Reposted by Jordan BargerBrian "BoshNRoll" Coval @boshnroll.bsky.social · 16/09/2026GIVEAWAY! @ultimateguard.bsky.social's new Mox Sidewinders and sleeves are perfect for Eternal gamers! Repost, follow me, and follow Ultimate Guard to enter. Sidewinders release Oct 8 and sleeves Nov 13. I'll pick a winner on Monday, Nov 2 to get a sidewinder and sleeves of your choice. 126093
Reposted by Jordan BargerIan Giles @iangiles.bsky.social · 12/01/2026Assembly of Literary Translators 2026: A 1-day event for literary translators, ahead of LBF 2026. Talks, workshops and conversations on visibility, public presence and professional identity. Monday 9 March. Central London. Tickets & full details: the-assembly-of-literary-translators.eventbrite.co.uk 031
Reposted by Jordan BargerKira Josefsson @kirajosefsson.bsky.social · 24/02/2026Feeling like the world's luckiest translator to be working with Ia again, and to be read so generously by the judges, who really get the book: "Breathtakingly original, profound but with a delicious dose of irreverence" thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-l... Out in UK in mid-March, US this summer!thebookerprizes.comSmall Comfort | The Booker PrizesIntricately built and wickedly humorous, these five interconnected short stories are all about one thing: money 4122
Reposted by Jordan BargerCleveland Review of Books @clereviewbooks.bsky.social · 09/12/2025"But of course, I should say about Pirkko Saisio: people call her a living legend." Jordan Barger interviews Mia Spangenberg, translator from the Finnish of Pirkko Saisio's "Helsinki Trilogy." @twolinespress.com clereviewofbooks.com/mia-spangenb...clereviewofbooks.comShe Has That Kind of Stature: Two Translators Talk Pirkko Saisio’s "The Helsinki Trilogy" - Cleveland Review of BooksYou absolutely cannot do Finnish word for word. It would be garbage. 044
Jordan Barger @norsk.bsky.social · 22/02/2026Check out my interview with the translator of these fine books on @clereviewbooks.bsky.social clereviewofbooks.com/mia-spangenb...clereviewofbooks.comShe Has That Kind of Stature: Two Translators Talk Pirkko Saisio’s "The Helsinki Trilogy" - Cleveland Review of BooksYou absolutely cannot do Finnish word for word. It would be garbage. 051
Reposted by Jordan BargerRegina Napolitano @rnapolitano.bsky.social · 03/02/2026I have an essay out in Gulf Coast abt God & becoming an adult Catholic convert gulfcoastmag.org/stories/how-...gulfcoastmag.orgHow I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love God - Gulf Coast Literary JournalI converted to Catholicism earlier this year, though I dislike calling myself a Catholic convert. The phrase suggests conservative politicians like J.D. Vance, who wield Catholicism to achieve harsh ... 032
Jordan Barger @norsk.bsky.social · 17/02/2026Hello Bluesky! I’ve been quite busy translating in Norway this year. I’ll slowly post some of my recent activity. For now, here’s my Translation desk :) 181
Reposted by Jordan BargerJoseph Schreiber @roughghosts.bsky.social · 13/02/2026"Ah, I think I see him in the closet. Yeah, there he is. His hiding place was actually really good this time, only thing that gave him away was cracking the door to breathe." (original French linked below) Rest Home —Djamel Bouchenaki (tr. @norsk.bsky.social) minorliteratures.com/2026/02/12/r...minorliteratures.comRest Home —Djamel Bouchenaki (tr. Jordan Barger)June 25th, 2025 Today, Granddad goes to the sea. Mom says he needs peace and quiet, that he needs time to recover, so we’re taking him to a rest home west of Algiers. There, so close to the Mediter… 162
Jordan Barger @norsk.bsky.social · 25/06/2025Backlight is out and the trilogy is all together! Wooo! Thanks to @catranslation.bsky.social for putting out these masterpieces. 072
Reposted by Jordan BargerTom Snarsky @tomsnarsky.bsky.social · 18/06/2025mountain poem 2/31: “Holiday 1” by Yahya Hassan, translated by @norsk.bsky.social. Yahya Hassan was a marvelous poet I’m excited for more people to read! full text of this and a couple other YH poems: actionbooks.org/2021/06/thre... & the interview with YH quoted in ALFTM: youtu.be/1HE6ZsH8ldU?... 292
Reposted by Jordan BargerMarianna Suleymanova @marsnova.bsky.social · 10/06/2025Working with the @khoreo.bsky.social team on the production of the audio version of my translation from issue 5.1 (out as a pod soon) has been a dream experience. Talented, refreshingly diverse roster of voice actors, unparalleled attention to detail. Vote for them if you can🖤📚 1134
Reposted by Jordan BargerTom Snarsky @tomsnarsky.bsky.social · 13/05/2025Svein Jarvoll, translated by Jordan Barger @norsk.bsky.social 1235
Reposted by Jordan BargerBritish Centre for Literary Translation @bcltuea.bsky.social · 09/04/2025The British Centre for Literary Translation is now part of Bluesky 🎉 We're looking forward to connecting with new and old followers. Help us spread the word and stay tuned for updates! #BCLT #Bluesky #literarytranslation 14127
Jordan Barger @norsk.bsky.social · 03/04/2025Follow @circumferencemag.bsky.social for the best in poetry in translation! 010
Reposted by Jordan BargerMarianna Suleymanova @marsnova.bsky.social · 25/03/2025Bloody thrilled to share my translation of Evgenia Nekrasova’s horned tale on the perils of patriarchy. Deep gratitude to @theoffingmag.bsky.social for giving this banger a home🖤🩸 1106
Reposted by Jordan BargerStagger Lee @staggerlee68.bsky.social · 06/03/202515 years he's been gone now. Still think about his music most days... youtu.be/meDCjtfDk4c?...youtu.beSparklehorse – It's A Wonderful Life (Official Video)YouTube video by Sparklehorse (Official) 031
Jordan Barger @norsk.bsky.social · 24/02/2025Advice from two of my favorite writers (Hesselholdt + Lutz) for everyone to stop being so specific and stringent 000
Jordan Barger @norsk.bsky.social · 06/02/2025ours is a poor sort of language that only allows one word at a time 130
Jordan Barger @norsk.bsky.social · 27/01/2025My least favorite medium (podcast) about my favorite music (Movietone + Flying Saucer Attack + Crescent) Wooo! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...podcasts.apple.comEpisode #66: Kate Wright and Richard King / Movietone & Planet Records (Bristol, UK)Podcast Episode · Songs From a Padded Envelope · 01/24/2025 · 1h 14m 010
Jordan Barger @norsk.bsky.social · 23/01/2025Beyond honored to contribute a Yahya Hassan translation to this landmark anthology of Palestinian Poetry. Heaven Looks Like Us, available from @haymarketbooks.org in mid May 2025. 0337
Reposted by Jordan BargerRuth Donnelly @rudotranslates.bsky.social · 22/01/2025Some homemade hurdy gurdy action here to brighten a dull Wednesday… 011
Reposted by Jordan Bargerlolarusa.bsky.social @lolarusa.bsky.social · 14/01/2025Fishing for the Little Pike, by Juhani Karila, translated by yours truly, is a Dublin Literary Award Longlist finalist. : ) God bless the librarians. #juhanikarila 171
Jordan Barger @norsk.bsky.social · 12/01/2025Just played a French scrabble tournament in Bordeaux. Went 2-3, very happy. But omg am I tired. One of the harder things I’ve ever done with my languages 050
Jordan Barger @norsk.bsky.social · 11/01/2025Very excited about finding three Vesaas books in French 010
Reposted by Jordan Bargerjohannesg.bsky.social @johannesg.bsky.social · 10/01/2025Interesting article about the intersection of translation, poetry, disability. 061
Jordan Barger @norsk.bsky.social · 06/01/2025now @uiiwp.bsky.social has joined Bluesky! Without them, I can’t imagine how I’d find the opportunity to work on translations from Finnish. Here, Reetta Pekkanen in Circumference. circumferencemag.com/emptiness-sp...circumferencemag.comemptiness, spreading all afternoon | CircumferenceFive poems by Reetta Pekkanen, translated from Finnish by Jordan Barger 021
Jordan Barger @norsk.bsky.social · 21/12/2024When I learn there’s another treat in France named pastis and it’s nothing like liquid pastis, I say put it in my hand 000
Jordan Barger @norsk.bsky.social · 18/12/2024Saw some Peder Balke’s tucked deep within the Louvre today. King Louis-Philippe commissioned these cus he missed northern Norway 020
Jordan Barger @norsk.bsky.social · 14/12/2024Since Bluesky is more welcome to links, here’s a link to all of my online publications! Read my translations, essays and poetry here: linktr.ee/jordanbarger 090
Reposted by Jordan BargerAlina Stefanescu @alinaetc.bsky.social · 01/12/2024Today is World AIDS Day. Lacking space to fully describe how queer theory and literature shaped (and shapes) my mind, I'm sharing this essay on Robert Gluck's magnificent ABOUT ED, published in @clereviewbooks.bsky.social earlier this year. 🖤 www.clereviewofbooks.com/writing/robe...clereviewofbooks.comThe Telling Makes It True: On Robert Glück’s “About Ed” — Cleveland Review of BooksThe problem of love is eternity. 0203
Jordan Barger @norsk.bsky.social · 01/12/2024It’s my micro-blog and I’ll show you the bookmarks in my Einar Haugen’s Norwegian English Dictionary if I want! 130
Jordan Barger @norsk.bsky.social · 29/11/2024I am once again polishing up my nautical and fishery terminology for Norwegian translation purposes 120
Jordan Barger @norsk.bsky.social · 21/11/2024If you record a 17 minute song about a tree I WILL listen 0112
Jordan Barger @norsk.bsky.social · 19/11/2024I like when a cookie tastes like a bunch of other cookies cus it’s been hanging out with a bunch of other cookies. I imagine I taste something like that 000
Jordan Barger @norsk.bsky.social · 18/11/2024I’ve read 5+ books of these five writers Banana Yoshimoto Tor Ulven Scott McClanahan Kathy Acker Natsume Soseki 010
Jordan Barger @norsk.bsky.social · 17/11/2024Now that I’ve been out of the luxury hotel game for 5+ years I am ready to confess that I have taken a luxurious bath in every single hotel I’ve worked in 130
Jordan Barger @norsk.bsky.social · 17/11/2024This is one of the hardest things I’ve ever translated and probably ever will. One if Tor Ulven’s best via @greggerkesocrates.bsky.social 094
Jordan Barger @norsk.bsky.social · 17/11/2024My favorite part of driving across the country is trying to fill my water bottle amdist the cornucopia of gas-station soda fountain/milkshake/coffee/slurpee machines and I’m just looking for a tiny button that says WATER 000
Jordan Barger @norsk.bsky.social · 15/11/2024I am more popular than @carystough.bsky.social on Bluesky dot com 110
Jordan Barger @norsk.bsky.social · 15/11/2024Ok back on here cus everybody else is back on here, hi everybody! 030
