picture--sorry) for a broader discussion of Brazilian lit in translation.

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Ilze Duarte @ilzeduarte.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Enjoy Rio! I wil be in New York for the official launch of The Book of Affects, by Brazilian author Marilia Arnaud, in my translation. 😊 #Brazilianliterature

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Ilze Duarte @ilzeduarte.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

So excited about these events! I'll be joining stellar translators to talk about Brazilian literature in translation. If you're in the area, please join us. Many thanks to Eunice Rodriguez Ferguson and everyone at Sundial House! #Brazilianliterature #literatureintranslation #literaryevent

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Ilze Duarte @ilzeduarte.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

To all of you who have bought a copy of The Book of Affects or have requested that your local library buy it, many thanks! I would love it if you could post your comments about the book on social media and/or review sites. And please let me know when you do! #Brazilianlit #literarytranslation

Cover of The Book of Affects, a story collection by Brazilian author Marilia Arnaud, translated from Portuguese by Ilze Duarte. The cover shows a few boats on the water. The closest one is docked.

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Ilze Duarte @ilzeduarte.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

Such an honor and joy to be among these great works in translation! Thank you, Latin American Literature Today, and especially editor @denisekripper.bsky.social, for featuring The Book of Affects in your new releases section. #Brazilianliterature #literarytranslation #shortstories #womenwriters

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